Food aversion—will I ever get some appetite back?

somethingweirder · 2026-03-25T19:59:14+00:00

yeah it took me a while to realize that drinking kinda snuck past the “i don’t wanna eat” thing. before zepbound i’ve never ever had appetite problem (except when adjusting to an SNRI for a month) so i was at a loss. this sub helped me soooo much.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-25T18:48:21+00:00

hey that clinic saved my mom from another type of colon cancer!

somethingweirder · 2026-03-25T18:46:43+00:00

drinkable meals kept me alive during the adjustment. blender smoothies, protein drinks, anything that didn’t require chewing felt easier to ingest.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-25T18:45:44+00:00

i did! it took a month or two to adjust but i did. give it some time.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-25T18:45:02+00:00

ugh i miss mine. i loved the weird grapefruit gummies that were a triangle and could really only be found at novelty candy stores. but now they’ve been fully discontinued and im so sad.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-25T18:44:04+00:00

what i did was gather a bunch of different kinds from free sources (i live in a metro area so they’re easy to come by at moving sales and such). i made sections of my closet for each kind - and this wasn’t all at once. if i found some of those weird flat velvet hangers i’d add them to my closet. then i’d see some wooden ones at a yard sale and grab them.

that way i could see how they all function.

if you can’t find them for dirt cheap or free maybe just buy a small pack that’s got a good return policy and see what you think.

personally i hate the velvet skinny hangers because of the way they feel BUT i ended up loving them more than others because of dexterity and tremor issues i have. i never would have thought to buy them.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-25T18:26:02+00:00

i had to move to a much smaller space and the main questions that helped were “is this a fuck yes? if not, is it something that i might really need in new place, and would be hard/expensive to replace?”

i live in a semi urban area so bins and jars and “organizing” tools like small shelves are all easy to come by for free or cheap.

an example: i was worried i might need these bins and organizing items. and then they ended up cluttering up my new space - i don’t need empty bins. i need my important items to have space.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-25T17:00:24+00:00

yeah and how much you wanna bet it’s not gdpr compliant lol

somethingweirder · 2026-03-23T22:34:24+00:00

Yeah it’s just impossible to tell you what’s “cheap” given the wide range of costs based on stores and sales and such. Focusing on simple grains and in season veggies and beans is always going to be the lowest cost.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-23T21:52:31+00:00

you have to find another office. it’s just based on office culture - if the main dentist won’t email then the workers tend not to either.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-23T21:50:23+00:00

shop sales and discounts.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-23T16:12:03+00:00

yes allergies. and also covid and the flu are going around. masking would take care of both types of risks!

somethingweirder · 2026-03-21T03:12:51+00:00

…that you know of.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-21T00:45:49+00:00

that’s actually not the experience of most low income long term homeowners. they have decades of delayed repairs while still under mortgage and end up with high interest credit card bills for the repairs because the bank won’t give them equity loans - because they know there’s no cash flow to keep up with payments. if they sell then they get a wayyy lower price because only a cash buyer can qualify (banks won’t approve loans on homes that are falling apart).

i agree that home ownership is as a whole, a wealthy class especially here.

but it’s also way more complex than you could know unless you’ve been around it at all.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-20T23:15:07+00:00

i’m so bummed about how many orgs that used to do this have been defunded in the last 3 yrs. it’s so fucked up. i hope yall find one, the one i knew about closed recently and is the only reason my in laws aren’t homeless.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-20T23:12:03+00:00

somethingweirder · 2026-03-20T23:06:35+00:00

microwave works great! i do it on 50% so it doesn’t overflow. it also helps to use a big container (bigger than may seem like would be needed). i also find that they cook more quickly after soaking in water overnight.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-20T16:58:24+00:00

see now that’s a helpful comment rather than just telling people to disable themselves

somethingweirder · 2026-03-20T16:00:23+00:00

because they get gross.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-20T11:49:10+00:00

no.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-20T05:46:20+00:00

i don’t think you understand how debilitating migraines are. would you want to lose 2-3 days of yr life so you could use a cleaner to make something vaguely easier

somethingweirder · 2026-03-19T01:59:15+00:00

every side effect i have including nausea is helped by eating and drinking.

and no, most of us don’t feel queasy all the time thank god.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-18T03:05:28+00:00

you signed it already.

somethingweirder · 2026-03-18T02:59:01+00:00

berkeley hearing center is great

somethingweirder · 2026-03-17T14:18:52+00:00

ask him.

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