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I know I'm stupid for this. Please, please, don't judge me.

I've been on Wegovy since March, have lost about 25lbs now. I stayed on the .25 for months because I had such a bad reaction to .50, ended up in the ER due to it. Eventually side effects went away, so we went up. And then up again 3 weeks ago to 1.0. I am vomiting every day, sometimes multiple. And the old BED/Restriction part of my brain is on high alert. I've started throwing up on my own just to get rid of the nausea. It's not even hard, most times I just think about it over the toilet and...yup there we go. Other times its just a quick poke of my finger on my tongue and yep, adios.

I am miserable. But I can't seem to stop. I don't want to go back down, I don't want to get taken off. This medicine, as terrible as I am feeling, has been life-changing. I don't think about food 24/7, it's one part freedom, other part jail. I mean, I think I'd rather have this than be stuck binging and being food obsessed. I'm 33, I know better. I know this isn't good but fuck the scale is going down.

I threw up a bagel earlier, not voluntarily, and it was a horrible experience. All I've had today is 2 eggs, and half a bagel, because I threw up my banana and nutrigrain bar at lunch. Fuck eating disorders, fuck this.
 
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I'm so sorry. I went through a period of several years with extreme bouts of nausea and unexplained vomiting (not medication but I can relate).

I had to rely on really bland foods and be really careful with what I did eat, and eventually even though I'd been doing better, I ended up bulimic again, mainly from choosing to end the nausea early by purging rather than wait it out.

I don't want you to have to go through that too, can you reduce the dose just a bit? I'd suggest coming iff entirely because it doesn't seem worth it, but if it's what's giving you a rest from the mental effects of the ED food obsession I can totally see why you'd stay on it.

But if they knew you had a bad reaction to a 0.25 increase I'd have thought this might have been anticipated? Can you go back to 0.5 or compromise at 0.75?
 
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Maybe your doc can take you down in dose? 💕

I do know that Vyvanse (which now has a generic so I can actually afford to be on it finally) is an ADHD medication that has treatment applications for bulimia. I have ADHD as well, so a psych in res just prescribed it. Idk if where you live it’s hard to get stimulant medication prescriptions. All I know is when I take it, I have binging and emotional eating urges. It’s thankfully been the best med for my adhd, and yah it kinda kills my appetite, but it does also help urges to binge/eat (for me also prob due to low dopamine, and me seeking out food for that as well).

idk, I hope you can get a dose or med that helps you. 💕 EDs do suck, and you deserve some relief. 💕 I’m sorry.
 
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