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So I started Mounjaro about a year ago and managed to hit my goal weight. I gradually weaned off it and came off completely a couple of months ago.

Alas, the food noise returned with a vengeance, as did the binge-eating stuff. My doctor and I agreed that I’d probably benefit from staying on a maintenance dose, so I restarted at 2.5 mg.

After only three weeks back on it, I’m already back at my goal weight. The 2.5 mg is doing exactly what I need it to do in terms of controlling the food noise and binge eating, so I’m reluctant to mess with something that’s working. At the same time, I don’t want to keep losing weight.

I’m curious how others in this position have handled maintenance. If you need to stay on Mounjaro to keep the food noise under control, but don’t want to lose any more weight, how do you actually maintain? Have you found that your weight eventually stabilised while staying on the same dose, or have you had to deliberately change how or what you eat to stop yourself continuing to lose?

So I started Mounjaro about a year ago and managed to hit my goal weight. I gradually weaned off it and came off completely a couple of months ago.
Alas, the food noise returned with a vengeance, as did the binge-eating stuff. My doctor and I agreed that I’d probably benefit from staying on a maintenance dose, so I restarted at 2.5 mg.
After only three weeks back on it, I’m already back at my goal weight. The 2.5 mg is doing exactly what I need it to do in terms of controlling the food noise and binge eating, so I’m reluctant to mess with something that’s working. At the same time, I don’t want to keep losing weight.
I’m curious how others in this position have handled maintenance. If you need to stay on Mounjaro to keep the food noise under control, but don’t want to lose any more weight, how do you actually maintain? Have you found that your weight eventually stabilised while staying on the same dose, or have you had to deliberately change how or what you eat to stop yourself continuing to lose?

As the title says, I'm totally blind, due to retinopathy of prematurity. I'm fifty now, and have never seen anything. The one question I'll answer right here, is that I'm typing this out using my iPhone, with the screen reader Voiceover, and using braille screen input. That's how I'm out here. Anything else you want to know, AMA.

Hi all. So I stopped Mounjaro two months ago after hitting my goal weight, but it didn't take long for the food noise and portion distortion to return again. So, after putting three kilos back on, and contending with all the other stuff, I've gone back on a maintinance dose. Day one post shot, and my head feels quieter already.

Hi all. So I stopped Mounjaro two months ago after hitting my goal weight, but it didn't take long for the food noise and portion distortion to return again. So, after putting three kilos back on, and contending with all the other stuff, I've gone back on a maintinance dose. Day one post shot, and my head feels quieter already.

Hi everyone.

I’m a 50-year-old Australian who’s been totally blind since birth due to retinopathy of prematurity.

When I’m not answering questions on Reddit, you’ll usually find me doing Brazilian jiu-jitsu or Pilates, reading, cooking, or arguing with technology until it does what I want.

I’m happy to answer just about any questions people have about my experiences as a blind person. Nothing’s really off limits, and I’d much rather people ask than make assumptions.

I can only speak from my own experience, though. Blind people aren’t all the same, so you’ll probably get different answers from different people.

Looking forward to some interesting questions and discussions.

I’m curious to hear from people who came to Christianity later in life, rather than being raised in it.

What drew you in? Were you searching for something, going through a difficult time, convinced by the evidence, influenced by someone you trusted, or was it something else?

If you’ve since left, what changed? Was it one defining moment, or a gradual process? What ultimately convinced you to leave Christianity?

One thing I’ve always wondered about is the language we use in AA. A lot of people will say the Big Book is our primary text, yet when it comes to describing ourselves, “recovered alcoholic” is often frowned upon, while “recovering alcoholic” is widely accepted.
I ask because I think of, and refer to myself, as a recovered alcoholic.
What puzzles me is that the Big Book itself seems to use “recovered” very deliberately.
• The title page says, “The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism.”
• The Foreword to the First Edition opens with, “We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.”
• A couple of paragraphs later it says, “To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.”
Those are, of course, just a few examples. The term is used throughout the book.
So where did “recovering alcoholic” become the preferred term? Is it simply something that evolved over time, or is there a reason that “recovered alcoholic” has become controversial in some AA circles despite the language of the Big Book?
I’ve clearly developed a resentment over this whole thing. I guess I’d better put it on my next Fourth Step.

SO, when my adult son isn't working or sleeping or out and about, he's just sitting there gaming, and I'm honestly sick of it. I have considered just unplugging his pc and hiding the cord, but I guess I'm nervous about his reaction if I do that. I guess I'd be interested to hear from former chronic gamers as to what interventions or circumstances made them wake up to themselves, and either drastically reduce or eliminate the gaming altogether.

Hi all, this might ruffle a few feathers but here goes. I am middle aged and have been blind all my life. This is obvious to anyone who looks at me. I'm going to find out whether either artificial eyes or shells are something I can go for, as I'm just sick of looking blind, and this being the first thing people notice about me. Has anyone else done this, and how did you go if you have.