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Hi all,

Following the forum's guidelines, I'll share my introduction and a bit about myself.

I work as a researcher (yes, genuinely 🙂) and hold a PhD in neuroimmunology. Right now I live in a country that isn't where I'm from, and I'm hoping to relocate from here before long.

Alternative approaches to health have always fascinated me, especially since my profession technically falls into that area too.

My main reason for being here is to learn, simply because I'm curious by nature.

There are a couple of reasons I want to begin my journey with GLP-1s specifically, and they're probably not the typical ones you come across here.

First, I have AuDHD and experience a lot of food noise (honestly, noise of all kinds lol) - I'm at a point in my life where I feel very triggered and my brain is constantly chasing dopamine, so I'd like to switch that off until things improve for me.

Second, I have lymphedema, mainly in my legs, caused by many years of birth control, and I want to find out whether I can get rid of some of the inflammation I have.

Truthfully, I don't have much weight to lose (maybe 5 kg?), I've been training consistently 4x week + walking for over a decade, and I have a coach for my programs. My nutrition and supplements are dialed in, since I'm also a registered nutritionist in my home country and I like to practice what I preach.

Any good conversation, advice, food for thoughts is always going to be very welcome 😄

Thanks for having me here!
 
I hope this place has what you need. I'd like to learn more about audhd — have any peptides turned out to be useful for you?
 
hi there! glad to have you. I'm a newcomer too, and the path that pulled you into the glp-1 rabbit hole matches mine nearly word for word.

food noise has been my companion as well, and it brought on a mild obsessive-compulsive disorder that left my relationship with food in a somewhat bad place. food occupied my thoughts constantly and served as my biggest dopamine source, which was not good for ADHD self. on top of that, with pmos (pcos) I dealt with metabolic disorder too, which made it hard to see results from my hard work of building a body that aim for.

still, two months of tirzepatide finally had fixed a lot of these problems, and I'm now trying to explore more with the community!

I'm hoping for the best for you too : )
 
ChAsEr435 said:

I hope this place has what you need. I'd like to learn more about audhd — have any peptides turned out to be useful for you?
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I'm not the person you were replying to, and I don't have AuDHD — but I do have ADHD.

Here's what tirzepatide has been like for me personally.

My mind has never felt calm or organized. It's like I clicked some sketchy spam link and ended up with twenty pop-up windows all opening at once. Thoughts, urges, distractions, and above all food cravings were always fighting for my attention.

When I say food noise, I don't just mean "hmm, a snack sounds nice." A particular food would appear in my head out of nowhere, and until I got it, I basically couldn't let it go. I could be stuffed and still feel like I had to have that one specific thing. If I didn't, I'd burn hours obsessing over it rather than working, resting, or actually being present in my own life. And this could hit me several times in a single day.

After starting tirzepatide, that noise has become far quieter. From my own subjective sense, it's as if the reward loop's intensity got dialed down. The pull toward food isn't as urgent, and eating now feels more proportionate. I can feel hungry, eat, enjoy the food, and then move on — rather than food consuming my whole mental bandwidth.

I had no idea how much energy I was burning daily just trying to push back against thoughts and impulses that were far bigger than "willpower." It was draining. With less food noise, it's become easier to put my attention on my life, my work, and what I genuinely care about.
 
ChAsEr435 said:

I hope this place has what you need. I'd like to learn more about audhd — have any peptides turned out to be useful for you?
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Hey, apologies for taking so long to reply — the notifications never came through for me 🙂 as of now, no. I began reta last month at a very low dose. Food noise dropped off a lot, but energy and focus didn't improve. Honestly it went the other way: on injection day I'm extremely calm and drowsy and can't get anything done lol, which isn't what I was after.
 
hyamsuta said:

hi there! glad to have you. I'm a newcomer too, and the path that pulled you into the glp-1 rabbit hole matches mine nearly word for word.

food noise has been my companion as well, and it brought on a mild obsessive-compulsive disorder that left my relationship with food in a somewhat bad place. food occupied my thoughts constantly and served as my biggest dopamine source, which was not good for ADHD self. on top of that, with pmos (pcos) I dealt with metabolic disorder too, which made it hard to see results from my hard work of building a body that aim for.

still, two months of tirzepatide finally had fixed a lot of these problems, and I'm now trying to explore more with the community!

I'm hoping for the best for you too : )
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That's wonderful news for you! Fingers crossed I'll figure out my own path as well 🙂 particularly when it comes to energy and focus! My guess is that I'll need to add another compound alongside reta, since it's already done its part for food noise and the broader urge to chase dopamine.
 
hyamsuta said:

ChAsEr435 said:

I hope this place has what you need. I'd like to learn more about audhd — have any peptides turned out to be useful for you?
Click to expand...
I'm not the person you were replying to, and I don't have AuDHD — but I do have ADHD.

Here's what tirzepatide has been like for me personally.

My mind has never felt calm or organized. It's like I clicked some sketchy spam link and ended up with twenty pop-up windows all opening at once. Thoughts, urges, distractions, and above all food cravings were always fighting for my attention.

When I say food noise, I don't just mean "hmm, a snack sounds nice." A particular food would appear in my head out of nowhere, and until I got it, I basically couldn't let it go. I could be stuffed and still feel like I had to have that one specific thing. If I didn't, I'd burn hours obsessing over it rather than working, resting, or actually being present in my own life. And this could hit me several times in a single day.

After starting tirzepatide, that noise has become far quieter. From my own subjective sense, it's as if the reward loop's intensity got dialed down. The pull toward food isn't as urgent, and eating now feels more proportionate. I can feel hungry, eat, enjoy the food, and then move on — rather than food consuming my whole mental bandwidth.

I had no idea how much energy I was burning daily just trying to push back against thoughts and impulses that were far bigger than "willpower." It was draining. With less food noise, it's become easier to put my attention on my life, my work, and what I genuinely care about.
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I appreciate you telling me about what you've been through 🙂
 
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