thelast89833 :
Okay, then maybe we can surmise that GLP-1s aren’t the devil that people on the internet keep making them out to be when we still have a VS fashion show full of models with strong-appearing bodies? I lost 145 pounds naturally without any assistance from 2019-2023, and then got put on a GLP-1 in spring of 2025 for intracranial hypertension. Zepbound is going to be the new first line treatment for this neurological disease since it addresses intracranial hypertension directly by reducing cerebral spinal fluid secretion in the brain. It’s a bit frustrating to see people repeatedly demonize GLP-1s when they are positively life changing for so many people. Diamox, a brain diuretic, is the other main treatment for intracranial hypertension besides spinal taps and shunts, and it has way more side effects & is harder on the kidneys, & I’m already having issues with my kidneys. I keep seeing people use the term “GLP-1” as shorthand for an ED or the term “GLP-1 era” as synonymous with the recent rise in EDs, when this isn’t even accurate. The vast majority of these scarily skinny people just have a regular, old-fashioned ED and are not on a GLP-1 because you need a prescription from a MD/DO, PA, or NP to access a GLP-1 RA, and health care practioners are not going to prescribe a GLP-1 to someone for weight loss when they are close to underweight, or are visibly underweight or cachectic. Even if there is a different indication for the medication that is unrelated to WL, a health care practioner would still be highly unlikely to prescribe a person w/ a known ED or an underweight person a GLP-1 because those are high-risk contraindications, and the practioner’s license is on the line. There are people who try to get GLP-1 meds illegally, but that’s an issue with many medications, and what they are actually getting is often counterfeit. EDs are more common during times of times of economic hardship, and there is also the social contagion aspect of EDs which is particularly pertinent right now due to unprecedented levels of digital amplification. These factors are the more likely explanations for what we’ve been seeing in some celebrities & online figures, rather than GLP-1s.
2026-11-10 03:23:18