Do you honestly think the Maga cult controlling the entire covernment is going to stop them from blaming everything on Democrates and the Left/socialism/communism? Seriously, what other strategy do they have?
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Naltrexone definitely does come in pill form - in fact I thought that was its main route of administration, although there are injectable slow release formulas as well. I have no idea what's going on there, but $60 a month seems a reasonable price (it's not the cheapest of drugs) and it works for you, so all good.
We're also talking about how prohibitive pricing affects people. Being unable to afford it is obviously that.
Once again: I have no respect for your amateur rambling. I will trust people with expertise and training over some rando on a forum, and over the insurers & pharma industry assholes who have a profit motive to overcharge or refuse treatment.
Sorry, to clarify the Naltrexone is in pill form. I was trying to say they are made in a compound pharmacy and turned into a pill there but I kind of fumbled my words there.
Bupropion/Naltrexone is a widely used weight loss medication, thus if possible I'd combine the two. A stimulant-based medication exists as well, though at least in Europe they approved it very recently. If your medication is put under your skin then it is some form of incretin analog (Ozempic, Victoza, Wegovy, Mounjaro...).
Willpower is a thing, sure, it means that you have to fight against your appetite. And thus people who stay thin without trying don't need that much willpower. Either somebody else makes their food or they don't live in our calorie-dense surroundings or they are satisfied with very little. The latter is the sort of person who you'll find complaining that it's tough to increase weight or that they sometimes lose weight because they forget to eat.
Willpower is a thing, sure, it means that you have to fight against your appetite. And thus people who stay thin without trying don't need that much willpower. Either somebody else makes their food or they don't live in our calorie-dense surroundings or they are satisfied with very little. The latter is the sort of person who you'll find complaining that it's tough to increase weight or that they sometimes lose weight because they forget to eat.
Funny enough, this is almost word for word the description my psychologist gave me when I talk with her about my diet and whatnot. That basically with my chronic pain and depression from said pain, losing treats isn't just losing something I like to eat. It's (almost literally) me choosing to cut out one of the few things that still make my happy receptors in my dum caveman brain fire off. So it's a battle of willpower of not only taking away a source of happiness but it is a battle of willpower of myself actively CHOOSING to take away a source of happiness, which is awfully easy to let slip when life is sadness and pain and you just want something to give you a pick me up, even if that something will only last a little while..."Willpower" isn't as simple as people make it out to be. I don't know your situation, but I know that my own "willpower" is getting over being alone and depressed, and having almost zero hope for my future, and in that situation cutting off one of few things that gives you some modicum of enjoyment is rather torturous to put it lightly. Also, your brain tends to be the devil on your shoulder, and it's pretty fucking hard to fight your own mind once it's gotten a taste for it.
Good luck though.
Honestly, I make it sound like I'm cutting fuqin Heroin out of my diet but depending on your own brain, it might literally be like cutting out Heroin from your diet (but every store you go to, they have aisles dedicated to Heroin and they have a bunch of heroin at the front trying to get you to buy some).
It would be nice if diet and exercise was nothing but willpower and a CAN DO ATTITUDE! but that's a kindergarten level of understanding when it comes to losing weight.
It's weird, because I have had a moment in my life where I could just "flip the switch" and I dropped 26 pounds, with very little issue. And now I'm again slowly climbing back up from being below 200 pounds. Even when I'm not enjoying snacking on anything much I'll still do it (or have the drive to do it) because my brain is like 'Okay, so you don't wanna get anything to snack? Well, I'm gonna be a the most annoying spin cycle in your skull till ya do.' Getting through the evenings (which is really when it hits for me) can be a fucking nightmare, like I'm locked up in a padded room. And then like magic that state completely evaporates when I put on a jacket and head for the supermarket.
The older I get the harder this shit becomes to get a grip on.