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These drugs modify the hormonal signals associated with hunger, side effects can include gastrointestinal upset including nausea but they don't work by making you nauseous no.

There's a lot of fucking terrible social stigma around fatness and losing weight through "improper" methods. Frankly I think people should fuck right off of telling other people what they should or should not do with their bodies.

These drugs appear to be relatively well tolerated, better than other effective weight loss drugs. Side effects appear manageable but that is in the context of other weight loss drugs that work being stuff like meth so... you know. Some people have great experiences, some don't. For people it works for they typically just describe not being hungry.

You should know that so far basically nobody knows how to reliably lose weight and keep it off at a population level. Evidence is emerging that these drugs may be no different. What I mean is that whatever causes someone to feel like the amount they eat is the right amount seems to be frustratingly persistent, and after interventions people often drift back towards wherever they were at prior. That said, each person is individual and what works for you might not work for others. Also if you'd feel better about yourself if you lost some weight and slowly regained it over the years then that's meaningful positive impact for you.

You should talk to a doctor, and discuss options. It's possible a combined approach or some other intervention would be more appropriate, you also need to know the state of your body before deciding if any particular thing would be safe and effective. Like are your organs healthy and whatever. If you want a bit of a dive into the meds from a critical but non judgemental angle: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ozempic/id1535408667?i=1000630805156 is pretty thorough and goes over the good, the bad, and the bullshit.