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"Semaglutide does not dull all pleasure, people taking the drug for weight loss told me. They could still enjoy a few bites of food or revel in finding the perf

"Semaglutide does not dull all pleasure, people taking the drug for weight loss told me. They could still enjoy a few bites of food or revel in finding the perfect dress; they just no longer went overboard. Anhedonia, or a general diminished ability to experience pleasure, also hasn’t shown up in cohorts of people who take the drug for diabetes, says Elisabet Jerlhag Holm, an addiction researcher at the University of Gothenburg." So it doesn't dull all pleasure just almost all so it's not technically anhedonia... I dunno, still seem pretty fucking bleak to me.

kevviiinn 3y ago
Our experience exists on a series of spectrums, some people experience pleasure way too intensely and it actually causes problems which is why this might be a good thing Obviously there are people who like the pleasure given to them by food a bit too much and they consistently overindulge, it can be that way for many things as well. I'm not saying that the cause is always related but for many it may be
Taywee 3y ago
Addiction is often extremely distressing. Dulled pleasure can be far better than drinking yourself into a stupor every single night.
contravariant 3y ago
I'm not sure it is pleasure driving people to go overboard. I'm pretty sure it is dissatisfaction that is driving excess. In which case a drug that means you're more easily satisfied is far from bleak. If anything the opposite is far more bleak. Imagine if there was a drug that meant you're less easily satisfied, who on earth would want that?
- tetrep 3y ago
  > If anything the opposite is far more bleak. Imagine if there was a drug that meant you're less easily satisfied, who on earth would want that? That sounds like stimulants. You wouldn't be motivated to do things if you were satisfied, so any drugs that motivate people would seem to need to have to have such an effect.
Dylan16807 3y ago
> So it doesn't dull all pleasure just almost all That is not what that quote says.

kevviiinn 3y ago

Our experience exists on a series of spectrums, some people experience pleasure way too intensely and it actually causes problems which is why this might be a good thing Obviously there are people who like the pleasure given to them by food a bit too much and they consistently overindulge, it can be that way for many things as well. I'm not saying that the cause is always related but for many it may be

Taywee 3y ago

Addiction is often extremely distressing. Dulled pleasure can be far better than drinking yourself into a stupor every single night.

contravariant 3y ago

I'm not sure it is pleasure driving people to go overboard. I'm pretty sure it is dissatisfaction that is driving excess. In which case a drug that means you're more easily satisfied is far from bleak. If anything the opposite is far more bleak. Imagine if there was a drug that meant you're less easily satisfied, who on earth would want that?

tetrep 3y ago
> If anything the opposite is far more bleak. Imagine if there was a drug that meant you're less easily satisfied, who on earth would want that? That sounds like stimulants. You wouldn't be motivated to do things if you were satisfied, so any drugs that motivate people would seem to need to have to have such an effect.

Dylan16807 3y ago

> So it doesn't dull all pleasure just almost all That is not what that quote says.