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Every person I know who tried to give up smoking has the same story - they were successful for a while and then they encountered some stressful moment (exam, wo

Every person I know who tried to give up smoking has the same story - they were successful for a while and then they encountered some stressful moment (exam, work deadline, etc) and they fell off the wagon. One explanation could simply be that normally we have food stresses which manifests in general stress which we relieve via video games or whatever else. If these drugs turn down the volume of hunger then maybe this has the benefit of reducing the need for stress relieving behaviours in general.

Spooky23 1y ago
I’ve taken a GLP for two years. It resets your dopamine reward system. It helped me lose 80 lbs and I’m running now. Zero craving for alcohol and sugar. But, my libido is like 3x lol. If some rando internet dude thinks I’m weak or stupid, fine with me. It’s a drug that has improved my life in ways that are difficult to describe.
- procaryote 1y ago
  As a rando internet dude, that just sounds like you found medication that works for you. That's great!
- sillyfluke 1y ago
  >my libido is like 3x lol Something that eliminates all your drives except your sex drive, a miracle drug surely. Weird that this is not talked about more, but I don't see a lot of ads in general so maybe it is.
JumpCrisscross 1y ago
> One explanation could simply be that normally we have food stresses which manifests in general stress Our biology is parsimonious. I'd bet that when our brains first started processing higher-level stresses, it salvaged the hunger pathway instead of engineering something biochemically new.