> but the effects on my quality of life are substantial -- I simply don't enjoy food right now. This is in part psychological, because what I used to enjoy was the psychological effect of eating, but not completely. I hope this will ease out over time and if it doesn't, well, I'll cope.
I've been on tirzepatide for 4+ months – I don't have this problem. I don't really care about whether I enjoy eating. It definitely has helped reduce the incidence of stress-induced overeating and binge eating. My main problem has been gastrointestinal side effects (especially acid reflux), but they are manageable and have been moderating with time. I still somewhat enjoy eating (even if not as much as I used to), but are so many other pleasures in life besides food anyway.
I also take lisdexamfetamine. When I first started on lisdexamfetamine, I lost a lot of weight – but then I put it all back on. (It wasn't prescribed for weight loss, that was just a temporary beneficial side effect.) We also had to cut back on the dosage because it aggravates my obsessive traits. Tirzepatide doesn't seem to do anything to aggravate those traits, it is somewhere between neutral and positive in its impact on them – and I don't expect I'm going to "put it all back on" like I did with lisdexamfetamine.
I've been on tirzepatide for 4+ months – I don't have this problem. I don't really care about whether I enjoy eating. It definitely has helped reduce the incidence of stress-induced overeating and binge eating. My main problem has been gastrointestinal side effects (especially acid reflux), but they are manageable and have been moderating with time. I still somewhat enjoy eating (even if not as much as I used to), but are so many other pleasures in life besides food anyway.
I also take lisdexamfetamine. When I first started on lisdexamfetamine, I lost a lot of weight – but then I put it all back on. (It wasn't prescribed for weight loss, that was just a temporary beneficial side effect.) We also had to cut back on the dosage because it aggravates my obsessive traits. Tirzepatide doesn't seem to do anything to aggravate those traits, it is somewhere between neutral and positive in its impact on them – and I don't expect I'm going to "put it all back on" like I did with lisdexamfetamine.