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by Der_Einzige 4 days ago
One of the many reasons why we should air drop GLP-1 over the entire country, like condoms in Bangladesh!
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The satiation effect that GLP-1s cause also affects motivational drive. I've noticed my ability to get work done is hampered when I am at higher doses of my ozempic.
> I've noticed my ability to get work done is hampered when I am at higher doses of my ozempic.

You should be using LLM agents anyway. It's the solution to every problem.

Can I have LLMs replace my GLP-1?
Yes. LLMs are the new zombo.com. You can do anything with LLMs. Anything at all.

The only limit is yourself.

Bruh, you're not using ChatGLP?
If only an LLM could clean my house
GLP-1 has negative side effects (loss of lean mass for example) that I most definitely do not want.
No thanks, don’t need it, don’t want it!
Please, no. GLP1s leave you worse off than when you started if you stop taking them. Weight is also not necessarily the factor that leads to sleep apnea; I got diagnosed while having a healthy weight in my 30s.
>Please, no. GLP1s leave you worse off than when you started if you stop taking them.

This doesn't seem factual, or at the very least, not that simple?

https://www.epicresearch.org/articles/two-years-after-stoppi...

Not the OP, but there was a lot of talk that glp1 had a negative effect on bone density and in older people it was especially problematic.

There is evidence that is not the case though https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8878541/

Something I'd picked up somewhere a decade or two ago was losing weight too fast can cause problems with bone and muscle density. So it could be related but not a direct effect.

I think they were referring to rebound weight though, something else I'd heard about these drugs that also doesn't affect everyone. A scarier one was one person whose weight got too low so they stopped taking it, but for some reason had a lot of trouble gaining any weight and getting up to a healthy level.

In old people obesity predicts longer lifespans, so GLP-1 might not be indicated anyway.
Talk about a terrible indictment of western culture if I ever heard of one!