I started Mounjaro to lose weight. Let’s not dress it up. I was overwhelmed, trapped in a body that didn’t feel like mine, and desperate for something — anything — that didn’t involve obsessing over food every second of the day. I didn’t expect it to help my mental health. Nobody mentioned that part. But…
I used to call myself lazy every single day. I’d look around at the half-done laundry piles, the dishwasher I stacked but never emptied, the form I’ve been meaning to fill out for two weeks but keep forgetting until midnight – and I’d think, Why can’t I just get on with things like everyone else?…