I started semaglutide at a normal BMI.

25F, 5’5, 130 lbs.

I was a ballerina growing up. I don’t remember a time in my life I’ve criticized my body. I experienced disorder eating since I was 12.

Last year, I started a new job, which quickly turned extremely stressful. My eating disorder, which had been disturbing, roared to new heights this year. For the first time, I binged and purged. I ate so much that I would lie in bed, shaking from the sodium. A few nights I thought I was going to die.

It was one night, that I was up until 4 am, that I began to feel desperate for a solution. I felt the life sucked out of me, as I counted individual blueberries, only to consume everything in my refrigerator, head out to the store, and eat more. Somehow, I didn’t really gain much weight, but I became a slave to my eating. My performance was slipping at work, as I quite literally could not think about anything except for food.

And so, I placed an order through a compounding pharmacy for semaglutide. Notably, this is after I reached out to therapists, and realized they would cost me $140 a session. Semaglutide is $300/month. Easy economic choice here, given they might have the same result.

Four days ago, I injected myself for the first time, and for the first time in twelve years, I feel free. My cognition is sharper. I enjoy my food, I no longer fear it. I am thinking about things other than food. Now I don’t know if I should ever get off semaglutide. I’m not even interested in losing weight, I just love my brain this way.

By the way, I have nary a side effect. I’m amazed.