Anxiety in the first weeks: drug, situation, or both

Confirming post #11 from a second method, which matters more than confirming it from a second person.

Before the thread moves on from anxiety — what is the sample size behind the claim? I am not being difficult; I have seen the same figure quoted from an n of four and from an n of four hundred.

Clear enough that I do not think I have a follow-up, which is unusual.

Same experience here, different supplier, so it is at least not unique to one of them.

Where I part company with post #40, and it is a narrow parting.

Social and relationship impacts: weight change affects how others perceive and interact with a person. Those impacts are real and can be psychologically significant.

That is all I can say without guessing.

The bit of anxiety that nobody enjoys is that the answer changes depending on what you are trying to decide with it. Say what the decision is and the thread will converge.

The version of anxiety that I was taught turned out to be a teaching simplification. Useful, and not true in the way I had assumed it was.

When to involve a professional: if mood changes are persistent, deepen over weeks, or interfere with function, involving a mental health professional is appropriate. These are not trivialities to ignore.

On anxiety I would separate what is worth knowing from what is worth acting on. The first list is long and the second is short, and conflating them is how threads get heated.

That matches what I have seen, for whatever a single anecdote is worth.