With such a small pool of people to choose from, I quickly gave up hope of finding a practitioner who used some of the lesser-known but more progressive modalities I tend to favor, like gestalt therapy and somatic therapy
Additionally, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including regular exercise, a balanced diet, and stress management, can also have a positive impact on mental health
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A provider who declines to prescribe split dosing is not being unhelpful
Nevertheless, they are safely prescribed under medical supervision for therapeutic and regenerative use through FDA-regulated U.S
So I basically wrote this blog so that when patients with just 5-15 pounds to lose ask me if they should try Ozempic for weight loss, I can just text them: NO! with a link to my research here that concludes we should take a wait and see approach unless it is for severe obesity caused by insulin resistance