This is a continuation of a long topic, addressed by post number rather than by page. Start at post 1.
Following this. I have the same question and no better information than the first post.
A note on how Anxiety gets discussed rather than on Anxiety itself: the confident posts get the replies and the careful ones get ignored, and the careful ones have been right more often.
The honest answer on Anxiety is that it depends, and the useful part is the list of what it depends on. Four items, in rough order of how much they matter.
Most people get the first two right and then argue about the fourth.
Where a member is finding this hard, the useful reply is usually a question rather than an answer, and this subcategory does that well.
Building on post #32 rather than restating it.
The arithmetic on Anxiety is the easy part and it is where the errors are, which is an uncomfortable combination. Show your working and someone will catch it.
Post #34 put the caveat in the right place and I want to underline it.
If you are in crisis, contact a local emergency or crisis service rather than posting. A volunteer forum cannot help and waiting costs time.
Two sources, same conclusion, and I could not rule out that one copied the other.
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.
This is the sort of thing that ought to be settled and apparently is not.
Worth separating two things that post #38 runs together.
The most useful reply I ever got about Anxiety was a request to state my units. It sounds like pedantry and it has saved me twice.
Something worth flagging about Anxiety: the strongest-sounding claims in this thread are the ones with no source attached, which is the usual pattern and not a coincidence.
Motivation and expectation: starting with clear motivation and realistic expectations about what will happen and when helps with psychological adjustment.
The rule of thumb is fine; the edge cases are where it earns its keep.
Offering a way to settle Anxiety rather than another opinion about it. Two measurements, taken the same way, a fortnight apart. If the difference is within the noise, the question was not answerable at this precision.
Tracking mood alongside dose and weeks, on a simple scale, produces a record that is far more useful than a recollection at an appointment.
That is where I would start, not where I would stop.
Picking up post #44: that is the part I would want checked first.
The documentation on Anxiety is better than this thread and I say that as someone who has posted in the thread.
Reframing Anxiety slightly, because I think the disagreement is about the question rather than the answer. If the question is "does it happen", yes. If it is "how often", nobody here knows.
Post #47 describes the usual case. This is about the unusual one.
Support and community: some people process weight change through community (online or in-person). Others prefer privacy. Knowing what you need and seeking it proactively helps.
A weak preference rather than a position.
Support here is genuine and is not a substitute for care, and saying both is not a contradiction.
Noting that I have skin in this question and have tried to discount for it.
Nothing to add on the substance. Thank you for taking the question at face value.
Anxiety looks different depending on whether you are reading the primary literature or the summaries of it, and the difference is not in our favour.
Post #50 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition.
Mood and anxiety: mood changes and anxiety are reported by some people. Baseline mental health status matters for risk. Someone with a history of depression should plan closer monitoring.
The general case is well covered; this is the awkward specific one.
Where I part company with post #52, and it is a narrow parting.
Maintenance brings a different set of psychological questions from loss, and the discussion here is much thinner on that phase.
I would rather post the uncertainty than round it away.
Mood and anxiety: mood changes and anxiety are reported by some people. Baseline mental health status matters for risk. Someone with a history of depression should plan closer monitoring.
Trying to state the Anxiety position in a way that someone who disagrees would recognise as fair, because I do not think the version in this thread passes that test.
Everything in post #56 holds. The case it does not cover is the one I have.
Where a member is finding this hard, the useful reply is usually a question rather than an answer, and this subcategory does that well.
I have written this out at length because the short version keeps being misread.