{"id":22020,"date":"2025-12-30T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/glp-1-psychological-side-effects-a-psychiatrists-view-html\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:00:00","slug":"glp-1-psychological-side-effects-a-psychiatrists-view-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=22020","title":{"rendered":"GLP-1 psychological side effects: a psychiatrist&#8217;s view"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a physician-psychiatrist, I have watched the rise of GLP-1 medications (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound) with genuine admiration. They are transforming metabolic health, reducing cardiovascular risk, and offering hope to patients who have struggled for decades. For many, these medications are lifesaving. But alongside the excitement, I\u2019m witnessing something rarely discussed: a change in personality<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kevinmd.com\/2025\/12\/glp-1-psychological-side-effects-a-psychiatrists-view.html\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"follow noopener\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kevinmd.com\/2025\/12\/glp-1-psychological-side-effects-a-psychiatrists-view.html\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"follow noopener\">GLP-1 psychological side effects: a psychiatrist\u2019s view<\/a> originally appeared in <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kevinmd.com\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"follow noopener\">KevinMD.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kevinmd.com\/2025\/12\/glp-1-psychological-side-effects-a-psychiatrists-view.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nRead full article at kevinmd.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; color:#555;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not replace professional medical advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a physician-psychiatrist, I have watched the rise of GLP-1 medications (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound) with genuine admiration. They are transforming metabolic health, reducing cardiovascular risk, and offering hope to patients who have struggled for decades. For many, these medications are lifesaving. But alongside the excitement, I\u2019m witnessing something rarely discussed: a change in personality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}