I'm an old fart starting to smoke again after years.
I think you mentioned dropping acid in the mid 70s, meaning you were probably born in the 1950s and you're likely in your mid 60s now. (Sorry if I'm off there; my memory is usually pretty sound as a pound).
I have a number of good friends in your cohort. Boomers who followed the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers fans, post-hippie burnouts who grew up with war veteran fathers, McCarthyism and Red Scare PSA reels, who ran Nixon out of office for being a criminal rat bastard only to bounce through a couple single termers and wind up with an actor in the White House.
The appetite enhancement is the only thing that makes it hazardous to my health at this point. I gained 25 pounds over the pandemic and it was uber hard to lose (again, unlike when I was 20).
Yeah well, metabolism slows down as most animals age, humans being no exception. What's more, there are a staggering number of problematic eating disorders out there. Exercising 30 min a day is such a huge boost to one's health though; I highly recommend it. Also, you could try eating before you get high; for some people this tricks their system into not being hungry when they're high.
I maintain a low tolerance to THC to manage the effects. With no tolerance I'll get so high I almost
can't read. For real, I'll read something in my head and pay no attention to the words. However, with even a slight tolerance, this is not a problem. So when I take a break and then come back, I
ease into the habit, so to speak.
Wellbutrin is useful for curbing compulsive behavior. Helps with nicotine cessation, eating disorders, OCD, and because it's a cathinone-family CNS stimulant, it aides in weight loss, too. Perhaps ask your doctor? It's well regarded clinically, and it's abuse potential is low. It's not a recreational drug, and it's helped people develop good habits / better patterns of life, if that makes sense.
Point is: if one's vision starts is bad, they wear corrective lenses or get corrective surgery, right? If someone has a dysfunctional pancreas and their body doesn't produce enough insulin, what do they do? They correct the unhealthy issue that would "naturally occur" by taking insulin. Thank you, Science. So if someone's metabolism isn't firing on all cylinders, as it were, and they find themselves
struggling to burn fat and lose weight, it's likely because that person is fighting an uphill battle against their own slower metabolism.
That would be like if you're used to getting to work everyday in your car but then your car is swapped out for a skateboard and that's all you have to get around with now… You'd be like: oh this is bullshit, and you might even stop going to work altogether. (So I guess steroids might be like having a personal helicopter you can take to get to work, lol). But so, nothing wrong with correcting a slowed metabolism if it's not a risk to your health. Also, consider testosterone for this purpose as well.
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