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Report this women or mind my own business?

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BePearlKoala · 25/04/2025 09:55

There's a woman I follow on tiktok that takes Mounjaro. I also take mounjaro so that's probably why she came up on my feed.

She is very, very thin and it is obvious she has an eating disorder (she actually says she has and has relapsed). She says she is 7 stone 10 and her goal weight is 7 stone, but she is pretty tall (5'10?). I think she looks even thinner than that tbh. She posted a couple months ago saying that she was banned from mounjaro after her GP contacted the supplier. She was asking for suppliers that don't ask for video calls or contact the GP and she managed to find one. She was able to get a few months supply before getting banned again and is now looking for another supplier. She's posted today about side effects and feeling really exhausted etc.

I feel like I have a moral responsibility to report her to her new supplier because she's pushing herself into the grave. But 90% of me is saying i should just mind my own business. I worry about the future of mounjaro if underweight people with ED's are able to obtain it and then become serioiusly ill from it.

YABU = mind your own business
YANBU = report her

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Natsku · 25/04/2025 15:15

I lost a friend recently to anorexia so quite biased here but I would say report her. As someone else said, it's similar to calling emergency services if you see someone on a ledge. We all have a responsibility to help others whose lives are at risk, and this is one of those times even if its different as its remote.

BePearlKoala · 25/04/2025 15:08

rosemarble · 25/04/2025 11:59

Maybe don't post details of what this woman is doing - this thread may be attracting those who want to misuse the drugs.

If they were still allowing people to do this then I wouldn't of said the supplier name, but now they have people confirm by video call.

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WaterInMajorca · 25/04/2025 15:02

IndigoViolent · 25/04/2025 12:52

I would look at ways to report the supplier rather than the user. If they were prepared to sell to her in the first place, I doubt you reporting her would change that.

The suppliers often have no clue, unfortunately, that they are being de-frauded. I think this supplier is good in asking for a video call. Most suppliers ask for pictures only and get you to fill.on an online form. Plenty of people lie about their weight on the form and it's v v easy to send fake pictures of make yourself appear bigger in a picture, or send a picture of someone else...

I don't blame the supplier on this case since they seem responsible on asking for a video call.

I think it would be best if people had to go in person to collect medication. Even if they order online, they should have to collect from a partnering pharmacy and get the pharmacist to sign off their weight. This would eliminate a lot of people accessing these drugs that shouldn't be accessing them

WaterInMajorca · 25/04/2025 14:59

BePearlKoala · 25/04/2025 11:54

She said she was using Oushk up until recently then they asked for a video call

I've heard positive things about Oushk so maybe it is worth telling them because they seem to be one of the few providers with relatively decent ethics and it's good to know they asked for a video call.

IndigoViolent · 25/04/2025 12:52

I would look at ways to report the supplier rather than the user. If they were prepared to sell to her in the first place, I doubt you reporting her would change that.

BlueTitShark · 25/04/2025 12:12

The fact her GP felt they had to intervene so she was banned from getting Mounjaro says a lot.

And yes she’ll probably find a way to get it anyway. That ED fur you.

You can report her. I’d start with TikTok (she should fall into these ‘anorexia positive’ posts that aren’t allowed.)
But dint make it your responsibility. 1- because it isn’t but also because 2- there are many of them around and you’ll exhaust yourself if you try and tackle every single one of them.

And yet they still do need reporting.

rosemarble · 25/04/2025 11:59

BePearlKoala · 25/04/2025 11:54

She said she was using Oushk up until recently then they asked for a video call

Maybe don't post details of what this woman is doing - this thread may be attracting those who want to misuse the drugs.

BePearlKoala · 25/04/2025 11:54

WaterInMajorca · 25/04/2025 11:25

I don't know.

It's a v tricky position to be in OP.

What supplier is it?

My main concern would be that if she is banned again from this new online supplier she may feel she can no longer get the prescription from a licensed online pharmacy and instead she may be forced to turn to black market dealers which could b a lot lot worse.

So I'm a bit conflicted. Gosh, poor women.

I actually really really worry about the impact of glp1's on people with EDs ...

She said she was using Oushk up until recently then they asked for a video call

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rosemarble · 25/04/2025 11:44

The only thing I would do is report it to tik tok. I don't use tik tok, but have reported many things in Instagram. They sometimes get removed, but often not. I don't think they care enough.

While you have no responsibility for this unwell woman, you can try and prevent such posts being seen by vulnerable, impressionable people.

GreenCandleWax · 25/04/2025 11:40

Ddakji · 25/04/2025 11:11

How can you possibly know that?

"Just take the easy route" is the message from this and other posters who say don't get involved. Of course we are involved. We are all humans together, and need to care about each other.

SwanRivers · 25/04/2025 11:38

Napface · 25/04/2025 11:10

As someone who has suffered from anorexia in the past, I find the "let her die" responses quite upsetting. Anorexia isnt just a bad decision. I would send an anonymous email to the supplier and then step back.

The supplier doesn't ask for video calls or contact GPs, so why would they care?

Napface · 25/04/2025 11:35

BIossomtoes · 25/04/2025 11:27

How do you send an anonymous email?

You don't put your name on it 🙃 or reply. You can go as far as to block them if you really don't want to get drawn into it

BIossomtoes · 25/04/2025 11:27

Napface · 25/04/2025 11:10

As someone who has suffered from anorexia in the past, I find the "let her die" responses quite upsetting. Anorexia isnt just a bad decision. I would send an anonymous email to the supplier and then step back.

How do you send an anonymous email?

WaterInMajorca · 25/04/2025 11:25

I don't know.

It's a v tricky position to be in OP.

What supplier is it?

My main concern would be that if she is banned again from this new online supplier she may feel she can no longer get the prescription from a licensed online pharmacy and instead she may be forced to turn to black market dealers which could b a lot lot worse.

So I'm a bit conflicted. Gosh, poor women.

I actually really really worry about the impact of glp1's on people with EDs ...

FOJN · 25/04/2025 11:21

BePearlKoala · 25/04/2025 10:02

It is being fraudulently obtained, though.

From a supplier who does not do the type of checks which would prevent people with eating disorders obtaining the product. There are plenty of unscrupulous people out there. You could report her and this supplier might stop sending her the drug but she will find another who is willing to sell to her.

I'm not sure about whether a SM company would ban her for what is essentially
pro-ana content which would at least stop other people with eating disorders learning about how to access weight loss drugs. Although there is a young women with a very severe eating disorder who has had a big SM presence on multiple platforms for several years despite being reported many times.

reesewithoutaspoon · 25/04/2025 11:15

I would say stop following her. You do realise that every person who follows her, views or comments is providing her with an income to buy her mounjaro and continue on her path to destruction.
Maybe start there.

SwanRivers · 25/04/2025 11:14

EmmaJane2025 · 25/04/2025 11:12

You clearly don’t use TikTok! Thats not how TikTok works. Random videos come up on your ‘feed’ (For You Page) and if you like their videos then you choose to follow them. So no, you don’t have to be a follower to come across their content

No I don't use TikTok.

The OP says she's following this woman, so are you saying she's liking her videos?

EmmaJane2025 · 25/04/2025 11:12

SwanRivers · 25/04/2025 10:44

There's a woman I follow on tiktok that takes Mounjaro. I also take mounjaro so that's probably why she came up on my feed.

Surely she came up on your feed because you've chosen to follow her?

She clearly has mental health issues and the best thing any complete stranger could do about that, would be to stop giving her attention on SM.

But you'll never stop her buying Mounjaro on the black market.

You clearly don’t use TikTok! Thats not how TikTok works. Random videos come up on your ‘feed’ (For You Page) and if you like their videos then you choose to follow them. So no, you don’t have to be a follower to come across their content

Ddakji · 25/04/2025 11:11

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 25/04/2025 10:38

She is not your friend. She is a total stranger. Stay out of her business - no good will come of meddling.

How can you possibly know that?

Napface · 25/04/2025 11:10

As someone who has suffered from anorexia in the past, I find the "let her die" responses quite upsetting. Anorexia isnt just a bad decision. I would send an anonymous email to the supplier and then step back.

EmmaJane2025 · 25/04/2025 11:10

Yes, I absolutely would. It could save her life. Too many people in society take the ‘mind your own business’ approach to everything and I don’t think that’s always correct. Sometimes somebody needs to step in, even if it is a stranger/Good Samaritan. If someone was stood on the railings of a bridge, surely you’d stop and try to encourage them away or at the very least, call 999? Yes the situation is very different but the principle is the same in my opinion. She may not be actively trying to kill herself but that’s absolutely what is happening. Moral obligation. 100%

user1471538275 · 25/04/2025 11:04

Report her.

I wouldn't leave someone in the street bleeding or refuse to do CPR on a stranger.

I wouldn't stand by if someone was about to jump off a bridge either.

So, I'm not up with the 'let her kill herself' messages above

Lascivious · 25/04/2025 11:03

None of your business.

Fabulousagain · 25/04/2025 11:01

SM is full of them just leave them to it.

SwanRivers · 25/04/2025 10:44

There's a woman I follow on tiktok that takes Mounjaro. I also take mounjaro so that's probably why she came up on my feed.

Surely she came up on your feed because you've chosen to follow her?

She clearly has mental health issues and the best thing any complete stranger could do about that, would be to stop giving her attention on SM.

But you'll never stop her buying Mounjaro on the black market.

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