Is this a good enough reason to consider doing a weight loss pill?

I am a big emotional eater/bored eater. I hate it and Ive tried so much... No matter what anytime I'm bored or sad I can't stop myself.all I think about is food and no matter what or how much I eat I always want more until I literally get sick...Do you think that's a good enough reason to go on weight loss pills?

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Weight loss pills won’t solve the underlying issue.
If you can’t stop eating until you get sick I would suggest therapy. That is what helped me to get back to a healthy eating habit after 15 years of disordered eating, which included eating until sick

To me this sounds like an eating disorder which is why I’m voting no. I think that would need to be addressed prior to starting meds for weight loss

As someone whos simular i would personally say no, weight loss pills/jabs are a great invention dont get me wrong, but if you dont learn to control your eating/emotional habbits thrb whatever weight you loose you will put on again once you come off the weightloss pills, looking for a health coach will probably be a better idea, someone who can help channel your habits to somthing 'healthier'

(I hope this comes off well not trying to be harsh or anything as im very much in the same boat with emotional eating i just try to focus on fruits and keeping 'healthier' snacks in the house)

I think counseling, in addition to medication, would be best. Have you heard of Binge Eating Disorder?

Can you do things, keep yourself busy so you’re not “bored?” I’m always out i take my boy out every day mainly to get him something to do but also to hit my daily 10k, by me being out I don’t have time to snack, and when I’m home I find things to do to keep myself busy (also so I can hit my 10k) I feel like I’d be bored if I didn’t find places to go/someone to meet/things to do. I’d suddenly feel like going ikea so I just msg my friend “I’m going ikea if you wanna meet me there” she comes we have a good day out we do sit and have lunch and coffee but once that’s up we’re back up walking again for the next couple hrs until I drive home.
The girls above are right, even if you do go on pills and that helps you lose weight, if you ever stop the pills the weight would slowly creep back on anyway coz the underlying issue is still there. We can’t stay on weightloss pills forever. To sustain that weight we need to change our lifestyle to suit.

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