I lost two stone on weight loss jabs but couldn't believe the other problem in my life they fixed after huge change kicked in overnight
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A woman who lost two stone on weight loss jabs has revealed the other problem they fixed in her life.

Wednesday’s instalment of This Morning saw co-hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard discuss a range of topics.

The pair welcomed guest Vivienne Joy, who racked up £250,000 of debt after spending on clothes, gambling and takeaways.

She had struggled with different kinds of addiction throughout her life and admitted: ‘The first addiction started with food, so I feel like it’s finishing with food as well.’

Vivienne opened up about how she was badly bullied at school and would eat for comfort, but then became addicted to dieting after she put on weight. 

The guest revealed her parents gambled by playing bingo and she joined them when she turned 18.

Vivienne Joy (pictured) who lost two stone on weight loss jabs has revealed the other problem they fixed in her life

Vivienne Joy (pictured) who lost two stone on weight loss jabs has revealed the other problem they fixed in her life

Wednesday's instalment of This Morning saw co-hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard (pictured) discuss a range of topics

Wednesday’s instalment of This Morning saw co-hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard (pictured) discuss a range of topics

Ordering from catalogues from age 16 also spiralled for Vivienne and later on in life, when the pandemic hit, her shopping addiction went even further.

Eventually Vivienne built up £250,000 in debt, part of which was through building a house. 

However, it wasn’t until she lost her job that Vivienne felt things got ‘out of hand’ and the ‘debt started to pile on’ as ‘all of the addictions went off the chart’.

Vivienne’s life changed drastically when she decided to take a weight loss jab after being recommended it from a friend despite saying a ‘big no’ to it originally.

‘My friend, who I trust dearly, started to take the jabs and I saw him on social media sharing his journey, getting really slim and looking really happy,’ Vivienne explained.

‘And then he posted to say – he has ADHD, and I have ADHD – that all of a sudden he has no ADHD, it’s almost like someone switched everything off in his head, and I thought ‘Oh wow, that sounds amazing’.’

Vivienne decided to try the jab for a week and was amazing by the changes she experienced very early on.

‘How quickly did you notice the noise stopped and you suddenly weren’t spending all this money and you weren’t shopping?’ Ben asked. 

The pair welcomed guest Vivienne Joy who racked up £250,000 of debt after spending on clothes, gambling and takeaways

The pair welcomed guest Vivienne Joy who racked up £250,000 of debt after spending on clothes, gambling and takeaways

She had struggled with different kinds of addiction throughout her life and admitted: 'The first addiction started with food, so I feel like it's finishing with food as well.'

She had struggled with different kinds of addiction throughout her life and admitted: ‘The first addiction started with food, so I feel like it’s finishing with food as well.’

She said: ‘9pm on the Sat night, 22nd of feb, it’ll be in my brain forever, took the jab, I woke up the next morning with no noise.

‘I woke up the next morning like ‘There’s no noise in my head’.’

Dr Zoe Williams explained how this might have happened for Vivienne.

The resident TV doctor said: ‘There is science that supports this and backs it up. It’s important to understand a little bit about a chemical called dopamine. 

‘It’s a chemical that’s active in the brain and is responsible for our rewards system in the brain and also motivation and impulse.’ 

She added how addictions ‘hijack this dopamine pathway, so that reward that you get is what makes you want to do it again and again, it can be quite compulsive’.

Dr Zoe revealed that the effect Vivienne had experienced has been recalled by others too. 

‘People do report this, they take a weight loss jab and on day one the noise goes away and that’s because it interferes with this dopamine pathway,’ she said.

Vivienne's life changed drastically when she decided to take a weight loss jab after being recommended it from a friend despite saying a 'big no' to it originally

Vivienne’s life changed drastically when she decided to take a weight loss jab after being recommended it from a friend despite saying a ‘big no’ to it originally

Vivienne decided to try the jab for a week and was amazing by the changes she experienced very early on

Vivienne decided to try the jab for a week and was amazing by the changes she experienced very early on

‘So what it does is, it reduces the pleasure that people get from whatever people are addicted to, so it reduces their desire for it.’

However, not everyone seems to respond in the same way and Zoe explained: ‘Which can be really positive, as it has been for Vivienne, for other people they say they don’t get joy out of spending time with their grandchildren anymore, it reduces their sexual desire.

‘It can reduce their desire for life generally and make them feel like they have lost joy so its not a positive thing for everyone.’

If you have been affected by this story, contact Mind on 0300 123 3393 

This Morning airs weekdays from 10am to 12:30pm on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX. 

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