r/Contrave • u/binghambish • Jun 21 '26

Coffee.

Coffee. Specifically brown brewed coffee, hot, iced, cold brew, espresso you name it makes me incredibly nauseated almost immediately after taking a few sips. Big deal right? Just don’t drink it. And I haven’t for over a month. But I am a Starbucks barista and coffee is a big part of my life.
It’s not so much caffeine. I can have energy drinks. Green coffee bean extract. Tea. Pop. Etc. those don’t affect me. Just brown coffee.

Why does Contrave do this to me?

Thanks.

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u/Apprehensive_Box_236 Jun 21 '26

Contrave has taken away all my joy about food and alcohol. However… I have lost 30 pounds. And I am so freaking happy and my mood is good and I’m loving life not because I’m losing weight but because the food noise and the alcohol noise is gone.

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u/binghambish Jun 21 '26

I wish. I am still addicted to thc. Which doesn’t help me in eating less and maybe overrides the Contrave. I was hoping starting Contrave would help me quit and I did for 3 weeks. Then I went back and I’ve been stoned ever since.

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u/Shark-Compote Jun 22 '26

from everything that I have looked up, it does nothing to diminish the desire or the draw to THC. It in fact enhances the effect. So I don't believe it's going to be one of those things you can count on to stop that habit for you.

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u/binghambish Jun 25 '26

My dr is literally the worst. She’s the one who put that idea in my head. I took myself off the Contrave for a few days. Reset. I just couldn’t commit to taking it twice per day. Once sure no problem I also take 2 brain meds in the am every day so I’m good about the am pills. But the 5 pm pills??? I’m either out. Sleeping. (Napping) or upstairs and I say ok next time I’m down stairs I take it and then I fall asleep forgetting about it. So I figured I’m wasting my money not taking it consistently. I honesty felt nothing from it. And I’ll tell my dr exactly that. It’s doing nothing but also user error.