Self doubt

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Self doubt

Asked for Male, 18 Years

Can obesity cause intrusive thoughts.... and can loosing weight stop them. I heard that intrusive thoughts are due to less serotonin.... would loosing weight increase serotonin.

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Dr. Ajay Nihalani

Addiction Psychiatrist 19 yrs exp Ghaziabad

Hi There is no correlation as such between obesity n serotonin levels to the best of my knowledge. Loosing weight healthily in obesity is always a good idea.

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Dr. A.Soujanya Neuropsychiatrist 15 yrs exp Visakhapatnam · Accepted Answer

Dr. A.Soujanya

Neuropsychiatrist 15 yrs exp Visakhapatnam

There is no such relation between intrusive thoughts and obesity. I don't think that weight loss might help in that.