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Gracie McGraw Says Ozempic 'Brought Back' Her Eating Disorder

Three years on Ozempic eased her PMOS/PCOS symptoms, triggering a relapse with lasting physiological, mental-health effects that renew questions about GLP‑1 use

Overview

  • Citing posts made on Monday, August 3, McGraw wrote on Instagram that three years of Ozempic use “brought back” a prior eating disorder and left her internal system permanently changed.
  • She says the drug did help control PMOS/PCOS symptoms, but she later switched from Ozempic to a low dose of Mounjaro and is now off the weight-loss medication and recovering.
  • McGraw described rapid weight loss as changing how people treated her and said new attention and more opportunities fed a return to disordered eating under what she called a renewed 'skinny culture.'
  • She called taking Ozempic one of the worst choices she made for herself, said the experience harmed her mental health, and acknowledged she still has occasional body-image 'slip-ups.'
  • The account adds to wider public discussion about GLP‑1 drugs: clinicians prescribe them for metabolic issues including PCOS, eating-disorder experts warn about mental-health risks tied to rapid medically assisted weight loss, and advocates such as NEDA offer resources for people in crisis.