u/thottieee222

I work noc caregiving shifts and had a weird interaction with a coworker recently that’s still sitting weird with me, and I genuinely can’t tell if I mishandled something socially or if this was just passive aggressive behavior.

For context, this was during a long shift and I had already been working/answering call lights throughout the night. Earlier on, I asked if I could take my break around 2:30am. She basically implied that probably wouldn’t work, so I said “okay, I’ll just take it at 3 then,” and she confirmed that was okay.

Important context: from around 2:30–3am SHE was on her own break, and during that time I was still answering call lights/pull cords by myself without issue.

Then at 3am I went on my break like we had agreed on. I drove to Taco Bell and came back around ~30 minutes later. When I got back she immediately kind of pressed me and said something along the lines of:

“Hey, when people call/pull cords can you answer them? I’ve been the only one answering them.”

That caught me off guard because I had literally been on my legally allowed break the entire last 30 minutes, which she already knew about because we had specifically discussed and agreed on the time beforehand. So I reminded her I had been on break.

Then she responded with “but still it’s been like that.”

That part is what bothered me most honestly, because it felt unfair. Before my break I HAD been answering multiple calls throughout the shift, including covering while SHE was on break earlier. So it felt like she was acting as if I hadn’t been contributing all night when that just wasn’t true.

Also right before I left for break, she randomly started telling me to handle laundry that had literally just been put into the washer and obviously wasn’t even close to done yet, which added to the feeling that she was already irritated with me for some reason.

I’m younger than a lot of my coworkers and still learning how to navigate healthcare/caregiving work dynamics, especially on noc shifts where people can get stressed, territorial, or burned out. So I genuinely want honest opinions:

Does this sound like I actually dropped the ball somehow, or does this sound more like one of those passive aggressive coworker situations where someone gets resentful the second they have to cover alone for a break?

I started reta recently at 0.5mg and honestly I didn’t expect it to affect me this much this fast. I’m 25, 5’3 and in the 160s. Before pregnancy I was naturally on the leaner side basically my whole life. I never really struggled with obesity growing up and was usually at a healthy BMI without having to obsess over food.

But pregnancy completely changed my body. I had severe hyperemesis and gestational diabetes, and afterward I felt like my hunger cues, inflammation, energy, and weight regulation were just… different. Although I didn’t gain more weight postpartum than I was weighing more than what I was used to carrying and mentally it’s been strange living in a body that doesn’t feel like my normal baseline.

What’s surprising me most about reta isn’t even the appetite suppression itself, it’s how “quiet” food feels now. Not in an unhealthy way, but more like I’m not constantly negotiating with myself about eating anymore. I can eat a meal, feel satisfied, and move on instead of thinking about food all day.

I’ve also already dropped a few pounds very quickly and my body looks noticeably less inflamed/puffy even this early. I know some of that is water weight and inflammation, but it’s still surprising.

I’m trying to stay realistic and not chase extreme loss because my goal is honestly just to feel like myself again physically after everything pregnancy put my body through.

Did anyone else who was previously naturally lean experience postpartum body changes like this before starting reta?

It’s been a little less than a week now since I pinned and I am weighing 162lbs midday. Last week I was averaging 166/167lbs midday. How much of this is water weight vs actual fat loss?