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Loss of appetite
Replies: 4Last Post April 27 1:30am by Just Waiting Here
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I've had a loss of appetite for a few weeks now. Yet, I've been forcing myself to eat things to keep my energy levels up. The past few days haven't been good though as I've been skipping meals. On Friday, I didn't have anything at lunch because I just didn't feel like it, and then yesterday I didn't have any breakfast or dinner because I just didn't want it. I suppose I'm under a fair bit of stress at the moment what with the exams, and then there's personal problems, friend problems and problems at home. So maybe all those things could be playing some kind of factor in my loss of appetite.

I don't want to be like this forever   What can I do to make myself like food again? Would the doctor be able to do anything?

Thanks!  

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Any recent stress?

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Quote: from Meep123 at 9:06 am on April 27, 2008

Any recent stress?

Yes, as listed above.

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Quote: from Ad libitum at 4:06 am on April 27, 2008

Quote: from Meep123 at 9:06 am on April 27, 2008

Any recent stress?
 

Yes, as listed above.


God I'm an idiot. It's 4 am, bear with me.

I went through a 2 month period where I had basically no appetite, I had to force myself to eat. It basically went away over night. Looking back I attribute it to stress form college admission and some social stress, but yeah.... it just went away after that was all done with.

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Loss of appetite is really common with stress and/or depression.  For some people, they start eating more as well.

Personally, at one point, I went through a period where I would eat about one meal per day (which was just a few pieces of chicken), for about 1-2 weeks.

It's not good for you, and I'm glad that you're pushing yourself to eat.  That shows that you really are conscious of your actions, and so you can keep your body healthy.  A good diet can help you feel better too :).

In general though, if you're having trouble eating a lot, find smaller snacks to eat throughout the day.  It's easier to eat a small bag of carrot sticks than to look at a full plate you know?  So just choose smaller portion sizes, but eat more frequently.  This way, you can make sure that you eat more.

Who knows, it may help :).  But I'm sure you'll find that as your stress level decreases, your appetite will start coming back too :).


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