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loss of appetite

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i know i've posted about this before and everyone just replied with "oh, i wish i had that problem, you're lucky" haha.

so i don't really want to hear that shit.

but does anyone else lose their appetite? mine's disappeared this year due to stress and meds.

at the new year i weighed 150 pounds.

last week i weighed 125 pounds.

last NIGHT the scale read 110.

what the fuck is going on? how is it even possible to lose 15 pounds in a week?

maybe my scale is broken. i don't know. i'm melting.
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Ithink, going on this informatio alone....you are losing weight.




Seriously.Loss of weight is the precursor to an episode.

Try sleeping in the fridge
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but then i'd be so cold.
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Switch the fridge off
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Around June of this year my appetite just left me. I weighed 295lbs and when I last weighed I'm down to 225. I know I can afford to lose the weight, but it is annoying. One of my favorite things to do in life used to be eating. Now I am looking at it as a chore. I dread most days mealtime because I know I'm going to have to force something down. Friends and family make fun of me and yell at me for not eating everything on my plate. It really sucks.
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jstreet... i know!! i used to love eating too. all kinds of stuff.

i miss it. nothing looks or sounds good to me anymore.
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Yeah it's terrible. When I talk to my doctors about it they just say well it isn't going to hurt you to miss a meal.
Charity6262
Charity6262
I am haveing that problem right now and I have also had it in the past. To tell you the truth I don't remember the last time I ate. I live alone so no one forces me to eat so if I am not hungrey ... I don't eat. In high school I got so depressed I didn't eat for 4 months (I had a tortilla a week and a Dr. Pepper a day and that was it for 4 months). I went from a size 32 to a 14 in that time frame. I don't know what caused it because I wasn't takeing meds at the time. Now I am takeing meds and I still don't know what causes it. If you need to talk let me know.
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