hoe can i stop cravings or should i just listen to them and eat ?!
Question: Hoe can i stop cravings or should i just listen to them and eat ?
i suffer bad anxiety for about 18 months now am also emetophobic (fear of vomiting) anyway it all started when i just stopped taking my anti-depressants one day just stuck them in the bin instead of weaning of them and i hit rock bottom anxiety went sky high! and i lost my appetite and then never ate for a good 4-6 months was living on biscuit a day (digestive) or a slice of toast some days nothing at all anyway its just getting worse am still only eating very little today has been a good day but yesterday was just a slice of toast all day just never had an appetite yesterday :( but today am getting bad bad cravings but i don't no what for its usually junk food like choc / cakes etc but i cant eat them as am suffering with my stomach as it started getting this bad burning feeling when i wasn't eating anything at all and i have trouble everything am eating hurts :( i've had bloods/ xray clear my bloods did come bk high allergys but they tested them against wheat/ soyabeans/ milk & eggs all negative so dont no what it is am waiting to go an allergy clinic, and am having a scan and endoscopy on 22nd this month as doc thinks i could be suffering really bad acid from not eating or a stomach ulcer but only cam will tell this.. but in the mean time am having all these cravings for choc etc that kill my stomach how can i stop these cravings as am also just to scared to eat anything now :( untill i no what it is causin all these pains doc said it could also just be IBS ???
symptoms -
Burning just below ribs that sits just on top of belly button as a bad raw heavy type feeling
burning between shoulder blades starts when just eaten
lump feeling in throat
tight spasm in stomach and throat
bloated feeling
loss of appetite (some days am hungry all day even when i have eaten)
some foods make pain worse were other foods sooth it
contraction type pains (sometimes)
feeling that food is stuck just below my ribs
alot of trapped wind
nausea
burning in throat
weight loss (but guess not eating will cause this lol )
i just want to find out what is wrong with me and be able to eat again and right now i just cant :(
Answers:
Glad you are seeing a doctor. This could be food allergies, but it could also be something serious like ovarian cancer , gall bladder, or something. I hope it is not something that serious.
You should find a good nutritionsist that will guide you in how to eat and someone who knows that anything with high fructose corn syrup in it causes food cravings. The food manufacturors do this on purpose because it is hard to prove and they are hard to stop.
In other words you have to get healthy and eat,/drink right and take care of yourself.
best wishes on that scan.
have them test for vitamin/minerals deficiencies and test your thyroid and hormones as well.
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GOOOO TO THE DOCTORRR, DANGGGGGGG.
I know this may seem like a criminalizing answer. If it were me then Id smoke some marijuana to get my appetite back. I sometimes go through this with my alcoholism. Im not sure of the convictions you have of smoking marijuana but I think it would sure set your stomach more at ease, so you can get your appetite back.
personal experience and it works yes.