I try to eat but can hardly get my food
own without gaging cause I have so much
anxiety stuck in my stomic I allmost throw
it up and I only weigh 125 pounds and I
cant afford to loose anymore I just dont
know what to do? Does anybody els get
this?
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drpepper0
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 80
Posted: 04-27-06 18:12pm
I speak from experience with the
swallowing trouble. I have been from
doctor to doctor and had tests run that
don't show any problem and i've been put
on anxiety medications but none of it is
helping. I would be interested to see
other posts to this topic.
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loopy-one
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Apr 2006 Posts: 19 Location: UK
Eating Posted: 04-28-06 04:01am
Hello. Firstly i'm sorry to hear about
how you feel. I have a very reduced
appetite when I am depressed, anxious or
even just really tired. I weigh very
little and hate losing weight also. I
don't exactly feel sick as such, but I can
relate to the tight somach thing making it
difficult to eat anything. Few people
seem to understand this or relate to it.
Some tips that might help you:
1. Try not to stress about it (easy said
I know!) because being anxious about
eating makes you even more anxious at
usual mealtimes or when you try to eat -
so you're already in a higher stressed
rate from worrying about it whcih reduces
the chance of you eating.
2. Do relaxation techniques, it can help
you eat.
3. Light exercise whcih increases blood
flow and lifts you slightly - it can make
you more hungry and help you to eat
more.
4. Don't punish yourself in your head for
not eating enough - praise yourself when
you eat - even if its a small amount, be
pleased with yourself for what you do eat,
not angry for what you don't. This helps
me to stress less about my eating
problem.
5. When I can I eat with other people
feel relaxed with because I tend to eat
less if anything when alone.
6. Have the drinks with nutrients in them
(like complan and build-up) at least you
are getting some nutrients. I have these
and find they really help.
7. Try liquidising your food. I know of
someone who did this when they couldnt eat
and it helped them tremendously until they
could eat better again.
8. Have foods easy to eat (rice pudding,
cereal, soup, drink lots of milk etc) it's
better than eating nothing. Try to at
least eat fruit etc.
9. Eat regularly, try to have a routine
of when you eat. Try to eat something 3
times a day even if it is very little.
This helps your body get into a pattern
and routine which will help your stomach
to feel more ready for "food-time".
10. Try to make mealtimes more enjoyable
(watch a good tv programme or listen to
some favourite music whilest eating, it
takes your mind off the eating and helps
you to enjoy it more!)
hope this helps. I dont have sick
problems I just have problems eating
generally, so I can't really help you with
the sickness side of it. So I hope this
helps.
