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Has anyone dealt with it? I have occasional anxiety as part of my bipolar and a frequent symptom is being unable to eat. I usually can drink liquids but not eat solid food. At the same time, I do feel hunger. And then hunger spikes anxiety further, as I feel intense fear that I would not be able to feed myself and just feel those awful and worsening hunger pains.
Most of the time I am OK, but when this happens, it is really bad. I also had periods in the past when anxiety made it impossible to eat anything but comfort foods, such as rice pudding or mashed potatoes. Normally I do not eat high carb foods but when anxious, I need them, not for their carb content but for their soothing texture. Anyone experiences that? __________________ Bipolar I w/psychotic features Last inpatient stay in 2018 Geodon 40 mg Seroquel 75 mg Lybalvi 5 mg as a PRN Gabapentin 1200 mg, Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects) Long term side effects from medications some of them discontinued: - hypothyroidism - obesity Suspected narcolepsy Treated with Ritalin 5mg |
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When I was psychotic, I couldn't eat... so I had a liquid meal replacement like Boost or Ensure.
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I had a psychotic period in 2017 when I only drank chocolate milk. I subsisted on chocolate milk only for a couple of weeks until I went inpatient. But I had a delusional belief that I entered a special state of not needing food for sustenance.
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This never happens to me. Ever. I can always eat. Maybe its because im one generation from impoverished italian hill folk?
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This happens to me. I get stuck on 3 or 4 "safe" foods for a week or 2. It used to piss off my providers before I moved. Now my therapist is just glad when I eat and whatever I can eat.
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my mother used to make a huge deal out of this
I'd be anxious and struggle to eat, and my mom would be like oh please em.. not the eating **** again made it ten times worse |
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Definitely can't eat when anxious.
First instance was my first week or two of technical school. I couldn't eat breakfast and had dry heaves before driving to the school. But during the morning break I could treat myself to a nice donut and Pepsi. (Yuck, I know now.) But then in the last semester of college, I went to see a doctor about it. I went for an upper GI series (X-Ray with barium contrast) to check for hiatal hernia. I could barely drink the thick barium drink; it was the first of many medical foibles I'd experience. Then I started to see a therapist. __________________ Major Depressive Disorder; Sleep Apnea; possibly on the spectrum Nuvigil 50mg; Effexor 37.5mg Wellbutrin 100mg; meds for blood pressure & cholesterol |
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My DD has a similar issue
When she was little, someone in the family got irrationally angry at her for not eating faster- for holding them up. Now, as a teenager, if she feels rushed or stressed, she literally can't eat. It irritates me that someone else's temporary frustration left a seemingly permanent mark on her. Fortunately, it tends to be limited to a single mealtime for her, not something that lingers for longer periods. |
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Oh how unfair to you DD that somebody felt rushed and left a permanent mark!
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