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Does anyone have loss of appetite?
Sometimes there is loss of appetite and
the cause is not known.
Sometimes there is loss of appetite and
the cause is not known.
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kangaSue
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No doubt there's other reasons for loss of appetite but this can be the start of gastroparesis and this is not uncommon in ME/CFS.
taniaaust1
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I swing between no appetite and then I really struggle to make myself eat and all my foods need to be very tempting or I just do not eat.. to feeling like I'm starving. This whole thing is annoying
I know the exact feeling and live it.
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I understand that, as that's how I am too... Beyond Annoying. I can't tell if I have a stomach ache or if I'm hungry instead. (yes, feels like starving) instead. so to be on the safe side, at that time I force myself to eat something... even if it isn't something I like. yuk
jesse's mom
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I also have cravings, like I want asparagus this week. Another week it was eggs and more eggs.
The strangest one was split pea soup. Mango for a while, I really don't like mango.
The strangest one was split pea soup. Mango for a while, I really don't like mango.
Yes I get it from time to time. But it is weird, because sometimes all day I have no appetite (I eat anyway because I know I need the food. I am dreadfully skinny) Then on those days suddenly my appetite returns later in the evening! A good healthy "I can now eat" feeling.
At first when I got sick, I had weird appetite swings and cravings. From feeling horribly nauseous, five minutes later I would crave sardines and lashings of butter on toast. I craved eggs too at that time. Then I would eat those foods and the odd thing is they didn't start up the nausea again!
When I started taking a higher dose vitamin D3 than I had done before, the cravings for those foods stopped, but that didn't take away my liking for them.
Certain foods I like suddenly I didn't fancy. Apples were one of them, and nuts, and onions. But now I am fine with them.
My appetite was worse at regular mealtimes and better at night.
That steadied out quite a lot and I am fairly normal now in that respect but do sometimes get glitches when I crash.