Question posted by litlmommag on 20 Nov 2011
Last updated on 9 May 2013
My husband been trying to get me to eat something everyday. Honestly all week I've ate one bagel with cream cheese four of those days, toast with peanut butter one day, fries today, and home fries another day.
I'm just not hungry I know I need to eat something and drinking juices and gatorade. All these meds stop me from wanting to eat. I'm not nauseous... just no appetite. Any suggestions on how to increase my appetite? any thoughts please let me know please!
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Ask the doctors for a prescription for THC pills.
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Hi liylmom,
Welcome. I am wondering what medication you are taking and for what?
I know this has probably already been recommended to you but when I was having that problem the protein drinks saved me. I drank those and carnation instant breakfast just to get some nutrients in me. Also, I would take a banana and cut it into bites then put some peanut butter on each bite. That helped a lot. Your doc should also have some ideas for you. Hope this helps.
Thank you everbody now my kids are even bringing me little snacks. I think ill get back to eating better again plus thanksgiving is in a few days I never could resist pumkin pie. It is tech a veggie you know lol. So incase I don't say it thurs happy thanksgiving everyone
Hi all I wonder if this could be stree related I'm very stressed?
Yes Jamie it could possibly be stress. It could also be the meds you're on or a combination of the two. Hope you're doing better sweetie!! Big hugs
I have this problem as well. I also cannot taste food any longer, which is a real problem.
No one has suggested this, and I may get barked a new hair-do for it, but here goes... have ye tried smoking some ganja? I know, tis not a good idea!! But it does help with appetite!! Try baking it into brownies!! I don't have a recipe for it, but I'm sure you can find one on the web, or from someone here. I hope this goes away fast Jaime!!
My dr mentioned if I keep loosing weight he's gonna prescribe it to me. And he says its good for my MS. I think its ironic as a kid I baked brownies all that I stopped thinking better health you know that was 12 years ago 4 years after that I get symptoms of ms. Then dr says its good for me lol.
Try it, why not? It will make ye hungry, to be sure!!
If you picture your typical high school stoner, how do you view them. Unhealthily slim. ganga increases appetites in some but makes others have the opposite effect. Cant hurt to try if you like the high though.
BigVic
No offense intended, but I find your answer no quite a good example for someone suffering from MS and having extreme issues. Please stick to the subject at hand. God Bless and please have a goo
Hi MidwestMa!! We've missed you! I'm very happy to see you back!!
sweet lemon
If this hasn't been mentioned before try almond or peanut butter just a spoonful throughout the day. Do you like nuts? Oatmeal might help too.
You may want to have a look at this site:
I used it when I could not eat. It comes in powder form and dissolves in water or skimmmed milk (or any type of milk), and you drink it. It is called " Whey Protein" you can find it at any GNC store, easy to prepare and drink.
All the best and take care.
1. tell your doctor and talk about your options.
2. find some good food and eat even though your not hungry.
3. find correct meds. that wont make your stop eating.
4. if your not up to eating try eating snacks often like every so often.
Hope that helped
Thank you very much!
Thank you maso very informative and a lot of good tasty foods. I'm lactose intoolerant so don't drink milk but I like the other stuff and would be good for my kids I get them carnation instant breakfast for when they don't wanna eat in the mornings they might like the whey protien items to thank you again
You are welcome.
It's going to be a matter of trying to eat/drink calorie dense foods, so at least what you (and me) eat goes a long way.
I know it's hard when nothing sounds tempting!
Me too! Not long after I started my suboxone I noticed a definite decrease in appetite. I am not enjoying anything I eat.
What I have really noticed to is how much I do not want to eat anything in the meat family! I don't eat red meat, anyway. Recently, I have even lost my desire for eating chicken-and that was a main-stay in my diet for the longest time. Now the thought of eating chicken just turns me stomach. And I have tried. It's not like I want to throw up when i've eaten it, I am just don't like the texture of anything. I think I have mentioned this is a thread some time back.
I am eating nuts/seeds, yogourt, organic peanut butter and some fruits and veggies. It's like i've just lost my desire to eat. I am going to pick up some protein powder and make some smoothies. Oh, shoot, my blender is busted again!
Well, i'll have to work around that. I think I do know what you're going through, jamie. If you think of anything let me know and i'll do the same, ok?
Lady from to I sure will I have a bit of advise though every blender I ever bought broke til I bought a ninja you can make smoothy icys excellent margariettas if yoo drink I put chicken breast in it with mayo and onion and celery it was smoother than peanut butter. If you buy a new one get one of theose they make a newer more expensive one but the older one works awsome about 30$ come with small chopper to. My favorite appliance.
That is interesting because our bodies/digestive systems were not designed to consume/process meat. We are really vegetarians. Meat is acidic and our bodies are alkaline. So if we do eat meat, we throw off the pH of our bodies making it sick.
Did you know that the Iceman they found even had heart disease from eating meat. We were designed to consume grains, nuts, fruit, and vegetables. Meat causes heart disease, blood clots for strokes, diabetes, hypertension, and a whole host of illnesses.
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Thanks ill ask my dr about that
If you list the medications you are taking that will help us to know how to help you. In the meantime, If I were you I would definately call my doctor first thing Monday morn. Try a little ginger ale. Try eating just a couple bites of something every two hours. Salt helps with the appetite. So a cracker with salt or (I know this is going to sound strange) make a lunchmeat sandwich,(use thin bread) cut it into quarters. Put potato chips in one quarter. Now eat it. Save the other quarters. Eat a quarter if you can in another two hours or less. Rember, each time you eat one quarter of the sandwich, put fresh potato chips on it. The salt should help with your appetite. Wash each quarter down with gingerale or a soda. Better yet, at bed time, if you can drink a nutrient drink like boost or ensure, that would be good for your body. I know this sounds strange, but it has worked for me.
I actually had to shove cheezits and one quarter of a sandwich down a liver transplant patient who wasn't eating after her transplant. It was getting to the point that her body was beginning to reject her new liver due to the lack of nutrition. The next morning, she called me all excited and said she now had an appetite. To this day we laugh about it. The reason I say to drink the nutrient drink at bedtime is because you can quickly hold your breath and drink it down. Since you are going to sleep, your body will have more of a chance to make proper use of the nutrients from the drink. OK, I think I'm rambling now. But, you get the idea. I wish you luck. Let us know what the doc says and what meds you are on. Blessings, Rollerskater
Rollerskater i love chips on my sandwhiches i never thought about the salt helping the appetite bu im gonna try everything you said thank you!
Wondering how things are going with you. What did the doc say? Did any of the ideas help? Out of curiosity, what meds are you taking? There are always so many possible side effects of medication.
I know that people react different to meds but I had lost 30 lbs slowly and I liked it that way but the Dr. took me off of my Lexapro for a different reason and I put back on 15 lbs..I was not too happy.
One can increase his or her appetite by engaging in more hard working activities. The body uses the food that we consume and converts that into energy. When we work hard, the body uses that food and we tend to eat more and have more of an appetite.
To increase your appetite you should just eat as much as you can as often as you can. This way you will streach out your stomach and it will hold more food.
Sounds like you make be just craving carbs too... which can be the fasted why to gain weight without exercise. Try to at least eat something in the Am meds to kick start your metabolism. This may help but could take a few days to a week.
I have the same problem with the meds I take. try smoothies. fruit ones are awesome and I am sure you can make veggie ones that taste great too. If I dont make at home I get them at the grocery store. theres a strawberry/banana with apple juice I really really like. they really help to fill me up and have actually gotten me back to being interested in food again.
I've been dealing with insomnia for over 15 years now and also I'm on a combination if medicine for other alignments... anywho, even before I started on all my meds,I have always had issues with food... and now that I'm older and on medicines it's even worse... even exercises, yoga, you name it I've done it. The only thing that seemed to really get my appetite flowing was swimming, laps, butterflies, backstroke etc... like 1 and a half to 3 hours as often a needed but honestly I partake in smoking a little bit of the medicinal green... especially when my osteoarthritis is so bad I can't get out if the house let alone go swimming... I'm not saying it works for all but I've had plenty if experiences with sick people whose own doctors don't recommend it bc they can't make the fat cash from that versus prescribing more medicines that may our may not work. My advice... do the exercise thing for a while... if that doesn't pan out, just try the other option... hopefully one will work.
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