Allways Ravenous, What Could Be Wrong With Me ?

[dieseldick]

im constantly ravenous, hungry, i am allways eating then regretting it, i dont even think im hungry just greedy. what can help me i have been like this 2 weeks now and can feel the weight going on around my middle.

why ?

[wolf63]

I used to get that before my period.
My cat is like you - he is on steroids.

I take it that we can discount the first one.

Have you been changing your diet or have you been prescribed new medication?

Boredom and depression could always be a cause.

Hopefully someone who can help will be along shortly.

[sandyRoe]

Worms?

[Obiter]

In a sense I envy you. I have completely lost my appetite and it takes me all my time to force down a bowl of cornflakes per day. obviously this has adversely affected my stamina to the extent that i can only walk a hundred yards before sitting down for a rest.

[dieseldick]

worms ? i dont have an itchy hole so i would rule that out, maybe stress ? have been taking multi vitimins only last 2 days though.

anything to do with sugar levels ive heard something like this before, also ive tried drinking water beltch !! i hate the stuff !!

[Old_Geezer]

Could be any of a number of thing I think. Maybe you are eating the wrong foodstuffs in the sense that whatever you lack isn't being sorted, and so craving something else ? Two weeks is a long time to be that way though. Perhaps you have trained yourself to feel hungry, in which case it may be an unpleasant application of will power to deliberately eat less than you want until the body/mind re-adjusts. Are you feeling stressed or something ? That can increase appetite sometimes.

[atalanta]

Some people get help from hypnosis to control undesirable urges.

[Mosaic]

Stress can make you feel this way.
For me, oddly enough eating carbohydrates makes me hungrier. Eating lean protein lets me go much longer without feeling the need to eat.

[reinganum]

Q1. Are you on any medication? If yes, then check the info provided with it for possible side-effects. Some medicines increase appetite.
Q2. Are you actually putting on weight? Weigh yourself every day at the same time each day (this is important) wearing same or similar clothes each time.
Q3. Are you 'full of beans', or are you getting excessively tired?
Q4. Any change in your tolerance for heat or cold?
Q5. Any change in your exercise patterns? (I'm assuming not, otherwise you'd have mentioned it.)
Q6. Increase or decrease in thirst?
Q7. Change in bladder/bowel habits?


It could be a number of things but these are questions you ought to answer before going to see the doc if you think you need to.

[jourdain2]

A friend of mine has thyroid problems. Can't remember which way round it goes, but under/over activity can definitely affect appetite. I'm with the others, it could be lots of things.

[jennyjoan]

Jourdain

Over active - you are hyper so lose weight
Under active - you are slow so gain weight - think that's correct.

[boxtops]

A lot of people feel hungry when actually what they are is thirsty - I know I do - I eat rather than drinking at those times, because I don't recognise it. Try taking a drink (something low cal preferably) at the times when you feel the urge to eat. See what happens - it might only defer the urge to eat, but that's better than just eating on a whim.

[ummmm]

Coffee kills my appetite instantly.