[erindiv]

I don't know why this is happening but I suppose my anxiety is to blame.

I just can't make myself eat. Sometimes I wonder how I'm still alive on the amount I have been eating in the last couple of months. I end up eating barely one full meal every few days, and it's mostly starchy bland stuff like bread, pasta, potato... This is all I can manage.

I know I have gotten into a habit. I don't even want chocolate anymore. I get hungry, sure, I get starving, but I look in my pantry and my stomach turns at the thought of eating anything in there. I have dropped 3.5kg in the last 3 weeks, a lot when you take into account the fact I don't exercise at all (except for housework).

I'm getting indigestion constantly, stomach pains, dizziness, tiredness but can't sleep. This is all from not eating. I know it's bad. I don't want to lose weight, I'm not deliberately starving myself, I just can't eat.

I'm not underweight for my height yet, but is still can't be good for me. So far today all I have managed to eat is a salads and a slice of cheese. It made me hungrier, but there's nothing else I want. I just can't clear the fog in my brain to think of something to eat.

I don't know how to approach is. I know it's all in my head but I don't know how to get it out.

[raven74]

You need to see your GP for a start and get checked out and a referral for a cousellor or go and see a phych/counsellor etc off your back. Have you had an eating disorder before? You may be well on the way to developing one now if you are not careful.
Good luck.

[SlowEmotionRepla...]

I forget to eat or am just too busy or would rather work through lunch so I can leave a bit earlier or just can't be bother because of the effort and mess. Often all I will have is coffee until dinner and then just eat the kids left overs.

Or just eat toast butter and vegimite with tea. Or chocolate.

But it sounds like this is new for you and so something else going on?

[Excentrique]

OP, I really think you need to go and visit your GP about this, the sooner the better.

[erindiv]

I have never had an eating disorder before but I do tend to accidentally 'starve' myself in this way when my anxiety is at its worst, which is usually all through summer.

The potential for this to develop into a full blown eating disorder has started to freak me out. I looked in the mirror last night while starving and thought "Well, I do look good, maybe this isn't such a bad thing," then was immediately horrified that I could think like that. I have had fleeting thoughts of "If I start eating properly I'll put it all back on."

The other night I was hungry and felt like eating frozen peas. Got a bowl, went to the freezer, discovered we were out of peas. So I ate nothing. Even though I was starving. I find myself thinking WTF am I doing to myself?!

[Molondy]

GO TO THE DOCTOR TODAY.

(caps for emphasis not shouting)

This post has been edited by Molondy: 22/01/2013, 09:26 AM

[erindiv]

But what can a doctor do? I have had counselling/medication for my anxiety before.

[zzgirl]

I suffer the same sort of feelings when I am anxious about something. eg. something kid health related. I can't seem to 'eat' anything and I just stuff a couple of mouthfuls in my mouth and that's about all I can tolerate. I can't even stand the thought of cooking when I get like this. I really have to talk myself into and keep repeating positive thoughts in my head so I can get over the anxiety. So I can relate to you totally.

However, once the worst of my anxiety passes, usually within a couple of days, I go back to normal.

Definately get some help- don't let it get out of hand. You need to be there for your kids - see your GP asap. Talk to someone close to you about it too, if you can.

I suffer the same sort of feelings when I am anxious about something. eg. something kid health related. I can't seem to 'eat' anything and I just stuff a couple of mouthfuls in my mouth and that's about all I can tolerate. I can't even stand the thought of cooking when I get like this. I really have to talk myself into and keep repeating positive thoughts in my head so I can get over the anxiety. So I can relate to you totally.

However, once the worst of my anxiety passes, usually within a couple of days, I go back to normal.

Definately get some help- don't let it get out of hand. You need to be there for your kids - see your GP asap. Talk to someone close to you about it too, if you can.

[zzgirl]

Sounds like you need a psychologist to help you with the 'self talk' in your head. Maybe investigate that option.

[suline]

But what can a doctor do? I have had counselling/medication for my anxiety before.

A doctor can do plenty of things, not only do you need reassess your counselling/medication for your anxiety, but the GP may be able to assess you for a physical reason for loss of appetite, indigestion, stomach cramps etc.

You definitely need to get checked out.