i have been dieting for 3 months and have lost 40 pounds, i have little appetite since i switched from zyprexa to geodon im supposed to eat 1500 calories and thats the lowest that myfitnesspal will go and i have been eating like 1000-1200 and if i didnt have to eat before I take my meds and didnt like the stomach pain i get when i go over 16 hours without eating i probably would be eating even less
i also have been having jaw pain whenever i eat i think its because i rub my tongue in between this gap in my teeth all day which could possibly be TD but my pdoc says its not even tho he didn’t evaluate me or anything, and i have also been kinda depressed? like i have no joy from anything and I am often thinking of death to stop my suffering and than I wont have to be worried about relapsing
eating clean food might be another reason it Is hard for me to eat enough caloriesbecause a pound of chicken breast is only 440 calories and that is like the only meat i eat other than steak sometimes I also weigh everything I eat and I only eat fast food sometimes but I always make sure I know the calories of what I’m eating but idk
also since I started taking my Geodon only at night I have been intermittent fasting I fast for 16 hours
I don’t know how I’m gonna eat more once my weight gets to the point where I don’t need to diet anymore
i actually like having not a lot of appetite like it makes my life somewhat easier because i know a lot of people struggle when trying to lose weight the only time i overate is when i was taking passion flower pills and drinking chamomile tea but as soon as i stopped using them my appetite was back to normal
If you’re having trouble getting enough calories, you could try one of those nutrition shakes like Ensure or, if you’re watching your blood sugar, you can try Glucerna nutrition shakes.
They don’t taste particularly good but since they’re liquid, they’re easy to get down.
From what I’ve learned from visiting near death experience sites is that you don’t escape by dying. Your problems worsen if you kill yourself. I heard about this one guy who tried to kill himself by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. He said that the second he cleared the railing he realized that he could solve every problem in his life, except for the one he had just created for himself by jumping off the bridge.
add a couple eggs for breakfast and switch to 2% milk. I have myfitnesspal set at 1200 calories so I always have to say no to foods I want. I’m barely losing weight. I hope you get your appetite back once your weight is down where you want it.
now, about the wanting to end your suffering I can relate and I don’t know how to help with this. If you figure something out let us know. In the meantime stay alive friend
edited to say congratulations on the weight loss sigarino
This is a weird suggestion, but try drinking caffeine? When I was depressed this semester I didn’t have any appetite at all. The only food I could push myself to eat was comfort food. However weirdly I found when I’d drink caffeine, a while after drinking it I’d suddenly be starving!! I don’t know why that is.
I take Huel. It is a complete replacement food with every nutrient known to man. I’ve been a lot healthier on it than I was before. I also can’t eat more than 1200 calories a day, and sometimes less. I add a heaped teaspoon of good quality instant coffee and a bit of Stevia because I like things very tasty.
Also - My jaw bones also hurt when I chew food. I don’t know why. It’s been happening a lot the last few years.