Posted by Racer on April 16, 2006, at 18:28:32
I've been having trouble with something that I think is related to my digestion and/or metabolism. It seems as though there's no way to predict how long it will take something to get past my stomach -- rarely, I'm hungry again just about half an hour after I eat, which is a problem, but more often I feel uncomfortably full for HOURS after eating.
The other day, I had a piece of pizza for lunch at about 2PM, and felt lousy about it and way overfull, but then stayed with that "way overfull" feeling until nearly 9PM! I wasn't going to eat dinner at all, but my husband got very upset at that. I think he thinks this is "only" anorexic stuff, but I am worried about delayed gastric emptying, gastroparesis, etc. I'm also worried that it really was just psychological, that my upset about eating the pizza -- something I love, but have a hard time allowing myself to eat -- made me think I felt full all that time, when I really wasn't.
I'm also just beside myself about that whole hunger/satiety thing. I don't ever feel "just right" these days -- I'm a bit hungry, or I'm feeling so overstuffed I feel sick. And, after eating, I do feel so sick for a while. And I swear this is getting much worse.
{sigh} Yet more reasons to wish I could lose weight, but I can't seem to get a pound off. And my pdoc is watching me a bit more closely since starting stimulants. She says that if she thinks I've lost any weight, she will start weighing me. I do NOT want that to happen.
Has anyone gone through all this and come out the other side?
poster:Racer
thread:633927
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