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anyone ever lose weight during a IBS flare up or is it just me? or can it be depression or anxiety thats causing it? i have no apetite but i still force myself to eat, i find anytime i have a flare up i lose weight.
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maria47829 sam90321
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Yes, me. Half the time I don't feel like eating the other half i'm afraid to eat. Anxiety plays a roll but if I felt good I would be able to eat.
sam90321 maria47829
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it freaked me out my doctor seen me and said i did not look healthy , am losing too much weight too fast, honestly when she seen me i was in a flare up stage, so i did lose weight and the funny thing its been 2 months since the scale move for me but when i feel good like you said i eat. am honestly freaked out though, she wants to run blood test from head to toe for me, it make me think something is really wrong with me.
maria47829 sam90321
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I've lost a lot quickly too due to a flare up. If they could make us actually feel better we'd eat.
maria47829 sam90321
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I also thought that since i'm in a flare up, I'm trying to eat the FODMAP foods, which many I don't even care for. If I could eat my bad foods I wouldn't have lost as much weight but they affect the flare up!!
sam90321 maria47829
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exactly my issues too, i dont care for most the foods on there either i only picked the ones i like and stick to it but when i do slip up i pay the price and even my period made everything else worst
sam90321 maria47829
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tell me about it, its like i like losing the weight cause am abit overweight but feeling unwell isnt making anything better
sylvia38199 sam90321
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I too do not feel like eating and am frightened eating will make me worse which causes more Anxiety and makes things even worse.
However, I do not lose weight and my tummy is always bloated.
sam90321 sylvia38199
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the bloated feeling is so uncomfortable and i feel maybe thats why am feeling full do fast
pippa58442 sam90321
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It's likely to be a combination of things: not eating/eating less, anxiety, bouts of diarrhoea causing food not be be absorbed properly, food not digesting well and being left behind in stools
sam90321 pippa58442
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i was thinking that too am under so much stress right now its like i can feel it. am only constipated or when i go little comes out to nothing,
maria47829 sam90321
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and the constipation leads to lack of appetite
sam90321 maria47829
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wow i didnt know that, do you know why constipation cause it?
pippa58442 sam90321
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It's the waste products backing up in your colon that can make you feel toxic. Lack of appetite/nausea is one of my symptoms if my constipation goes on for l long time.
pippa58442 sam90321
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I'm often constipated a d either I have no urge to go or very little comes out.
sam90321 pippa58442
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i suspected i couldnt burp or fart until yesterday i started to burp
pippa58442 sam90321
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I certainly have no trouble farting or burping. I have a very musical bottom!
sam90321 pippa58442
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lucky you i feel like if you could let out trapped gas thats good and a relief
maria47829 sam90321
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also i read that nausea is a side effect from ibs in some people
pippa58442 sam90321
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The amount of gas I have showed up in my ultrasound before diagnosis. It was noted, but no one was able to draw any conclusions from it.
jeremy04366 pippa58442
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Thats one thing that comes and goes for me, one weeks its a gas party....next week its Normal. Its a rotating cycle, but no trigger foods o can find, guess its just one of those funny ibs things, ....unless others are around that is..:-)
pippa58442 jeremy04366
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No foods trigger my gas either; my bowel is full of it no matter what I do. My brother is the same and he has IBS which has long been in remission. Mind you he was gassy before IBS. He always laughs at the loud explosions from my bottom, but my dad always pulls a face.