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Not hungry most of the time

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rchel04567
rchel04567

Hi I'm 13 years old I used to love love love to eat all the time but into the months food hasn't been the thing I loves I could for a whole day just eating some cereal and nothing else. Anything could help

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  • georgeGG
    georgeGG rchel04567

    Posted

    In this group our thoughts turn most readily to CFS and ME. Such drastic loss of appitite is not somthing that roubled me when I had ME. Are there any other changes in youself or home life that happened about the same time as you lost your appetite? You have given no information about youself in your profile so your comments on the forum should remain safely unconnected to you if you avoid mentioning names and places.

    Your parents must be very worried. It may be something your GP could help you with. Even though you are 13 you can have a private consultation if you wish.

  • Guest
    Guest rchel04567

    Posted

    Hi rchel, its hard to say what could be the cause without knowing anything about you and you should definitely discuss this with your gp if you havent already (or another adult in your life at least).  Whether it's stress in your life, an eating disorder or a food allergy/intolerance, whatever the cause I would strongly urge you to get help with as it can be really difficult to suss out the cause by yourself.  I get you have come on here for help (and is a great start) but we can only offer so much advice/support on here.  If family help isn't an option for any reason, I'd definitely recommend speaking with your gp or maybe even a teacher 

    I was very much like that when I was your age and I now know I have a problem in general with carbohydrates, but there are all sorts of things that can cause this, your cause isn't likely to be the same as mine.  I had a friend who for years didn't know what the problem was to finally be diagnosed with caesin allergy (not sure i've spelt that right but its found in dairy).   

    My neice had problems around your age and discovered she is fine as long as she avoids gluten.  

    Everyone is different so its definitely worth seeking help for, i remember thinking for years that I might have - or end up with - an eating disorder (which of course is another possibility, but I imagine you would know within yourself if thats a possibility or not to consider), it turned out not to be the case.  It's good that you are recognising at such a young age that something is wrong, for quite a long time I just assumed what I was doing was normal, quite literally living off a bowl of cereal or a sandwich a day, at the time I either did just not have an appetite and a lot of the time (but not all) I felt nauseous.  

    I didnt have a great doctor at the time and was told that there was nothing wrong with me apart from a bit of attention seeking, but I think doctors are much more well versed in dealing with eating disorders and food allergies these days that I would hope they wouldnt treat people like that today - this was a very very long time ago, the only reason I mention this is, in the very unlikely event you do get a reaction like that, i want to give you the confidence to ask for a second opinion smile  

     

  • tina58520
    tina58520 rchel04567

    Posted

    Hi rchel, how pleased I am that you sought help in the first instance from this site.  13, Yep difficult age to be I know.  I was that age once and have a daughter who is now 19.  At around your age, she used to come home and count out pieces of ceral and refuse to eat at times saying she wasn't hungry.  In her case it all boiled down to peer pressure and not looking the same way as some of her peers.  After some discussion, and in time she learnt that we are all very different, in mind, body and soul and that is what makes up this world we live in.  It would be so boring if we were all the same and thought in the same way don't you think? 

    Try not to think about food too much, and eat with family if you can.

    I agree with the other advice, if none of the above is relevant to you then please, please speak to someone.  I know most secondary schools have access to their own counsellor mostly on site, so would this be an option for you?

    As I said to my own daughter, you won't be 13 forever, and if it is not medical, you will look back one day at all this with ease.  Teenage years can be very traumatic, believe in yourself, stay strong, and love you for being you.

    I wish you well but please keep the communication open with someone you can talk easily to.

    Take care

    Txx

    • Guest
      Guest tina58520

      Posted

      well said Tina, i never even thought of the peer pressure side of things, it was only about a year back when I was saying pretty much the same thing to a family friends daughter when she was struggling with bullying at school and feeling isolated.

      There is so much more to life than what happens when you are at school, and whilst its tough to deal with it at the time, as you say when you look back as an adult you realise how insignificant those people are now to your life and everything good going on in it.  Peer pressure can be so subtle and sometimes you don't even realise when its happening that it is bullying, its only later on you realise just how much of an effect things "so called friends" say have on you and how little you wished you had cared at the time, easier said looking back of course.

    • tina58520
      tina58520 Guest

      Posted

      Oh I remember it so well believe me!

      Thanks

      Tx

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