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i alternate between nausea/zero appetite and RAVENOUS hunger.
usually no appetite during the morning and afternoon, then i'm STARVING in the evening and will eat a HUGE dinner and snack afterwards, too.
i also have a hard time keeping weight on. i'm 5'2 and 110 lbs but with the amount of calories i consume i should weigh at least 10 lbs more than i do.
when i was sicker, before i started getting my hormone situation sorted out, i had a hard time staying above 100.
but yes, there are times when i am ridiculously hungry for no apparent reason.
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I wish I could lose some weight. Before DX I had lost 25 lbs without changing anything, then after I started treating I gained 25 lbs back. I'm trying to lose it not but crap I'm so dang hungry. Just today and yesterday-last week I was fine. Ugh.
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My symptoms started in 2004/2005. In 2006 I started to get hungry all the time, no matter how much I ate. I was eating mostly carbohydates I think though. I was full of energy and felt like I had adrenaline pumping through my body all the time. I noticed that I suddenly had gained weight for the first time in my life, next I noticed my skin had stretch marks on it. These were real scars. Then one day all the energy and hunger went away and I started to get constant strong dull ache pain in my chest in addition to the stiff neck which I had from already from the year before. One year after that the dizziness, vertigo attacks and TMJ disfunction started. A year after that the constant dull ache in the back started and the numbness in the face as well as aches in the hips and other places. I also have tinitus and nystagmus.
I have wondered if the hunger had anything to do with the lyme or if it was related to other health problems which were already going on. I can't say for sure, but if others had this I'd be curious.
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Hunger can be a symptom of parasitic infestation especially a tape worm. Antiparasitics should be included when treating Lyme disease. Check out
Do a search on here under parasites and Lyme for more info.
Don't ignore this.
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I would also guess parasites...we all have them but they seem to get worse or cause more symtoms when we have Lyme.
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What if you are hungry all the time. Eat all the time and gain weight-would that rule out parasites?
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It can also be yeast, which was my experience
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Weight gain and weight loss are both symptoms of parasites. Check out the symptom list at Humaworm. Chronic yeast can also be a symptom as was recently posted on a symptom list that GiGi posted.
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I think I've got yeast under control. Could it be parasites even when it only happens every once in a while?
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YES ABSOLUTELY!
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Weight gain or weight loss - hungry all the time - think parasites and definitely think serious allergies (www.allerlgie-immun.de (English).
Right now we are heading into Full Moon. Watch yourself - this is copulation time for parasites. It is also a good time to catch them. Before they multiply. They love milk!
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quote:Originally posted by Lauralyme: It can also be yeast, which was my experience [/QB]
Mine too! Having yeast makes you ravenously hungry!!
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I am hungry all the time too- was one of my first symptoms... I barely weigh 96lbs and im 5'3.
was anti yeast diet and gluten free (today i did cheat and had gluten bc I was just so fed up of having symptoms no matter what it seems)
lately i have been waking up very sick to my stomach..and it usually passes after I either have a bowel movement or eat something.
Today I have no appetite at all. I also get extreme nausea during my period.
could this be parasites?
I did gain most of my weight back a few years ago... but always had the ravenous appetite...
with me I seem to get even more hungry as I am eating. If I eat ice cream it seems to surpress the hunger.
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Have you considered taking some antiparasitics? If you haven't been treated for parasites it would be a very good idea since most people with Lyme have parasites.
Low weight and extreme hunger could indicate a tape worm. Check out parasite symptom list at humaworm or do a search on here.
Gael
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Adrenal system issues can also cause hunger pangs, I think.
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I am eating constantly. I never seem to get full. If I do get full, it isn't long before I'm hungry again.
I lost 30 pounds going through my 1 year divorce that was final the end of June and now I am gaining weight again.
Being so depressed about everything doesn't help either.
I even take a bag of snacks to bed with me now because I know before I fall asleep, I'll be downstairs getting something to eat.
So, yes to your answer. Why, I don't know.
Good luck to you.
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MariaA that is what the one LLMD I saw thought it was- my adrenals because I was able to gain the weight back and then lost it again almost instantly after I became very ravenous.
Gael I treated for about a month with a liquid anti parasite supplement I bought on Vitacost- maybe I didnt treat it long enough.
dania- I do wonder about Babs as I test positive for it...maybe it could cause the excessive hunger.
it sure does get costly trying to keep the body fed!
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