Noticing you're hungry and hunger nausea

[Arienette]

Sometimes I totally forget and don't realise I'm hungry until it's waaaayyy past normal, and I'm shaking and feeling nauseous bc im so hungry and weak, and flavoured food makes me feel sick, and sweet stuff is too much.

I dunno if it's worse lately bc I'm depressed and a bit all over

But I just buy food from sainsburys then totally forget or can't be bothered to eat it. Sometimes I just don't notice I haven't eaten

Then if it's too late I'll sleep it off til breakfast, I'm not trying to avoid food

But I need to stop letting myself get so hungry I feel so sick and Ill from hunger because it's making eating difficult because I feel so sick

Flavours are often too much for me lately too. I've really taken to bland things bc I feel sick quite a lot of the time.

Could that be a side effect (citalopram?)

I just started lorasidone but it's been going on before that, but worse since I started, so I dunno.

Xx

[Unbreakable.]

My eating is so irregular that I struggle with this frequently.
I usually just make myself eat and that makes it go away. It can be difficult though to ignore the nausea.

I think the best way to avoid this is to eat regularly and have fixed meal times to make sure you won't forget it so easily. Set alarms if it helps.

I have no idea whether medication would affect this.
Potentially it could influence your appetite though.

[Arienette]

Yeah I think eating something small regularly is better for me.

I might start packing snacks in my bag again, I used to a,ways have a snack on hand and now I don't I just ignore it until I'm home or I can get something, then on my at to getting something I realise hours later that I never did and then I start feeling ill.

Also HTT came before I had dinner last night, I read it's commong to feel extreme nausea if you take my new med without food, but that could've been coincidence. Xx

[EyelinerAndCigarettes]

I agree with everyone else, setting alarms or reminders can be helpful, eat small & often should help with the feeling sick aswell.

I take snacks around with me out of habit, I know when I put my phone in my bag, I need to put food in, the more you do it, the more habitual it becomes.

x x x

[bodlonrwydd]

I think it could well be related to the citalopram! I started it about 2 or 3 months ago and it really affected my appetite. Like you, I'd forget to eat and only be reminded by the fact that my tummy was rumbling and I was feeling dizzy.

It has improved with time. My appetite is still much smaller than it used to be but I can eat bigger portions again now though I suspect my stomach has shrunk after a couple of months of eating such smaller portions anyway (which, for me at least, is probably a good thing since I could do with losing some weight).

Setting alarms definitely helps, and just eating easier things like soups and pasta, or yoghurts for snacks, makes getting enough food less of a task. Good luck, hopefully it will get better with time for you too.

[Arienette]

Yeah I think for me part of the issue is having a variety I accessible food that is plain enough or the right flavours for me. I've become quite restrained in my flavour choices- either plainish like a banana or porridge or a little spicy. Other than that I can be a bit :/

Even grapes are dificult bc I find them too sweet. And apples have become diffiult bc the flavour is too strong for me.

Coffee is ok toned down with milk. Milk is my ultimate favourite thing ever.

I need to put more conscious focus on eating I think bc evidently not paying attention isn't working for me.