Re: Appetite

[Guest guest]

I haven't been able to find out much about this effect. Seems some

AIDS patients say it IMPROVES appetite. This leads me to wonder if it

isn't a very similar effect to what opiates have on appetite.

If this is the case, then no, it won't come back on its own. It will

have to be " rediscovered " ...meaning adjusting your lifestyle to a

degree to where you can become more sensitive to your appetite. Any

kind of activity or therapy that " opens you up " , so to speak

(emotionally, psychologically, spiritually...however you want to put

it) can probably enhance your sensitivity and restore at least some

lost appetite.

Actively trying to enhance your sensitivity like this has its own

risks, though, so you may want to live with the situation and just

treat eating in a different way...the need to eat doesn't go away,

just the desire, and that could even be a *good* thing if you're

naturally attracted to junky foods.

-Cub-

> a while back lots of people talked about LDN decreasing appetite,

this has

> hit me hard. My question is, does it ever come back?

> Peace,

>

> Zil

> Never give up, never surrender

[Guest guest]

,

I don't understand this part of your message, because it is my

understanding that prednisone will raise your blood sugar, whether you

eat or not. With me, the more carbs I ate, the higher my blood sugar

got. It's too bad you don't have a meter to test and see what your

blood sugar is when you're not eating much. Sue

On Sunday, July 24, 2005, at 11:38 PM, tandarat wrote:

>

> I pretty much have to force myself to eat something to keep my blood

> sugar up because of the prednisone.

>

[Guest guest]

I am not on Prednisone, but I have no appetite. I think the Lupus

causes it for me. I have to make myself to eat too. I know when

someone if flaring, people seem to lose the appetite.

I'm glad your going to the doctor soon, Tawny

> Hey, all...I've got a question about appetite. Since about the

time

> my hair started falling out (about 2 weeks ago), my appetite has

> gone completely downhill. For those who know me, this is NOT

normal

> for me. Shoot...I'm the type of person who will try to eat myself

> to death when I get depressed, and my waistline shows it . I

> pretty much have to force myself to eat something to keep my blood

> sugar up because of the prednisone. Last Sunday I did have a bout

> with food poisoning (I'm assuming it was, anyway) and had to have

an

> IV to get my fluids back up, but this started before, and my

stomach

> has been fine since Tuesday.

>

> I've lost 10 pounds in just over a week. Now, this isn't a

HORRIBLE

> thing (I've been extremely overweight since my pregnancy), but this

> is a little too fast, and the appetite is getting worse, not

> better. I'm rarely hungry, and when I am, nothing looks even

> remotely edible. I'm also going through some kind of flare that

> started just before my hair came out. I've been achy all over,

> extremely fatigued (of course, I DID start a new job last Monday,

> which could be contributing to that), and I've had a lot more pain

> in my joints, and areas of joints that did not hurt before

> in " trouble spots " (ankles, neck, and shoulders) have been

extremely

> painful. I've also had my first experience of my joints actually

> feeling hot to the touch (they normally just become locally swollen

> and painful, but not hot). Also, for the first time tonight,

> vicodin is doing NOTHING for the pain in my right foot, and my

> shoulders are getting bad, again, too. I'm hoping it subsides

> enough for me to sleep tonight...I have to be up early for work

> tomorrow.

>

> I'm just wondering if this appetite thing is common, and how many

of

> you have experienced this. How long has it lasted? Though I'm

> tickled that I can fit in some clothes I haven't been able to wear

> in over a year, I'm concerned that I'm losing weight way too

> quickly, and I KNOW I'm not taking in enough calories or nutrients

> to be healthy, which can't be good for my system right now. I will

> be bringing this up with the new doctors on Thursday, but I'd like

> to know if I should contact my gp before then about this? If this

> pain doesn't go away by tomorrow, I'll definitely have to call her

> for something stronger than codeine...it obviously is not doing the

> trick this time.

>

> Oh yeah...I'm getting numbness in the last two fingers in my right

> hand on and off, and pins and needles in both hands and feet,

> especially my right foot, which is painful along the bones to the

> last two toes.

>

> I feel like I'm falling apart. Wonder why .

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Type 2 diabetes sometimes presents itself at first with hypoglycemia.

Have you been checked for diabetes? Does it run in your family?

Prednisone has been known to give people diabetes. I have diabetes, but

I had it years before I was diagnosed. For that reason, I have little

diabetes antennas that pop up when I hear certain symptoms, LOL.

Sue

On Tuesday, July 26, 2005, at 09:37 PM, tandarat wrote:

> Pharmacist told me to eat regularly (not skip meals) because the pred.

> can mess with your blood sugar. I assumed he meant it would lower

> it. What I did notice after going on the pred is that I have no

> warning before I become hypoglycemic (which I'm prone to...). Instead

> of getting a little hungry, then slowly " shaky " and cranky, I'm doing

> fine and then it hits so hard and fast I can hardly move. Because of

> that I do make sure I have at least a LITTLE something before I even

> get hungry...I just make sure I eat at regular intervals, even if it

> is just a glass of juice or a small cookie. I weighed myself again

> this morning, and since last Monday, I've lost 11 pounds. That is 11

> pounds in just over a week. This has never happened before (except on

> Lindora ), and I'm definitely bringing it up with the doctors.