Anxiety

[Sincere_guy]

Hi everyone it's my first time here, just want your input if anxiety can lead to eating problems. I just came out of hospital and told my anxiety caused my eating problem and didn't have an eating disorder so I'm thinking about getting a second opinion.

[blondguy]

Hi Sincere guy

Welcome and good on you for posting too!

The digestive system is the more sympathetic to anxiety than anywhere else in the body.

Ive had many years of chronic anxiety which has morphed into depression....ugh! and it still occasionally effects my digestive (IBS) system.

I have a friend that has difficulty holding down her food and the docs are looking at her anxiety as a trigger for her vomiting.

I remember when I had my chronic anxiety my appetite flew out the window for a few months then came back.

A second opinion is a great idea as I can only speak from my own experiences.

The GP's have much better training nowadays on anxiety and related issues compared years ago.

I hope some of this has been of help to you SG

let us know how you go....You have posted a good question here

my kindest

Paul

[ro63]

Hi Sincere guy, and welcome ,It's a good question you ask about eating and anxiety I think it can work both ways as overeating for self comfort, and under eating due to that nervous kind of nausea that anxiety gives us.As Paul suggests the Gp's have much better training now as far as nutriion goes and can help with a healthy eating plan, if it is undereating something that worked for me when I couldn't stomach food was jucing I found I could get back all the nutrients I was'nt eating by drinking them and it didn't give me that heavy stomach feeling and gave me more energy too ,hope this helps you .Best wishes Ross.

[Maya11]

It really depends on what knd of eating problems you mean? Eating disprders come hidden and you're not aware of it because you are eather too young or too weak to fight it. I guess extreme attacks of anxiety can make you feel sick or have weird feelings in stimack but I would never guess that anxiety causes eating porblems at all. I do have terrible eating disorder which caused terrible anxiety, and that makes sense. Hope this helps, always ask for another doctors opinion.

[blondguy]

Hi Maya

Welcome to the forums and thanks for the great post too

Sincere Guy may not be on the forums anymore as he hasn't responded to any replies so far

It sounds like you have a lot to offer which will benefit many people. If you go to 'New Posts' you will see the most recent thread topics. I hope that Sincere Guy checks his posts so he can see the support you have provided

I hope you can stick around the forums Maya11....

Good to meet you 🙂

My Best

Paul