Trying to IE when you're sick

January 11, 2007

Hello everyone !

I have a question... The last 10 days I have had the worst congestion

and sinus headache. I went to see an MD and I am now taking

antibitoics. The good news is that my head is feeling bebetter, the bad

news is that my gut is now not doing so great. I have been trying to

eat when I am hungry. I have given myself perission to eat anything and

have bought lots of comfort food. Here's the problem with so much else

going on, I can't begin to tell when I am hungry. I usually feel my

stomach rumbling and then if I wait I start to get a headache. (I am a

hypoglycemic). At first my head hurt all the time and nothing looks or

smelled appetizing. Now my head is better but everything smells worse !

I am not trying to diet, but the other night I woke up with a huge

headache. I did eat dinner, but with the instant severity I forced

myself to eat something and the headache went away.

any suggestions !

Anne

January 15, 2007

Hi, I'm new, too. :)Hope you're both feeling better soon!In the past, I used to take a certain decongestant when I had a cold and I realized I didn't feel very hungry when I took it - often to the point where I wasn't eating enough and it hindered my getting better. When I talked to my doctor about it, she said that particular decongestant had a drug in it that was the same as the appetite suppressant used in many diet pills. No wonder I wasn't hungry!

Anyway, I don't know if something similar might be going on with your antibiotics or if you're also taking decongestants or what, but maybe what happened to me will give you some clues. When I got in those situations I just had to make sure that I ate at least three meals a day with fairly healthy food, even if I wasn't hungry. I figure if it was drugs that were making me not hungry, then my body probably needed at least a minimal amount of food to get healthy, and I'd better eat it whether I was hungry or not. But only as long as I was on the drugs.

Daphne

Hi, I'm new here and saw your post and honestly I can completely

relate to you because I'm on day 4 of my antibiotics because of a

sinus infection, sore throat and cough. I'm feeling much better now

but I've been haveing the same problem of telling when I'm hungry and

not. Antibiotics always mess me up like that i'm not sure why, either

i'm always hungry on them or never hungry and sometimes nauseaus. I'm

just trying to get through the last few days of meds and I'll be much

better. Sorry I'm not much help I guess I'm hoping someone else will

answer too. Feel better!

>

> Hello everyone !

> I have a question... The last 10 days I have had the worst

congestion

> and sinus headache. I went to see an MD and I am now taking

> antibitoics. The good news is that my head is feeling bebetter, the

bad

> news is that my gut is now not doing so great. I have been trying

to

> eat when I am hungry. I have given myself perission to eat anything

and

> have bought lots of comfort food. Here's the problem with so much

else

> going on, I can't begin to tell when I am hungry. I usually feel my

> stomach rumbling and then if I wait I start to get a headache. (I

am a

> hypoglycemic). At first my head hurt all the time and nothing looks

or

> smelled appetizing. Now my head is better but everything smells

worse !

> I am not trying to diet, but the other night I woke up with a huge

> headache. I did eat dinner, but with the instant severity I forced

> myself to eat something and the headache went away.

>

> any suggestions !

> Anne

>

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January 15, 2007