jjm2894
12-08-2014, 01:15 PM
Hey gang,
I feel myself on the precipice of a major anxiety meltdown, and am doing anything I can to dig in my heels and reason my way out of it before it goes into full swing. That's why I'm writing here.
First, let me state straight-up that I've been in a heightened state of anxiety these past three or four weeks. One week I was unbearably nervous about flying for Thanksgiving. The next week I was sure I had appendicitis. Last week, a hip bruise convinced me I had cancer.
This week I'm honing in on some appetite changes I've noticed lately. For the past three weeks (maybe more), I just really haven't been hungry. I've been eating three meals a day, but I have been doing something small for lunch because I just don't have a big appetite anymore. Eating has felt like going through the motions more than anything.
It's worth mentioning that I don't see a change in my habits that could bring about this loss of appetite... which is probably why I'm so concerned. No new medications, no real change in exercise levels, I'm sleeping fine. The only thing that's slightly different is that for the past three months or so, I've been eating breakfast with a big cup of coffee every morning, without fail. This is entirely new for me—I used to eat breakfast rarely, if at all. But the changes in my appetite have only been going on (noticeably) for three, maybe four weeks. The breakfast thing has been going on for three months or more.
I'm also 23, nearly 24. I'm pretty much done growing, and maybe my metabolism is just slowing down. I sure hope so.
I do have the benefit of self-awareness: I realize I've been in a heightened state of paranoia the past month or so, so I'm trying to keep that in mind as I attempt to fend off this current fear. It's just that I've seen "loss of appetite" as a symptom of so many awful diseases that I'm now hypersensitive to it. Nothing else going on with me that I would call a second "symptom."
Any advice, suggestions, logic that anyone can provide on this subject?
I feel myself on the precipice of a major anxiety meltdown, and am doing anything I can to dig in my heels and reason my way out of it before it goes into full swing. That's why I'm writing here.
First, let me state straight-up that I've been in a heightened state of anxiety these past three or four weeks. One week I was unbearably nervous about flying for Thanksgiving. The next week I was sure I had appendicitis. Last week, a hip bruise convinced me I had cancer.
This week I'm honing in on some appetite changes I've noticed lately. For the past three weeks (maybe more), I just really haven't been hungry. I've been eating three meals a day, but I have been doing something small for lunch because I just don't have a big appetite anymore. Eating has felt like going through the motions more than anything.
It's worth mentioning that I don't see a change in my habits that could bring about this loss of appetite... which is probably why I'm so concerned. No new medications, no real change in exercise levels, I'm sleeping fine. The only thing that's slightly different is that for the past three months or so, I've been eating breakfast with a big cup of coffee every morning, without fail. This is entirely new for me—I used to eat breakfast rarely, if at all. But the changes in my appetite have only been going on (noticeably) for three, maybe four weeks. The breakfast thing has been going on for three months or more.
I'm also 23, nearly 24. I'm pretty much done growing, and maybe my metabolism is just slowing down. I sure hope so.
I do have the benefit of self-awareness: I realize I've been in a heightened state of paranoia the past month or so, so I'm trying to keep that in mind as I attempt to fend off this current fear. It's just that I've seen "loss of appetite" as a symptom of so many awful diseases that I'm now hypersensitive to it. Nothing else going on with me that I would call a second "symptom."
Any advice, suggestions, logic that anyone can provide on this subject?