appetite

Does anyone have any idea how to boost the appetite?  I find it very difficult to eat anything.  I am hypo and hashi's.  I don't need to lose weight.  I feel I need to eat for energy which I have none of.  Any supplements anyone can suggest?

[ChitChatNine]

I am on Synthroid 88mcgs daily and lack of appetite since my partial thyroidectomy last year .. go figure .. Synthroid is supposed to increase your appetite LOL .... sorry, no answer to your post but wanted to say hello!

Cheryl

[chigirl29]

I'm on Levothyroxine, and I really don't feel like eating much either.  I thought it was a side effect from another medication, but your post makes me wonder.  I never connected the two before.

Thanks--sorry I'm no help on this:)

[AR-10]

You could try Megase, but it is expensive.

[stella5349]

I really don't know of any supplement - but have you tried 4 to 6 very small meals a day. They don't have to be gigantic meals but light ones. Is there any foods you just can't eat i.e. dairy- red meat - etc?

[ifupleze]

Thanks for all your responses.  I can eat anything I want.  No allergies.  I just don't want to eat.  I can hardly eat one meal a day much less 4 to 6.  I don't seem to be losing much weight, anymore.  I just feel that it would help with my energy level.  I don't know what Megase is, but I'll  look into it.  Thanks again.

[Jalder]

Try a small glass of pre-prandial sherry - works for me!

[chigirl29]

I meant to add this earlier.  If you take a multivitamin or other supplement, you should wait four hours after taking your thyroid pill because they will inhibit the absorption.

I take my Levo early on an empty stomach.  I eat breakfast several hours later and take my other meds.  At night, I take some meds (follow-up medication) and several hours later I take my vitamins on an empty stomach.

I try to spread it out to minimize the chance that something will not absorb correctly.

Speaking of appetite, I finally decided to make myself some scrambled eggs and sausage.  I had already fed the children and put them in bed--I just wasn't hungry earlier.

I guess the best thing is to just make yourself eat at those times.

[ChitChatNine]

I actually woke up hungry the other morning and opted to skip my Synthroid for the day LOL .... don't know what that hunger was all about but I enjoyed it for the day and back to my meds as usual .. kind of a reward I guess LOL!  C~

[DLA]

A glass of red wine before a meal will make you hungry.  BUT if you are on any kind of antidepressants or anti-anxiety meds drinking is not a good idea.  They give wine to older people who have no appetite.

I also have no appetite and find it very hard to eat most of the time.  Nothing enjoyable about eating to me and now being on low-carb b/c of high blood sugar is not helping.  Can't drink win b/c I'm on antidepressants.  But I am not losing any weight at all.  It is actually making me gain weight, which seems unfathomable to me, and I have zero energy.  Know that I also should be eating more, but when you don't feel like it it's hard to force the food down.

[ifupleze]

Thanks again for all your input.  I am glad to hear I am not the only one with this so called "problem".