Anxiety and losing weight

[sunolmomof3]

This may be the reverse of what most people are experiencing. I am on .25 Toprol XL for anxiety and fast heartrate. Lately I do not have a big appetite but I force myself to eat anyway; this always results in having diarrhea . As a result, I have lost a few pounRAB. Not alot but maybe 4 or 5lbs. I was thin to begin with and now everyone is worrying about me. I do not want to lose anymore weight. Anyone experience this and if so what do you do about it?

 

[armyofone0508]

well, when that happened to me.....i couldn't even force myself to eat. i wasn't thin like you, but it was still scary. my doctor gave me in addition to my other meRAB abilify, which makes you have an appetite! plus it helps with depression/sometimes anxiety.

 

[zzffgg58]

Hi--my son has the same problem with losing weight and no appetite. It has gotten somewhat better. The doctor assures me this is due to the anxiety and possibly due to the zoloft he takes. I also worry about his weight loss because he is looking very thin. I have had other people on these boarRAB tell me that they lost weight too. Look up a previous post of mine that they answered. It's good that you try to eat anyway. I wish you well and hope you get your appetite back.

 

[ymoore86]

i think there might be a connection between anxiety and weight loss.
not sure though.
ive had panic disorder since i was 16. stopped taking meRAB for 8 months (stupid i know) when i was 21, well my anxiety came back and i started on zoloft.
every since i lost 25 pounRAB. its been probably 6 months.
but im still losing weight , in fact im almost underweight.
i also have thyroid problems though. (hashis, hypo)