chloevictoria
12-08-12, 09:49
I wasn't sure where I should post this because I have OCD but it's very body focused and I concentrate on automatic processes such as swallowing and breathing, as well as worrying constantly about big illnesses.
I have posted several times about my weight and eating habits and so on (and I received reassurance from other members on these posts), but there are things I keep missing out.
I am 16 years old, 5 ft 4 ish and I've always been really skinny. I don't feel unhealthy or look it, it's just how I am. I'm not tired either, as I take a multivitamin as I am vegetarian.
I went on holiday to Spain two weeks ago and I was 7 stone 8, which is slightly under my target weight of 8 stone. I've been having trouble recently with my eating, as I fear that I will choke or that the function doesn't work properly. I have lost my appetite as a result of this. I went to the doctor's and she said everything was fine and there's nothing wrong physically at all.
When I got back I immediately weighed myself and it has dropped to 7 stone 4 which completely freaked me out. I'm not sure if it's the climate and the weird eating times and general anxiety that is causing it. Some days I also had hardly anything to eat as I was so scared. About half way through my holiday I had a dodgy coffee and it really messed up my stomach which made me feel sick for a few days, because of this I started to panic that I have diabetes or something and wasted money on the internet just to look up symptoms. This sent me into panic mode and I had a few really really bad panic attacks. The hot climate with my breathing obsession did not help either. I started randomly deep breathing and thought I was going to pass out. I was tense for a few days after this and could hardly eat anything.
Then comes the next part of my anxiety. I am worried that I have some undiagnosed illness (you can probably guess which one). I am absolutely terrified. I have been to the doctors several times about 'lymph nodes' I can feel in my neck, she said there was nothing there and that when you tip your head to the side it makes things bumpy and everyone has them anyway. She also said that because I am skinny I will be able to feel them more.
But I keep linking it with the weight loss and things, somehow I won't link the not eating properly with it and I keep convincing myself the weight loss is unintentional.
This happened last summer when I had a thing with swallowing. All of my eating things seem to come up in summer when I don't have school and counselling. When I went back to school last time everything got better but it did take me about 7 months to put on the 7 pounds I lost (can anxiety cause delays in weight gain?)
I am now anxiously sitting at home waiting for my GCSE results which I will get in 11 days (aaah)
Can anyone relate to me? and if so how did you overcome this eating problem?
Also are there any quick ways to gain weight?
Thanks
I have posted several times about my weight and eating habits and so on (and I received reassurance from other members on these posts), but there are things I keep missing out.
I am 16 years old, 5 ft 4 ish and I've always been really skinny. I don't feel unhealthy or look it, it's just how I am. I'm not tired either, as I take a multivitamin as I am vegetarian.
I went on holiday to Spain two weeks ago and I was 7 stone 8, which is slightly under my target weight of 8 stone. I've been having trouble recently with my eating, as I fear that I will choke or that the function doesn't work properly. I have lost my appetite as a result of this. I went to the doctor's and she said everything was fine and there's nothing wrong physically at all.
When I got back I immediately weighed myself and it has dropped to 7 stone 4 which completely freaked me out. I'm not sure if it's the climate and the weird eating times and general anxiety that is causing it. Some days I also had hardly anything to eat as I was so scared. About half way through my holiday I had a dodgy coffee and it really messed up my stomach which made me feel sick for a few days, because of this I started to panic that I have diabetes or something and wasted money on the internet just to look up symptoms. This sent me into panic mode and I had a few really really bad panic attacks. The hot climate with my breathing obsession did not help either. I started randomly deep breathing and thought I was going to pass out. I was tense for a few days after this and could hardly eat anything.
Then comes the next part of my anxiety. I am worried that I have some undiagnosed illness (you can probably guess which one). I am absolutely terrified. I have been to the doctors several times about 'lymph nodes' I can feel in my neck, she said there was nothing there and that when you tip your head to the side it makes things bumpy and everyone has them anyway. She also said that because I am skinny I will be able to feel them more.
But I keep linking it with the weight loss and things, somehow I won't link the not eating properly with it and I keep convincing myself the weight loss is unintentional.
This happened last summer when I had a thing with swallowing. All of my eating things seem to come up in summer when I don't have school and counselling. When I went back to school last time everything got better but it did take me about 7 months to put on the 7 pounds I lost (can anxiety cause delays in weight gain?)
I am now anxiously sitting at home waiting for my GCSE results which I will get in 11 days (aaah)
Can anyone relate to me? and if so how did you overcome this eating problem?
Also are there any quick ways to gain weight?
Thanks