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[Fizwhizz]

Not a phobia but an aversion/utter boredom with food. I’m feeling generally cba with most things but my thoughts about food and daily eating and feeding the family, especially with a fussy eater etc, I’m so over it all.  I can go most of the day with one or two coffees and a handful of nuts and no desire to eat anything. I have to gee myself up to make the family dinner which I feel I cant really be bothered eating.  I have no idea what’s going on and why I’m so fed up with food (pardon the pun!). Is it a menopause thing, a thyroid thing, a possible ADHD thing? I used to have a normal appetite and interest in food and now I just don’t. 

[CLKD]

getting_old - my thoughts exactly !  I may have a bucket to hand when we do eventually watch.

Fizwhizz - have U suffered a cold in the last 3 months?  Lack of sense of smell can alter how we see foods - R U not hungry?  What's 'cba'  .  Time to speak to a practitioner mayB? 

I have been better in the last couple of years in that I don't jump if some1 n ear me coughs 

[Fizwhizz]

getting_old - my thoughts exactly !  I may have a bucket to hand when we do eventually watch.

Fizwhizz - have U suffered a cold in the last 3 months?  Lack of sense of smell can alter how we see foods - R U not hungry?  What's 'cba'  .  Time to speak to a practitioner mayB? 

I have been better in the last couple of years in that I don't jump if some1 n ear me coughs 

Can’t be arsed - cba 😂

Nope no colds. My appetite has been waning for the last 18 months. I’m now diagnosed hypothyroid which affects appetite usually increases but can decrease it but it’s a combination of low appetite and disinterest to the point of almost aversion with food. I get repulsed by the over advertising of food at Christmas and like you were saying all the images of food in magazines etc instead of looking appealing make me feel yuk. I had such a faff with the NHS endocrinologist that I went privately for thyroid treatment. I cba to speak to GP as I can’t see they’ll understand. Your post just resonated. I’m not phobic about food but it’s just very weird. Thanks. x

[CLKD]

    cba.  Must remember that .

Who is overseeing your on-going thyroid function? Important even more during peri to keep this under control - have a browse there are several threads about that hormone !

I'm with you on the adverts.   

[SundayGirl]

Are your thyroid levels stable and at the correct place for you Fizwhizz?

I only ask as before my hypo diagnosis my appetite was terrible. It was like my body didn't want to eat as the little energy I had was taken up with keeping the vital bits like heart and brain going. Digestion very much took a back seat. It took months and months of slowing titrating my Levo doses upward before I got my appetite back. (My weight was stable or slightly increasing even though I wasn't eating.)

Your low appetite and cba-ness (think I've just made that word up  ) shouts under replacement of thyroid hormones to me. I'm talking from experience there.

I can totally relate to your living off coffee ☕ comment.

[CLKD]

When my anxiety kicks in and the phobia takes over, everything smells acute!  YUK!

[Fizwhizz]

Are your thyroid levels stable and at the correct place for you Fizwhizz?

I only ask as before my hypo diagnosis my appetite was terrible. It was like my body didn't want to eat as the little energy I had was taken up with keeping the vital bits like heart and brain going. Digestion very much took a back seat. It took months and months of slowing titrating my Levo doses upward before I got my appetite back. (My weight was stable or slightly increasing even though I wasn't eating.)

Your low appetite and cba-ness (think I've just made that word up  ) shouts under replacement of thyroid hormones to me. I'm talking from experience there.

I can totally relate to your living off coffee ☕ comment.

Thanks that’s helpful.

My thyroid isn’t perfect and is potentially still under replaced.

I’m on NDT and T3 but not via NHS as all my blood results with them are low within the normal range.

The NHS GP sent me to see a useless endo who tested my antibodies which are stratospheric but because my TSH is within range she said I might get hypothyroidism in the future and conveniently ignored my many symptoms preferring my blood results instead.

So I went privately but it’s a slow process the private GP doesn’t want to elevate my T4 further but I’m not sure my T3 is optimal or my current vitamin levels especially with the not eating and I am supplementing those. Coffee is all I care about. I’ve gone from 1 to 3 cups but any more and I can’t sleep. 

My oestrogen has dropped from 230 pmol to 183 pmol so it seems I don’t absorb that well or the testosterone I’m now on either. My free testosterone is out of range now I’m on testogel (again privately) but my available testosterone is just within range now (from having none whatsoever).

I’m feeling very sorry for myself currently with huge cba- ness. I like that new word! 😂

My lack of desire for food is like you say. My brain and body just cba to deal with food. I’m not dropping huge amounts of weight either. My weight is pretty stable.

I’ve booked a private GP appointment as soon as I could to review everything. It’s such a palaver trying to sort it out and feel better and flipping expensive. I was definitely doing better with my oestrogen at 230 pmol. Feels like I’ve fallen off a cliff right now!

[Fizwhizz]

When my anxiety kicks in and the phobia takes over, everything smells acute!  YUK!

I’m super sensitive to smells and noise currently. It’s like my senses are in overwhelm. Hence my wondering if it’s actually ADHD. I feel quite a bit unhinged at the moment!

[CLKD]

ADHD is often diagnosed in people who aren't affected. There was an article in the Sat papers about over-diagnosing without fully going through a person's background etc..

U could begin a thread of your own Fizwhizz which may garner more responses to keep this thread on topic.

[Fizwhizz]

I don’t think it’s easy to get diagnosed via the NHS for anything these days but privately is a different matter.

No, we’ll keep this thread on topic. After having forced some dinner down me I now feel queasy. 😢 It’s so weird.

[CLKD]

U R not on topic U have hijacked my thread - do U suffer from emitophobia ? 

U R quite able to open your own thread about thyroid, ADHD etc. and plenty on the Forum about these situations.  I suggest that U browse round and take notes.

[Fizwhizz]

Yes, I’m scared I may be on the pathway to developing emetephobia. I have inexplicably developed an aversion to food and am anxious about this, eating when I don’t want to is making me feel queasy and I hate feeling sick or being sick nor can I cannot tolerate being around anyone else being sick. My distress around vomiting stems from experiences at school.

[CLKD]

It's awful isn't it.

[Fizwhizz]

It's awful isn't it.

Yes, it’s absolutely horrid and I don’t understand why I’m feeling like this really.