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lark

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23. Stress, anxiety and extreme sadness can definitely affect your taste.

Wed Jul 6, 2022, 09:17 AM

Jul 2022

My adult son has mental issues and struggles mightily with it and refuses to get help, putting him in dangerous and bad situations. I got extremely anxious and stressed, couldn't sleep or eat, helping him didn't work he just gets worse. I was losing so much weight, started eating sweets because they were the only thing that didn't gag me or make my stomach hurt. Diabetes runs in my family, so I knew this was bad and consulted my dr. and a therapist. I'm now taking Cymbalta and a thc/cbd pill at night and have gained back the weight I lost and sleeping is ok. He's now unemployed and living at a flop house so my anxiety is even higher. I'm hoping I can get by without having to increase my meds!

Hope your doc helps you!!!

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Is it common for food to taste "off" when depressed? [View all] FirstLight Jul 2022 OP

I'm so sorry XanaDUer2 Jul 2022 #1

Food has been 'off' for me for well over a year; elleng Jul 2022 #2

Try a restaurant with a buffet. take a little of each. Tetrachloride Jul 2022 #3

interesting idea, but expensive... FirstLight Jul 2022 #4

Is your sense of smell OK? Any chance you may... 3catwoman3 Jul 2022 #5

oh no...I can smell everything.... FirstLight Jul 2022 #6

Oh, dear... cilla4progress Jul 2022 #7

it's a process, for sure. FirstLight Jul 2022 #9

Sounds like you are heading in the right cilla4progress Jul 2022 #12

I am so sorry. The greater was the love the greater the grief, Murphyb849 Jul 2022 #8

definitely greater love... FirstLight Jul 2022 #10

I couldn't eat for almost a month after my mother died. I lost a lot of weight. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #11

I have a favorite pair of Middle Eastern cooks. Tetrachloride Jul 2022 #13

Is there anything you have a taste for? SheltieLover Jul 2022 #14

hey Skittles Jul 2022 #15

It happens. TigressDem Jul 2022 #16

I am so sorry about your parents. LoisB Jul 2022 #17

It is common to lose interest in food for far lesser reasons than what you are going through. Beastly Boy Jul 2022 #18

ya, and I'm recovering from shoulder surgery on top of it all , mom's stroke was 2 das after my surg FirstLight Jul 2022 #19

You need protein and fat, especially if you are recovering from surgery. Beastly Boy Jul 2022 #22

Side topic, if your dad was a veteran, see if he qualifies for a bed in a V.A. facility. 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #20

Yes MFM008 Jul 2022 #21

Stress, anxiety and extreme sadness can definitely affect your taste. lark Jul 2022 #23

Got an appt with my reg dr Monday FirstLight Jul 2022 #24