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Is Loosing Your Appitite Normal?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Fort Worth, TX

For the past 3 months my appitite has been declining. Ive been doing more sleeping then eating. Ill take one bite then say i dont want anymore and its scaring my baby girl. I dont want to go to the doc for them to give me more pills and say they dont know whats wrong. PCP included.

May 10, 2018
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member if its not the meds you maybe getting sick or having a seizure and not notice it. ether way force yourself to eat just a bite more than you used to.

May 11, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

That comes from your meds. Read the side effects from your meds and please don’t worry about epilepsy...You have Epilepsy, it doesn’t have you!!!!

May 10, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

i do not know you but your meds change or add new meds can change everything. this is not normal.
what about a diet? if you get a diet like the keto diet or MAD (modified atkins diet) you have to eat the amount given. no more, no less.
just a thought because i was gaining weight and had many seizures. after the diet i was fit.

May 10, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have got down to a size 0 and up to a size 16. It’s all with My Meds not because of diets, etc. I have the same type of food, never changed it.

August 22, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I've lost a lot of mine as well. Seems to be due to the condition. I've also lost sense of taste. So now I just eat to live as I no longer enjoy food.

August 21, 2022

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