Feeling Sick To my Stomach Every Night
I almost got up late last night to write this post, but I waited and laid around in bed. This is NOT a post about eating disorder behaviors, but about how hungry Zyprexa makes me. However, I'm going to put it behind a cut in case it's triggering to people.
My appetite has just gotten worse since increasing my Zyprexa, but I'm so much more sane, so I can't just go off the medication. I've tried that multiple times. The (slow release) ritalin during the day helps suppress my appetite. It doesn't make me unable to eat -- I do eat. It just allows me to eat a normal amount of food. Then around 5pm the ritalin has worn off and I get extremely hungry. I eat lots and lots of food -- frozen dinners, muffins, granola in milk, oatmeal in milk, fruits, vegetables with salad dressing, ice cream, cookies, crackers, granola bars, soup, noodle dishes, potatoes, etc. I eat literally non-stop until I go to bed. I switch very suddenly from feeling ravenous to feeling extremely full. So full I can barely move, my stomach is cramping, I feel like I'm going to throw up right away, and take Zofran (strong prescription nausea medication) and Zantac (for heartburn). I feel horribly sick for hours. Finally I fall asleep. Then I get up during the night and eat even more. A lot of the time I have no recollection of doing this -- I wake up to wrappers on my bedroom floor from eating during the night. Apparently last night was granola bars. So now I'm going to try taking more ritalin in the early evening/late afternoon to see if that helps with my eating/appetite problems. I am not a binge eater and have never binged. Sometimes I would eat a lot of food, but I was very hungry and didn't feel sick when I was done. That was a short period of time where my metabolism must have been in overdrive because I was eating a ton, felt fine, and was still underweight. The only reason I'm not overweight yet from Zyprexa is because I think I have a pretty good metabolism. I will call my psychiatrist tomorrow night and explain my eating/appetite problems to him and ask him for a prescription to take ritalin twice a day if my plan works and taking it early tonight controls my appetite.
My appetite has just gotten worse since increasing my Zyprexa, but I'm so much more sane, so I can't just go off the medication. I've tried that multiple times. The (slow release) ritalin during the day helps suppress my appetite. It doesn't make me unable to eat -- I do eat. It just allows me to eat a normal amount of food. Then around 5pm the ritalin has worn off and I get extremely hungry. I eat lots and lots of food -- frozen dinners, muffins, granola in milk, oatmeal in milk, fruits, vegetables with salad dressing, ice cream, cookies, crackers, granola bars, soup, noodle dishes, potatoes, etc. I eat literally non-stop until I go to bed. I switch very suddenly from feeling ravenous to feeling extremely full. So full I can barely move, my stomach is cramping, I feel like I'm going to throw up right away, and take Zofran (strong prescription nausea medication) and Zantac (for heartburn). I feel horribly sick for hours. Finally I fall asleep. Then I get up during the night and eat even more. A lot of the time I have no recollection of doing this -- I wake up to wrappers on my bedroom floor from eating during the night. Apparently last night was granola bars. So now I'm going to try taking more ritalin in the early evening/late afternoon to see if that helps with my eating/appetite problems. I am not a binge eater and have never binged. Sometimes I would eat a lot of food, but I was very hungry and didn't feel sick when I was done. That was a short period of time where my metabolism must have been in overdrive because I was eating a ton, felt fine, and was still underweight. The only reason I'm not overweight yet from Zyprexa is because I think I have a pretty good metabolism. I will call my psychiatrist tomorrow night and explain my eating/appetite problems to him and ask him for a prescription to take ritalin twice a day if my plan works and taking it early tonight controls my appetite.