amyamyamy14
06-01-12, 07:09
Even though if you are eating the same, can anxiety cause you to lose weight?
For the past 9 months I have been doing over 1 hour exercise for 5 days a week (sometimes everyday). I have also incopriated more fruit and vegetables in my diet
The past 2 weeks I haven't been able to do too much exercise as the weather has been too hot (It's summer in Australia). Because I usually use exercise to calm down my anxiety, not being able to exercise my anxiety levels have been as high as they have ever been. In the past 10 days I have lost 2 kgs. Even though I have squeezed an hour exercise every now and then, I don't understand why I have lost weight
The weight loss is making me panic even more, as I already have 2 swollen lymph nodes (both are small, moveable). Even though I know the lymph nodes are likely to be harmless (they are not fixed and haven't grown in 4 months), I can't help but put the 2 together. I also have not been getting much sleep in the past 10 days.
Does anyone else lose weight during very stressful periods or should I be concerned. I am going doctors on the 16th Jan.
It's fustrating as I should be happy that I am losing weight (struggled for most of my teen years and last year finally made some changes), but my anxiety has convinced me that something is wrong.
---------- Post added at 07:09 ---------- Previous post was at 04:28 ----------
I forgot to add that within the the 10 days I have skipped a few meals (mainly due to being to busy to eat or being too stressed). I am really worried :-(
For the past 9 months I have been doing over 1 hour exercise for 5 days a week (sometimes everyday). I have also incopriated more fruit and vegetables in my diet
The past 2 weeks I haven't been able to do too much exercise as the weather has been too hot (It's summer in Australia). Because I usually use exercise to calm down my anxiety, not being able to exercise my anxiety levels have been as high as they have ever been. In the past 10 days I have lost 2 kgs. Even though I have squeezed an hour exercise every now and then, I don't understand why I have lost weight
The weight loss is making me panic even more, as I already have 2 swollen lymph nodes (both are small, moveable). Even though I know the lymph nodes are likely to be harmless (they are not fixed and haven't grown in 4 months), I can't help but put the 2 together. I also have not been getting much sleep in the past 10 days.
Does anyone else lose weight during very stressful periods or should I be concerned. I am going doctors on the 16th Jan.
It's fustrating as I should be happy that I am losing weight (struggled for most of my teen years and last year finally made some changes), but my anxiety has convinced me that something is wrong.
---------- Post added at 07:09 ---------- Previous post was at 04:28 ----------
I forgot to add that within the the 10 days I have skipped a few meals (mainly due to being to busy to eat or being too stressed). I am really worried :-(