@Emilyvizza 

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Emilyvizza

Trouble Eating

Hey guys! For the last few months I have been dealing some digestive issues. I was diagnosed in July and in September I started having pretty consistent diarrhea and CONSTANT nausea. When I wake up I am nauseous and it genuinely persists all day. I saw my doctor in December to check for ulcers or other reasons for this. There are no ulcers and all of my blood work came back normal. My GP (who doesn’t know near enough about MS as she should) thinks I’m just anxious and says that “none of her other MS patients have GI issues like this.” This is something I’ve never experienced before prior to my diagnosis. I have also been on anti-anxiety meds for over six years, and I feel like this is not in my head. Thinking about food makes me queasy, sometimes even the smell. I have no desire to eat, I’ve lost over 30lbs since November along with my menstrual cycle and a lot of my hair. Is appetite loss and nausea seen with MS? I am struggling to eat more than 800 calories a day. I have a dietitian who told me to drink ensures. Is this worth a call to the neuro, or will she think I’m a hypochondriac/anxious? I am on glatect which is a generic of COPAXONE but I talked with the MS nurse there who said this is not a side effect. This is running my life right now. My family thinks I have developed an eating disorder. I’m so tired of explaining to people that I can’t help these things.
@Bettyarcher

I'm so sorry that you are going through this :( I think it is definitely worth a call to your neuro, if anything just to put your mind at ease. I had a couple of weeks prior to my diagnosis where I could not eat anything and I was throwing up all day, but it was never linked to MS. 100% give your neuro a call. 💖

@Clary

I have very little experience, as newly diagnosed, but I have experienced loss of appetite and nausea in the morning. Sounds like you are experiencing worse. I thought I was pregnant 😆. It lasted a month for me. I lost a small amount of weight. Nothing serious. It then resolved so nothing was treated. It seems it is not considered a traditional symptom. Surely a brain disease can affect anything and everything. 🤷‍♀️ I hope it improves or you get help from the MS team soon.