Somebody stop me!! PLEASE!

[Samantha Puppy]

Okay, for the last two weeks I've been eating almost non-stop. It was noticeable enough that my husband commented on how nice it was to see me actually EAT instead of just picking. This past week though, it's gotten so much worse!

Monday, I had a 10 chicken nuggets (from Wendy's), a Biggie sized fry and a Biggie Coke. Monday night, I ate 6 - SIX!!! - huge pieces of pizza. I'm usually only good for 1 1/2. Tuesday for lunch, I went BACK to Wendy's and ate FIFTEEN nuggets, a GREAT Biggie sized fry and a Biggie Coke. Last night, I made chicken, stuffing and creamed corn for dinner and basically licked my plate clean. An hour later, I downed a pint of ice cream followed immediately by Garlic & Onion chips. Then I passed out on the couch. This morning I woke up and my stomach didn't feel quite right but that feeling went away when I got to work. I decided I was starving, so I got scrambled eggs and FOUR pieces of bacon. For lunch, I just ate an extra stuffed tuna sandwich, a huge plate of fries, and some fudge a coworker brought in. I'm already contemplating what to eat for dinner... I'm thinking spaghetti.

Oh, and add in the chocolate that my husband bought for me for Valentine's Day that I've been chowing down on between meals and you've got one big pig here! I'm *never* like this, but I can't stop eating! Is this some sort of "Spring Fever" extension of symptoms? Is anyone else stuffing their face?

[ramanth]

Do you think you might be pregnant?

Seriously though.... with my spring fever, I've been eating less. Could be different for some people.

Don't make yourself sick! *HUGS*

[Samantha Puppy]

Originally posted by ramanth
Do you think you might be pregnant?

That's what EVERYONE'S been saying! I suppose I could be, but I don't know - it just doesn't seem possible.... though looking back over the last few weeks, that would explain a couple other "weird" things that've been happening with me. But then again, those things could also be because of other things going on.

Is eating your weight in food a symptom of pregnancy? If it isn't, I'm in serious trouble 'cause in the last two weeks I've gained 5 lbs.! I only had 5 more to lose and instead, now I'm back up to 10!! Grrrr!

[K9soul]

Assuming pregnacy is ruled out, it could very well be spring/cabin fever too. Do you find yourself feeling bored or burned out? Looking forward to your favorite snacks and food might be a pick-me-up from that. I've been eating less lately but I have gone through phases where I couldn't get my mind off food and always felt hungry too, usually when I'm just feeling bored with anything and everything.

[ramanth]

Originally posted by Samantha Puppy
That's what EVERYONE'S been saying!

I didn't want to ask, but had too.

Definitely get that ruled out.

My best friend has been skipping her periods due to stress and she's getting tired of being asked if she's pregnant.

[Samantha Puppy]

Originally posted by K9soul
Assuming pregnacy is ruled out, it could very well be spring/cabin fever too. Do you find yourself feeling bored or burned out? Looking forward to your favorite snacks and food might be a pick-me-up from that. I've been eating less lately but I have gone through phases where I couldn't get my mind off food and always felt hungry too, usually when I'm just feeling bored with anything and everything.

Burnt-out? Not so much, in the general sense of the term. I have been exhausted but I've been burnt-out by life/work/whatever before, and this doesn't really feel like that. I suppose it could be too though - who knows!

I'm just trying to find a non-freaky reason to my sudden interest in anything edible!

Maybe I have a 50 ft. long tapeworm.

[Samantha Puppy]

Originally posted by ramanth
I didn't want to ask, but had too.

Definitely get that ruled out.

My best friend has been skipping her periods due to stress and she's getting tired of being asked if she's pregnant.

I haven't missed any but my last one was quite abbreviated it. Got it on a Tuesday night and it was gone by Friday morning. That's never happened before. But I still got it, so that's something right? My next one is due March 1.

I doubt I am, I'm on birth control. I was just hoping that all you other girls on here would be like "I have been eating everything in sight too!" and it would just be something attributed to the moon cycle or something, and I'd go on my merry way. D'oh!

[K9soul]

Does it seem like you are actually hungry a lot or more that you are craving certain things? I know when I go through my "pig-out" phases, I generally crave specific things, generally carb-heavy things and salty snacks. If someone handed me fruit and salads during this time, I realize I'm not really hungry, just craving certain tastes. Maybe it is hormonal, I know somewhere in my mid-20s I went through a tumultuous time where I was particularly moody and my cravings for things like chips and pizza and soda were really high. I think that is when I jumped up in weight by 30 pounds . It seemed to last a couple years. It may not have been a hormonal change though, I also had a TON of stress and hardship going on so it could very well have been that. Things seemed to really start stabilizing again for me about a year or so ago and I'm definitely more level now in both mood and in actions.

[Samantha Puppy]

I have been craving Wendy's chicken nuggets for the last month or so. That's about it for cravings so otherwise, I'm just generally hungrier. Like, I'll eat dinner and whereas before I would've been set for the rest of the night, the thought of more food wouldn't be appealing, it is now - any food. And this is just so unlike me.

I've also been headachy, but that could be due to lack of caffeine or being in front of a computer so much of the day.

[K9soul]

Perhaps it wouldn't be a bad idea for you to get a checkup at the doctor's, just to make sure everything is in working order and your blood levels are normal. More than likely it's just a phase but it would never hurt to doublecheck.

I know if someone made that suggestion to me, I would smile and nod, and probably not do it . I'm bad about going in until something is definitely wrong.

I do hope you get to feeling like yourself again soon. I know you've been having some struggles lately. Take care of yourself!

[Samantha Puppy]

LOL You know me too well. I avoid the doctor at all costs until I know something ain't right. I have a massive phobias of doctors and especially needles... so no blood work for me! Nooooo way.

I can't say I'm feeling badly. Aside from getting tired early in the evening and getting headachy every once in awhile, and wanting to eat everything in sight, I *feel* fine. Like I said, I was just hoping all you ladies would reply and say "Oh yes, I've been eating enough food for five people at each sitting" and we could laugh and that would be that.

Darn you all for not gorging like me!! What's wrong with YOU?

[caseysmom]

Having an abbreviated one is actually a sign of pregnancy...I would get a home test to check it out...oh and don't even get me started about my appetite when I was pregnant!

[Cincy'sMom]

My first thought was pregnancy.

Second thought would be thyroid...if that is over active it could cause in increase inhunger, but I would think there wouldn't be a weight gain...not sure on that.

[Samantha Puppy]

Is it really? All the symptoms I've found on various pregnancy websites say - missed periods, headaches, nausea, frequent urination, and crazy emotions. I've never heard of an abbreviated one being a symptom! Yikes!

Okay, at the risk of Too Much Information, I will post all of my "symptoms" and see what you would think.

1. Abbreviated period. Got it on the day I was supposed to but it was gone after two days - and wasn't very heavy while it was here.

2. I've had to use the bathroom a little more often than usual... my normal routine (and yes, I know it's not healthy) was to get up in the morning, feed the animals and let Sam out, wait for her to come in and go to the bathroom before I start getting ready for work. Then I wouldn't go 'til I got home from work. I'd go MAYBE once between getting home and going to bed, and then go at bedtime. Now, I'm not going a LOT but I'll wake up in the middle of the night to go and I have never done that. I'll go a few times at work and a few times between getting home and going to bed. I know that's a symptom of pregnancy, but I have also been drinking a little more than I used to. Not a lot but some.

3. Headachy in the early evening - like on my way home from work and before I eat dinner.

4. My emotions haven't been *too* bad but I have been getting upset over smaller things than normal... but then that could also be due to the troubles that my husband and I have been having for the last few months. I did, however, burst into tears last night when he went to go work downstairs in the basement (he's a computer programmer and they have a huge deadline coming up). But that could be because he's been working after work since October and I'm impatient for this stupid project to be done.

5. I've been getting extremely tired in the afternoon, and then I get a burst of energy that takes me 'til about 9pm and then I crash again. Even on days when I don't get up until late. Sunday I woke up at 10am and fell asleep on the couch at 2pm for an hour!

Edit: And the tiredness could be because my two kittens don't believe in letting me sleep past 5am without trying to get me up to feed them, so I haven't gotten a really good long solid night of sleep in awhile...

See? I know all these symptoms are possibilities but there are also other reasons that I could be having them so I don't know what to think!

[Christiansmommy]

Originally posted by caseysmom
Having an abbreviated one is actually a sign of pregnancy...I would get a home test to check it out...oh and don't even get me started about my appetite when I was pregnant!

True, that is what happened with me, with my pregnancy. I thought I had gotten my "friend", but infact, it wasn't...but not to concern you, a simple test will either rule that out, or confirm it, and if you are *possibly* preggo, then you should find out ASAP, since you are on the pill...hope all is well...

Robyn