oh, man

[serene]

Not posted in the person's journal whose entry inspired it, but it's no
secret I feel this way, so I'm not locking it:

If your reaction to being ill, and having your medication give you the
side effect of no appetite, is to be happy you're losing weight, *and to
hope it continues*, there is something wrong. This is not healthy. This
is not good.

*sigh*

Comments

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

Herm. Since you say "no appetite", if you mean "in fact, eating is just a chore you can easily forget about", then, yes, I agree. And if it's mild nausea (or worse), or heartburn/reflux, or something like that, I defniitely agree.

But I recognize three reasons for what I could (but don't) call my appetite.

They are a need for food, a desire for a pleasant stimulus, and something else.

That "something else" can sometimes get me to eat, even when I know I will be physically uncomfortable afterwards, and even if the food is not pleasant, or even unpleasant.

I wouldn't describe a medication that eliminated the third reason for eating as something that causes me to lose my appetite, but it wouldn't surprise me if someone else called it a loss of appetite.

Depending on the drug, I don't know if it'd be a positive or negative side effect. If it was an antidepressant, I'd consider it a positive side effect; I think of this type of eating as akin to an addiction.

Hm. I'm not sure if I should be talking about this, because I realize what I'm doing here is trying to find an exception to a general rule... and I do agree with the general rule. Is it noodling or nitpicking? I suppose it depends on how you feel about it.