Wow! lots of people having the same problem. I have 2 suggested solutions...
1. For just the tired and always hungry I recommend a low-carb diet.
2. For the tired, hungry and overweight I recommend a low-carb diet combined with the R&D Diet Cookie
Good Luck!!! XD
I'm a woman, I'm 40 years old and after seeing the number of post I thought, great I will at last get a solution to my problems feeling tired all the time, for months I was hungry all the time. And then I was training so much trying to keep my weight stable and I was already obese, I was getting more and more tired. Until one day I had some issues with my relationship, I started eating less and less sleeping trouble got worse as well.
I was sleeping late waking up early. Training and not really eating anymore, I started losing weight and I couldn't stop, faster than I put on the 50kg over 15 years in 6 months I lost it all and more. I almost starved to death and realize my super fit partner was cheating with a girl bigger than I was when I was when obese. But anyway that is not my point I just never had an eating disorder as such. But I realized I was unhappy and starting to fill in the void by eating more and more year after year. The only thing that kept me kind of healthy all this time was my love for sport and healthy food. I smoke but I don’t drink either. Anyway to cut the story short, I almost died, the doctors were not taking my iron deficiency and depression seriously, even less seriously when I lost the weight. And then they just gave me protein drinks to put the weight back on. I did it in a couple of years I went back to being obese, I still train once or twice a week but I’m more exhausted than ever, still hungry all the time and unable to sleep.
I finally was diagnosed with deep depression, Iron deficiency and last week Vitamin B12 deficiency. I had been to therapy before but had to stop for financial reasons, and my doctor didn’t think I needed it as I’m not a person who express much of my feeling or troubles. Everyone always thought I was alright just very unlucky with man or my weight. But also before all that got worse, I had a strange episode of neurologic problems I had parasthesias on one side of my body, and almost went completely blind. Still haven't been diagnosed by the way, I was told it could be MS and I’m just in observation until I get a relapse. To this day because I recovered from most of the symptoms I still don’t know what’s wrong with me. But I’m pretty sure the eating and tiredness, sometime sleeplessness came from depression. It was never really taken seriously because I was hyperactive, and over or under eating with time. Now I feel better but still completely out of control with the anti-depressant given after I started having more and more anxiety attacks and headaches and it’s not helping at all with the eating disorder. It’s only after 6months of serious therapy, that it became obvious that I was suffering from depression for a very long time…I think depression and eating disorders if one does not break down completely or mop around all day long, are still difficult to diagnose.
Whatever it is I hope you all find out exactly what it is early enough. Before it becomes all of the above, and I must stress the point that I had blood test, no thyroids problems no diabetes, and the vitamins deficiency was overlooked and low iron levels were always there but minimized and it just got worse. So please get the physiological out of the way by taking care of it and take care of the psychological, and do insist. Some of the comments I got from some doctors were horrible. When I was depressed, or suicidal I was told to get a life and meet some friends. When I was not eating the same too little or too much and way out of control I was told to go on a diet. When I told them I couldn’t with one eye, my general vision was dark and had a lazy eye going the other way I was told to turn my head around, as if I could turn my head around 180 degrees to have a proper visual field and not get run over by cars… Good luck to all because I heard some good and some crazy things when in hospital or checked by some GPs …
Go to your doctor and get tested for Celiac disease. A small intestine disease where your body is not getting appropriate nutrients from foods your eating causing you to feel tired and often like you havnt eaten in days or deprived of those needed nutrients.
But only a couple are my age.
I'm 17, and female.
I've had eating problems and constant weight gain sense I was around 5 or 6.
At 12 i weighed 240 lbs. I started starving myself, and if i snacked unscheduledly, I would vomit.
I lost 45-50 pounds in a matter of 2 years. By 14, i was 185lbs/ 175lbs and a little less than 5 feet, 9 inches tall. Everyone said I looked like a model. I felt great, and happy, and beautiful.
Around then I quit starving myself, and ate regularly.
Sense then, its been three years and I've gained 80lbs or so.
I'm constantly hungry. I will eat a huge meal, and only 45 minutes later, I will want to eat again.
It's scary how much I can put away. Honestly.
And I've heard the same old c**p, "Your mistaking thirst for hunger."
I'm not stupid. I can tell when I'm thirsty, and when I'm hungry.
I keep bottled water around, and drink up to 5 Bottles a day, regularly.
I'm not some ugly, fat lazy teen.
I go to High school, and Probably walk up to 4 miles a day, going through hallways.
I also probably climb a Flight of stairs 8 or 12 times.
So, thats more excersize then most people do in a week.
And I do that everyday, Mon-Fri.
Yet, even IF i control my eating habbits.
Even IF i diet.
I CONSTANTLY gain weight.
I could eat 5 saltine crackers, and gain like 3 pounds. Not exaggerating.
Its kinda scary. I keep it to myself, because any one I would tell would obviously say,
"Oh your just fat. Thats normal."
or something.
But ever sense I stopped with my eating disorders over 3 years ago,
my weight and hunger are out of control.
Diet pills have no effect, they just make me even more hungry.
Over the past 6 months, I've gain over 30 pounds.
6 months ago, i was 230lbs not I'm usually around 260lbs.
My mother says its a hormonal imbalance.
My father says I simply need to eat less and excersize more, (In my opinion not likely).
I'm 17, Female,
Always hungry.
Constantly Gaining weight.