Malnutrition and calorie deficits

MamaBirdBoss

If you have hair falling out from high androgen levels, you need to lose weight primarily. It's not because you're not eating "good enough" food. It's from having too much fat mass on your body.

It's not malnutrition. It's eating too much.

MorganMoreaux

jjrscott wrote: »

I'm afraid of going to a doctor. I want to see if I can get my period back with diet first. I read that being overweight could cause not having one.

If there is something wrong, the longer you wait on seeing a doctor the worse it could potentially get. I know you may be afraid of what you might here, but Please see a doctor.

Sued0nim

jjrscott wrote: »

I'm afraid of going to a doctor. I want to see if I can get my period back with diet first. I read that being overweight could cause not having one.

um 18 months of ammennorrhea means you need to see a doctor

kshama2001

jjrscott wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

A month won't be long enough. Can your parents help you out with getting in to see someone at home?

I don't have a doctor, so it'd probably just be the hospital. That's too much money, so in short, probably not.

Under the ACA, you're eligible to be covered under your parent's insurance until you're 26. Do either one of them have insurance?

https://www.healthcare.gov/young-adults/children-under-26/

SingRunTing

rabbitjb wrote: »

jjrscott wrote: »

I'm afraid of going to a doctor. I want to see if I can get my period back with diet first. I read that being overweight could cause not having one.

um 18 months of ammennorrhea means you need to see a doctor

This. Seriously. It's not something to mess around with.

You really should still be covered under your parent's insurance if you're in the US. Else find a way to get coverage. It's completely irresponsible to not have health insurance. What happens if you got into a car accident or something and you had to be hospitalized? You'd bury yourself in debt. Please get insurance.

kshama2001

jjrscott wrote: »

kkenseth wrote: »

jjrscott wrote: »

I'm afraid of going to a doctor. I want to see if I can get my period back with diet first. I read that being overweight could cause not having one.

Don't be afraid of doctors. They have a lot of education to contribute that we can't! It sounds like your body is fighting hard right now and an evaluation of what nutrients you are missing is very important, rather than just throwing in a multi vitamin. I honestly recommend pursuing your health concerns other than weight FIRST because a deficit right now could make things worse!

I don't have insurance aside from student insurance, so I probably won't be seeing a doctor until a month from now, even then, it's not a real doctor, I don't think. I have a month to try to fix things on my own.

Oh I getcha, you'll have student insurance when you go back to school in a month.

Sure, you may not see a real doctor at first. Truly, a nurse can handle many issues for students. I have my insurance with the VA and for a while we did not have a GYN. I actually liked the nurse better than the GYN we finally got. But I digress. Anyway, whoever you do see at school would probably refer you to a specialist anyway.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/expert.q.a/04/11/no.periods.shu/

CurlyCockney

@jjrscott I'm in a similar position to you. My latest blood test results show I am clinically malnourished and have folate-deficiency anaemia as well as pre-diabetic, despite being obese. In my case, this has been caused by a combination of never feeling hungry (due to nerve damage) and not having enough carers. I now try to eat by the clock, and have more carers. I used to only know I was hungry when I felt faint, and would grab cheese or chocolate to make the light-headedness (is that a word?) go away because I didn't have help with food prep and cooking.

I can't give any advice other than to see your doctor re periods (that ship has lonnnnng sailed for me), but I can tell you that I'm focussing on nutrition at the moment, and finding that when I eat nutritionally dense meals I don't have room for the calorie-rich/nutrition-poor foods that I used to have. I'm still struggling with volume of food I need to eat, although it's probably not much compared to people who don't have these issues it's a lot compared to what I used to eat. Calorie-wise, I've gone from maybe 8000 cals to approx 1400 cals but there's a lot more of it.

Best of luck to you, you can do this.

blueriotgirl

If you are in college you should be covered by your parents insurance if not apply for insurance through the aca. I understand you will have insurance when you start classes again but what you are talking about thats going on with you is no joke. You need to see a dr. Asap and get this checked out there are so many things that could be wrong and could get so much worse that the bills you are worried about accruing now from drs and such will be more expensive and besides that, what is more important than your health?? Nothing!! If you keep this up you may not be here very long, sad but true,your body needs certain nutrients to sustain life and quality of life is so important. Dont give up on yourself! Please get help.