Has anyone experienced health/body issues as a result of losing a significant amount of weight?

evilfairies

Thanks to everyone for your responses! For those asking about the conversation I overheard, she was definitely talking about pain in her feet, so much so she couldn't walk. Like I said, I don't have the details but I didn't get the impression that it was because of her feet shrinking due to the weight loss.

I'm sorry to everyone who has experienced difficulties due to their weight loss, but it seems like more often than not, the side effects don't even come close to overshadowing the health benefits!

lorrpb

I was diagnosed with diabetes, sleep apnea, and gangrenous gall bladder after starting to lose weight. But I don’t for a minute think that weight loss caused any of these problems. It was all a coincidence of timing.
The diabetes and OSA were specifically cured by weight loss and the gall bladder was removed.
Life always brings twists and turns.

Cbean08

zyxst wrote: »

mywayroche wrote: »

I just want to say that losing a lot of weight doesn't ALWAYS affect people negatively. I lost 112lbs and only good things happened.

You're right, but only hearing from those who've had good things happen makes what I'm going through more difficult.

I developed a full blow eating disorder. Was diagnosed at 18 and spent a year and a half in and out of residential treatment centers. I lost a ton of hair from my head and instead grew little downy hairs all over my body. I lost my period and was diagnosed with osteopenia at the age of 22. My digestive system is all messed up and I struggle to digest certain foods. I have liver problems and at my worst, my heart started to shut down. I lost friends and boyfriends, missed out on events and let a lot of time pass that I could have been out experiencing life.

I got my act together for bit but have been fighting relapse for the past few months.

jgnatca

My blood pressure and blood sugar numbers got within normal ranges allowing me to go off all meds. I got active and I started having trouble with my knees. The short of it my tendons were too sloppy for my new body and I had to exercise to support my knees better.

felixg1109

I lost a bit more than 320lbs within 2 years and had some problems concerning the musles of my back, which was pretty painful. Starting with muscle-gaining "cured" it within a month.

Concerning your friends foot-pain i had some kind of "pressure fractures" when i was very heavy, but that resolved after loosing the weight

shedsports10

I know with loosing 86 lbs I feel a lot better and my feet feel a thousand times better. My side effects are I do feel cold all the time and my tailbone hurts when i sit for to long.

Leannep2201

toxikon wrote: »

I feel cold ALL THE TIME ] and my hair is thinner. I'm not sure whether to attribute the hair thing to the weight loss or some other random issue. I'm ramping up my biotin consumption, focusing on lots of protein, and exploring a new BC method. So fingers are crossed!

I’m also cold all the time.... and I developed plantar fasciitis- although this was not from losing weight, but rather from all the walking I started doing to help with the weight loss!

Noreenmarie1234

All of my symptoms went away once I hit maintenance and upped my calories back from my weight loss amount. I was freezing, had cold hands and thinning hair.

AnnPT77

I had some postural adjustment aches and pains as my body shape changed with weight loss, but that was temporary.

Very soon after weight loss, I developed (basically simultaneously) chronic paronychia (a fingernail quality issue usually believed to be related to too much water/detergent immersion) and periorificial dermatitis (rash/mild swelling next to my eye). Neither of the latter are weight loss related directly, but timing-wise my dermatologist seemed to thing that the mild extra stress of weight loss might have been enough to push me into conditions I had some predisposition toward. Who knows?

Chronic knee and other joint pain dramatically reduced, blood pressure normalized (formerly high), cholesterol/triglycerides normalized (formerly bad), so if the paronychia (which I'm still treating) and dermatitis (not currently a problem) were consequences, it was a good tradeoff.