What does hungry feel like?

Yakisoba

._. Is it really a pain in your stomach because I've never felt that? I usually eat when my throat hurts and I get a headache, but someone told me that's really heartburn. If that's true, eating makes my heartburn go away.

But what does heart burn feel like? Sorry if I sound stupid. I always thought that this "feeling" meant I was hungry, so I would eat.

Dexy_

Heartburn feels like acid running up your throat. Sometimes it feels like you're about to throw up, but there is no vomit. It's flipping horrid.

As for what hunger feels like, well, for me it's a feeling rather than a "pain" that tells my brain my body wants to eat!

snookumss

My tummy usually aches if I get super hungry, pain in my throat would typically be heartburn (I rarely get it) but I usually feel the hot acid grossness try to come into my mouth if I get heartburn. The simplest way to describe the feeling of hungry to you, is to make you go hungry for a day! "D

Nicolee_2014

Usually your tummy would be grumbling to the max & me personally I get irritable. You just know when you are hungry, it's hard to explain. I do know some people eat because they think they are hungry but they aren't. Tough question to answer really.

riccoismydog

Lol. Hungry, when I am very overdue for a meal, feels like my stomach is completely empty, I feel tired or weak. Hungry when it's meal time, but I'm not about to fall over feels like I'm rumbly. Your body will actually have it's clock set, and if you always have lunch at twelve, unless you just just ate, you will be rumbly, just your body's way of saying- hey this is when we eat, I'll get things started.

Sometimes it hurts because I'm hungry. I try not to get hungry, because if I get too hungry I will not even be able to eat.

You just have to figure out, is my stomach empty? Do I need to eat, or do I want to eat. Once you figure that out, you'll figure out which is hungry and which is just craving.

Starla_

hunger to me feels like a deep ache in the bottom of my belly, just a gnawing ache that will growl on occasion.

anything else isnt hunger to me.

chloizzle

Usually your tummy would be grumbling to the max & me personally I get irritable. You just know when you are hungry, it's hard to explain. I do know some people eat because they think they are hungry but they aren't. Tough question to answer really.

I get irritable too! I get so grumpy and snappy when I'm hungry! I feel sorry for my boyfriend sometimes :P

Crystler

Heartburn, hearturn can range from two things: One your heart burns, it feels like your heart. Two you throw up a bit of your food n your mouth. Also a very burn like in your throat. Mostly it.

TriedEverything

My stomach always rumbles when I'm genuinely hungry (not that I always get to that stage, as I tend to anticipate when I'll start to get hungry, and have a snack before it gets too bad! :laugh: ) Some people also start to feel a bit light-headed when hungry.

Heartburn is literally like a burning feeling in your oesophagus (gullet). You could always try taking some over-the-counter medication for heartburn (Gaviscon or Peptac - if you are not in the UK, they may be called something different) and see if it takes away the feeling? I wouldn't normally associate a sore throat with hunger - it might be an idea to see your doctor too.

Hope you manage to work it out in the end!

Yakisoba

Heartburn is literally like a burning feeling in your oesophagus (gullet). You could always try taking some over-the-counter medication for heartburn (Gaviscon or Peptac - if you are not in the UK, they may be called something different) and see if it takes away the feeling? I wouldn't normally associate a sore throat with hunger - it might be an idea to see your doctor too.

I've always had a sore throat when I woke up in the morning. It's not like aching pain, but more like.. acidy? I asked my doctor and he says it's heartburn, but the medication prescribed does nothing but make it worse.

fatty2fabby

rumbly tumbly ha

softsculptor

Mild stomach pains, empty feeling in gut, extreme irritability (did I say extreme), tiredness, weakness, inability to concentrate.

evilduckqueen

Hunger to me is when all you can think about is food!! That, and when your tummy is gurgling really badly.

TriedEverything

The "acidy" sensation in the morning would make sense, as it's likely to have been aggravated by you lying down overnight. But it's disappointing for you that the medication you've tried doesn't work.:frown:

I don't know if you've already lost a lot of weight, but I was going to say that things might improve as you lose more...? :ohwell:

You are probably hungry-ish when you wake up, so possibly you are getting two different feelings at the same time (hunger & heartburn) so it may be hard to tell which is which!

emergencytennis

When I am hungry I feel pangs in my tummy, about the level of my navel, and it rumbles. I feel cranky and/or anxious and sometimes I get a headache.

If I get heartburn the pain is higher, closer to my sternum, and it feels more like a burn and less like an ache, and sometimes I get the hiccoughs. If I arch my spine I get a little relief.

branflake5

I know what you mean by the feeling in your throat. My hunger starts off as my stomach is growling that it wants food, but sometimes I ignore it or I am busy and a couple hours goes by, and I will get a feeling kinda like a lump in my throat. Its only when I am extremely hungry. Its not heartburn or acid reflux, I have had these too many times and they are a completely different feeling.