The only way I know it's time to eat is when I start feeling sick, and then the only way I can get myself to eat is by forcing the munchies with a bunch of weed.
Aren't bodies fun?! π¬
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Sometimes I get days where my brain ignores the nausea signals too and just lets me function worse and worse until it's so bad that I notice that I didn't eat in hours.
Same.. π€¦ββοΈ
This is definitely me. I never feel hungry in the morning until Iβm nauseous. Fortunately, my wife found these protein bars at Costco that are pretty good. Iβve been packing one of those with me to work and i eat it just as Iβm starting to feel gross (or all the coffee starts tearing up my stomach). Small enough that I donβt feel more sick, but enough food to get me through the rest of the day.
What worked for my mornings is protein shakes and carbohydrate shakes. Both in powdered form and mixed with water before drinking. Helps me to feel well before my first meals that my brain refuses to take in the morning.
Nausea signal means your blood sugar is low. At least... that's what it means for me. First time it happened, I was out all day playing paintball. Around 4 we stopped to go home and I was feeling nauseous as hell, went to a payphone to call my mom and have her come get me, throwing up mid-phone call. She thought I was just faking and told me to walk. But I felt so tired. I sat down and fell asleep for a little bit. Got up and started going home. Kept throwing up, and passing out. My best friend ran into me while skateboarding over to my house and I told him how I felt so he mashed off to my house to get my mom to take me seriously, but before they got back I guess someone called 911 and an ambulance showed up and checked me out. Had a blood sugar level of like 20 or something ridiculous on the meter and they gave me some juice and told me to get home and eat. Now any time I feel hunger pangs at all, I eat something.
Many people with ADHD simply don't feel hunger as much as neurotypical people so we get nausea because of hunger when we happen to not eat for too long by accident.
I am one of them lol
I have ADHD and never think about food if I am hyper focused on something else. Then I'll gain focus again and be starving.
Any idea where can I find more info on this specifically?
No idea, I learned a lot of things simply by reading experiences of people on r/ADHD and now c/ADHD. Check the wiki, maybe there's something on the topic: https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/wiki/index/
That's me every morning!! Who needs breakfast anyway?
I find fruit juice gets me over the nausea. Think it might be a sugar thing.
Dehydration can also cause nausea, but I haven't had success with only drinking water for breakfast.
Plain water can be hard for your body to do anything with especially if it's cold and your body has to warm it up first. But no salts or sugars can mean it's hard for your body to absorb it. You really should attempt some fiber or protein as well and give your stomach acid something to work on.
Wait, I'm not the only one and it may be linked to neurodivergence???? I thought my body was just a fucker fucking with me, I'm on anti-nausea medications so I can sleep without throwing up at night !
Nausea = lack of electrolytes
Hunger can also often be lack of electrolytes
Get a supplement. Save money and time.
Brawndo's got electrolytes
I believe there's two pieces of science here:
- For at least some, this feeling is related to ADHD medicine. Many are appetite-suppressants (some people are even prescribed Vyvanse only for regulating appetite). So when our appetite is suppressed, nausea is the next thing.
- Initial hunger often comes in waves. So for those with hyperfoucus we often push through the first wave, and the body gives up in trying to tell us we're hungry. So the thing that actually gets us to eat is again, nausea.
I have transcended these mortal sensations, I don't even feel either anymore