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Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 138 | My doc has me on an antidepressant because of the depression this disease and slow recovery has caused. I am still learning to eat again, but the antidepressant is causing a loss of appetite making me not want to eat. I don't want to stop taking the antidepressant because I need to get out of this "funk"! However, I need to eat as well. Has anyone else been through this? If so, what was done? Is there an appetite stimulate that my doc can prescribe?
Nine years out. New normal with limitations, but surviving and living life to the fullest.
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I still drank CIB VHC each day for well over a year post Tx just to make sure I was getting enough calories and nutrition as eating was just not enjoyable. I still have cans in the refrig just in case. Even though you don't feel like eating, drinking a can of the VHC gives you 560 calories packed with everything and it only takes a few seconds to down it.
As far as being depressed, that's not uncommon at all post Tx but you need to just tell yourself that your normal to feel this way and things will definitely get better and better over the next year or so and be pleased with where you are recovery wise and being alive wise I might add.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 | Marinol might be a posibility for you http://www.marinol.com/appetite/index.htmlI had ti during chemo for an anti-nausea med, but it does increase your appetite as well. It is a cannabis derivative. Ask your doc! Kevin
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 231 | You might also want to check on the anti-depressant that you are taking. There may be one in the same group of meds that increase appetite. I was taking Paxil for awhile which increased appetite but when I put on too much weight my doc switched me to Celexa which causes loss of appetite.
Just a thought,
Billy
Dx Mar 07 with Base Of Tongue Stage IV. IMRT 35x with 3 doses Cysplatin ran concurrent. Tx ended May 31,07. Left and right node involved. Radical neck disection 7/18/07
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