Losing weight

Sorry should have said first time he had a TIA mini stroke

Thank you both, i am hoping its just a panic attack, the first time he had a ti,it was in the same circumstances, so when he felt his legs go numb he assumed it was a stroke again, but panic attacks can cause some weird symptoms
He has had a lot of stress too, and had to leave his job as a baker through medical reasons,and he is not finding it easy not working, he has neve been out of work since leaving school, apart from 3 months when his first jobs works closed down,
Also he is having problems with this flaming Universal credit, had no money for 6 weeks, just a loan which he has to pay back, £158 to last 6 weeks, so trying to get pip is stressing him out too, its a cruel benefit
Hopefully will hear from him, soon, dont know if they have kept him in or not, luckily only lives 10 minutes away from me, so saw him this morning and wasnt feeling too good

Indeed Valeriej43 as a person whom has coped with stress in abundance over the years I do believe that it has some part to play with weight loss,however not to this extreme.
But life in general has been stressful over many earlier years yet at those times I probably actually gained weight!

Whilst very sorry to hear that you too have such a lot of stress,added to which, of course hearing your son is in Hospital with possibly a mini stroke will be a great burden adding to your previous stress load.
Life certainly has its way of throwing these curved balls when you least them.

Wishing him all the best and hopefully a full and speedy recovery.....same for yourself.

valerie hope he’s going to be OK x

OldMeg yes wondered about it,just made an appointment at Drs, cant get in until next week though
Lots of stress at the moment though, just had a phone call son gone to hospital with suspected ministroke, which hes had before, so impossible to try to relax etc

Overactive thyroid?

Panache thanks for your reply,i am no stranger to losing weight when stressed and always have difficulty trying to gain, when i went up to 9st,it was a surprise, because i was eating and doing nothing different to now
I do have a little dog i walk for about an hour a day, and im quite active in the house, busy i mean, but i also spend a lot of time on the internet, so sit down a lot too
I think i have been very anxious recently and its got to be a habit,
Possibly live on my nerves, so i was once told
Anyway i am very sorry to read about your weight loss, especially if ongoing, but at least i suppose as long as nothing wrong is found thats a comfort
It the scrawnyness i hate, my body looks ok, just the neck, lol
Do you think you being anxious about it is losing you more weight?
I hope you find a solution

My sympathies valerieJ43.

I have a similar story to tell,although I am loathe to repeat myself yet again as I have talked about it here on many threads.
I have lost a total of some 4 stone +......after a week in Hospital in Sept 2016 and Jan 2017...... I lost over 3 stone in weight.
I have had continued procedures,tests,Hospital and Surgery visits with various Consultants (I do have a history of health issues) but with no diagnoses as yet.
Certainly no Hyperthyroidism.
Following a further 3 weeks in Hospital in February this year I lost a further 9 pounds, but this could well be attributed to my being very ill and the food was abysmal!

But it amounts to a 4 stone + weight loss in some 19 months...........and I am still losing weight, all be it about a pound per day.

Although initially in 2016 I was certainly overweight and delighted to loose weight, I was not quite so happy when it just continued to roll off me,leaving me with virtually nil breasts,a scrawny face and now ugly loose wrinkly skin all over.
The plus side it has meant a complete new wardrobe from undies up wards.............but deep down of course, it is extremely worrying,especially as it still continues.

Hope that this may be of some help, although sadly I cannot offer any diagnoses or ways to halt the loss.
Wishing you better fortune.