Feeling crappy lately

[TeeNahh 40]

Hey people, random question here...

Any of you at some point start feeling super tired really fast and/or had that "I wanna faint" feeling ? I've been experiencing that the past week and not sure why. Everything I consume is hitting me extremely faster than before. Like wine, or coffee. Within minutes I'm tipsy or super caffeinated. ( wasn't happening before )I completely forgot about the Vitamins and have started taking them for the past 5 days but I'm not sure if that's what's causing this. I'm 6 months post op and hadn't had any of these issues before.

[NHam 1]

I too feel like crap lately, but my concern is I developed bad diarrhea for 5 days now and I called the doctor and they told me to use immodium. Also my appetite has decreased big time. I feel my food or liquid going down a lot more and I feel there is some type of resistance or something as if nothing goes down. I don't know what is going on. Weakness can come and go, but ne sure to take your Vitamins and be sure to drink lots of Water. I am 7 months post-op and was doing pretty well, but now I don't know. I have lost 90 pounds. I am scared to be honest and thinking to call my doctor.

[rosemary79 136]

It very well could be that skipping your Vitamins has caught up with you! Have you gotten your 6 month labs drawn yet? I was feeling very tired and sore at my 6 months and found out my vit D was extremely low. Hope you get to feeling better!

[TeeNahh 40]

I had blood work done 2 months ago and everything was good. I've upped my Water intake as well. Just a scary feeling that i feel like I can faint randomly. My actual 6 month mark is in January but I have new insurance that doesn't cover Bariatric anything so maybe I'll get my primary to order more blood work. Thanks

[James Marusek 5,244]

One of the problems that individuals that undergo RNY surgery sometimes experience is called "reactive hypoglycemia". Individuals experience low blood sugar within a few hours after eating. This link might help.

http://www.mckinley.illinois.edu/Handouts/hypoglycemia_nutrition_reactive.html

Also get back on your Vitamins. Your body, because of RNY gastric bypass surgery, no longer synthesizes Vitamins from the foods that you eat. Therefore it is easy to become Vitamin deficient without taking supplements and thereby open the door to a slew of medical conditions that are caused by Vitamin deficiencies.

I too feel like crap lately, but my concern is I developed bad diarrhea for 5 days now and I called the doctor and they told me to use immodium. Also my appetite has decreased big time. I feel my food or liquid going down a lot more and I feel there is some type of resistance or something as if nothing goes down. I don't know what is going on. Weakness can come and go, but ne sure to take your vitamins and be sure to drink lots of Water. I am 7 months post-op and was doing pretty well, but now I don't know. I have lost 90 pounds. I am scared to be honest and thinking to call my doctor.

About a year after surgery I encountered a stomach flu. I didn't feel like eating and if I did, it generally led to diarrhea. I lost a pound a day for a week and then the flu was gone and life returned back to normal. I looked at the additional weight loss as a plus and tried to maintain this additional weight loss.