# Why am I not hungry?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-hungry/275382>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 18, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-hungry/275382 "2004-11-18T00:21:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-hungry/275382/21 "2016-02-10T07:17:09Z")

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> [@Chief\_Pedant](#):
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> I bet against the OP returning with an update if he had one of the more common reasons for anorexia: Cancer.

He was active on the SDMB as recently as Dec. '15, so it probably wasn’t that (hopefully).

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-hungry/275382/22 "2016-02-21T20:24:34Z")

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I’ve had this problem for a few years but attributed it to the general state of my current life. I’ve always enjoyed eating but that was when my life was in a much better state than it is now. I never would have believed someone like me could go through days without even thinking about food.

My current life has been one tragedy after another followed by a long endless coasting though the rest of the days of my life. Everything seems like such an effort, no appetite (except for pop tarts and peanut butter M & Ms), lack of concentration.

And cold - always cold - I even wear long sleeve shirts in the summer.

Just recently found out I have a bit of a thyroid issue.

So maybe this is all physical and not a reaction to the hand I’ve been dealt?

I had no idea that lack of appetite was one of the symptoms for an under active thyroid.

I find it interesting in an objective kind of way.

I’m glad I took the time to read through this thread.

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**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-hungry/275382/23 "2016-02-22T05:03:08Z")

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Well, even though it’s a zombie, someone’s reading it so:

It could just be hormones. As a young woman I would have cycles where I was so ravenous I could’ve eaten the furniture, and then cycles where I couldn’t be bothered to lick the salt off a cracker.

That being said, if you’re worried enough to ask advice about it, you’re worried enough that you should see a doctor.

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