anyone else developed bad habits due to stress that they can't seem to stop? i have. i can't stop biting my nails really bad and i always want to eat, even when i'm not hungry. so my fingers look and feel like crap and i'm gaining weight like crazy. i know i'm depressed over having arthritis, but this is ridiculous. i feel so out of control. and i feel like i keep letting myself down every time i bite my nail or have that pizza.
does anyone have any suggestions on how to ditch these bad habits during a time of frustration and confusion?
thank you....
I know I'm having a problem with food myself and I suspect that being on prednisone has a lot to do with it. I have a big sweet tooth. The only thing I can suggest is eating a lot of fruits and veggies to try to fill yourself up before you attack the bad stuff. I can't seem to get off the sweet kick but now I buy the bad stuff, cut into two or three pieces and ration it. The other nervous habits seem to go with the disease. I'm more apt to pick a big fight with my husband than bite my nails, but it all goes back to having a stressful disease that can make life unpredictable if not downright intolerable at times. Go easy on yourself and realize that you are going to have ups and downs. Just try to get through one day at a time.I have been having a hard time with food too. I want to eat even though I am not hungry, but my sweet tooth did go away when I got off of the Prednisone. I keep saying that I am going to go on a diet but then I pig out anyways. It is very frustrating.
Yep.... Prednisone will do it to every time !!! It makes us nervous and hungry. I go from wanting something sweet to something salty and back again. Vicious circle.
Try taking a shower or a bath or doing something nice for yourself when you start to feel the overwhelming feeling coming on. Try to get involved in a magazine or book.... I found rag mags (as I call them i.e. people, us, star etc) are great at getting me to think of other things or at least escaping from things for a while.
Don't be so hard on yourself.... It takes a lot of time to learn to juggle all the emotions much less the disease.
Ms. Joey, Are you on pred? Everyone is right, sure sounds like it. Ate and ate, never satisfied so you have to eat your fingernails - lol. YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING YOU DO ON PRED. JUST PLEAD PRED.Even though the RD is cutting me down on Prednisone, I'm still hungry. God, will it ever calm down, the eating?
Trisha
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i'm not on prednisone, though. my med's include mtx, humira, folic acid and a new pain pill for me, nabumetone. i'm also on a lot of allergy med's such as allegra-d, singular, flonase and prescription eye drops. i'd like to blame med's, but i think it could be mostly me, unable to juggle all the emotions and such that go along with this disease.