Always hungry and gaining weight after massive hemorrhage stroke

Hello @fekind

Please feel free to update us, if are comfortable doing so, about your fiancé's progress.

We would be interested in knowing if you found an answer for the intense hunger problem that your fiancé experienced following her stroke.

Teresa

Hello, I hope this find you well. I was wondering if you ever found a reason for the always being hungry?
My brother 44 had a tumor on his pituitary gland and due to complications had two major strokes the largest being on the left side. He has to take hormones long story. The hunger thing totally controls ever min of every day. He also has no short term memory. So no matter how many times we tell him this is what you had. His hunger trumps everything.
Did you find any info??

@kariulrich Thanks for sharing the experience you had - certainly "food for thought." (No pun intended). Teresa

Is she on any medications that may have increased her appetite? I know I have been on a sleep medication that would wake me up in the middle of the night and I would eat, and not remember doing so? Just a thought...

I've had a stroke, and ya, i love to eat, i always say, too bad i like My own cooking, im a good cook , lol

@cynthiag thank you for the advice. To clarify, she is constantly hungry and never feels satisfied after eating.

@fekind Thanks for your reply. You provided some good insight into her prior eating habits. This information might serve her well during your next consultation. Please keep me posted on how she (and you!) are doing. I hope that you can find some additional help at the Mary Free Bed Hospital. Best wishes. Teresa

Try offering more frequent but smaller amounts of foods that you know she really likes, make yourself the same and eat them together making it a pleasant time where the experience is something she will look forward to. I'm not sure I'm clear about what the problem is...your wife not eating enough or to much? Your post was a bit unclear. Hope I helped a little. Best wishes to your wife. To be a stroke victim at age 37 is an incredible challenge and I hope she will continue to improve so you can share many happy years together.

Hi again @fekind. I have been thinking about your post and it helped me remember my wife also had significant swings in her eating habits. One of the areas of her brain, which was damaged by her tumor, must have been her appetite control function. It changed in many ways over years. This included radical changes in volume, likes and dislikes, etc. She also began needing far fewer calories burned so she had weight gain quickly. The way I could help was by eliminating as many high calorie and empty calorie foods from our kitchen as possible. Side benefit? I began to eat healthier too 🙂

Thank you, Theresa. Prior to her stroke, she loved food, but she was very desciplined. In fact, she would often throw out unhealthy foods to ensure she didn't binge eat. She was taking a low dose of Zoloft which can cause increased appetite, her doctor put her on Celexa instead, but there has been no change. I will look into the Mary Free Bed Organization.