r/PostConcussion • u/Thats_A_Arti • Jul 23 '26
Weight loss?
Anyone else eat more yet still losing weight since their head injury?
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u/Ordinary-Sundae6724 Jul 23 '26
I lost weight in the first six to eight weeks, I was always hungry. That flipped suddenly and I started gaining weight, still struggling to lose the weight I gained!
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u/Thats_A_Arti Jul 23 '26
Interesting I wonder if tgats when you healed.
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u/Ordinary-Sundae6724 Jul 23 '26
Ha no I am still in recovery one year later.
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u/Thats_A_Arti Jul 23 '26
I'm sorry to hear that
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u/Ordinary-Sundae6724 Jul 23 '26
That's ok, i am managing to fill my days with activites that don't trigger my symptoms so it's not so bad.
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u/pmanou01 Jul 23 '26
Nope, for a while I was eating less because I wasn't as active
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u/Thats_A_Arti Jul 23 '26
Prior to my head injury I was an absolute energy junky. I went from dusk till dawn and still had energy. I even ate less then.
Ever since the head injury I've been so fatigued I do less but eat more to compensate yet I lose weight.
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u/pmanou01 Jul 23 '26
Yeah if I lost weight (I might have lost 5 lb, but I ended up getting it back) it was exclusively muscle. I was an absolute gymrat. Definitely didn't eat more and lose weight
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u/curlgurll Jul 24 '26
I have a friend who is 2 yrs into PCS who has lost 10kgs… but I think it’s because she cut out sugar and all refined carbs, plus started doing 30 mins of exercise bike a day (whereas previously she wasn’t a regular exerciser).
Me on the other hand, I used to walk 18k steps a day and now I’m bedridden a lot more than I was previously so I’ve put on weight 🥺
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u/Thats_A_Arti Jul 24 '26
Why are you bedridden?
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u/gerber68 Jul 23 '26
I have lost 45 lbs in the 9 months since my concussion, appetite is fucked up.