Help with weight loss, please!!

Hi everyone,

Just to give some background on my situation. I was nit by something last summer and recieved inadequate treatment at the time. A bunch of symptoms started to pop up in February and i started treatment for lyme and anaplasma. We also started to treat for bartonella last month as my nd believes i have it even though i tested negative.

My scariest symptom right now is weight loss and inability to add weight. I have dropped just over 20 pounds since getting sick and I thought that it was mostlu due to the restricted diet I have been on, but now i am starting to think it is something else. As even on my diet, i have purposely been eating alot but cant put anything back on.

We have checked my thyroid and everything is normal ( free t3, free t4 and anti-tpo). Also I have been on Alinia for 8 weeks and I know it is a very strong anti- parasitic, so I dont know of parasites are an issue.

My bowel movements have been strong and no sign of any diarrhea (sorry tmi). My nd has told me to get off my diet for a week to see if any weight comes back. I know weight loss can be a symptom of both lyme and bart but I have not seen any improvement since treatment started at all. It truly is scary stuff.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for the help!

I would agree with your doc about stopping the diet. You need high calorie foods that are still very healthy.

Some suggestions are nut butters, full fat yogurt with a banana, avocados, certain protein shakes.

Here are some more ideas: www.livestrong.com/article/34818-highcalorie-foods/

Yes, hit high calorie foods as much as you can just do your best to keep it low sugar. Eat high protein foods like meats, eggs, beans, etc.

just so that you may understand what is happening here, the same thing happened to me. i was eating 10 times a day, normal portions, and kept losing weight. I went from 128lbs to 110 in a matter of weeks. My Dr explained it had alot to do with the fact that my body was working very hard to fight of the infection thus it was burning more calories than I could imagine. I was lucky in that my weight stayed at 110 for the remainder of my treatment, and once I was better, and stopped the antibiotics, that's when the weight started to come back on (8 months later).

good luck! keep us posted!