No appetite after the flu. Normal?
I had the flu April 25th. I had fever, chills, minor sore throat, cough with mucus, body aches, diarrhea, headache that didn’t last long, fatigue, anxiety, no appetite once my fever went away and this weird depressed feeling. Never felt depressed before at all.
Just for more details, I got the flu from a coworker. My coworker had all the same symptoms expect he didn’t feel the anxiety/depression. He also lost 18 lbs. I’m not sure how much weight I lost but I know I lost weight by the way my clothes fits me.
My appetite was gone once my fever ended which is 18 days ago from today. I was forcing myself to eat. I kept hydrated the whole time and also was taking vitamins. My appetite hasn’t really came back. The other day 5/11 and 5/12 I ate without much force. I ate a whole cheese burger then 5/12 I ate pasta. That was all I ate those days though. Then the following days till now feels like I’m not hungry I’m forcing myself to take bites of food. I just don’t feel hungry or a desire to eat. My stomach does growl but I just don’t feel hungry. In the morning I do have slight diarrhea sorry TMI but I’m trying to be as detailed as possible but it’s not watery like before but it’s not solid. It comes out like diarrhea but looks solid ish. This is not every morning and I have also had solid stool. If that makes sense. Other than that I feel fine no other symptoms. Everything is gone. I do still have anxiety and I feel like it’s getting worse and worse the more I don’t eat because I’m stressing about not being able to eat. The anxiety part is worse when I know it’s time to try to eat, I get really worked up. I know that part is a me thing though.
Is this a normal thing for the flu going around right now?