Weird Feeling - If it isn't Hunger What is it?

Okay, so this has been bugging me alot or maybe I am just realizing that it is maybe not hunger? All I can say is that my stomach feels 'edgy'.

When I used to smoke-I would smoke when I felt this way and I would feel better.

Also a long time ago when I was unnaturally skinny,in high school, I sort of felt the same way- and grew to like it-but I definitely attributed that to actually being hungry-I was not eating much at all-and I drank diet soda non stop.

Does anyone know what I am talking about? I think it is why I have a tendency to overeat-because when I fell full-I don't feel like this.

It is almost an anxious feeling-but I am not anxious? Maybe I am a freak

Bump...

Like today I have consumed about 1100 cals so far. I did spin this am, buthave sat at my desk the rest of the day. I have this feeling of hunger but it does not compute....

Anyone else??

I've starting eating less and I'm getting urges to smoke - and I quit 15 months ago. Do you think this relates?

If I were you I'd look into crohn's disease - I'm no doctor but the symptoms sound similar and I know that they're often relieved (temporarily) by smoking. Check it out - either way, see your doctor.

lol01 that is interesting _ Ijust had  atest for waht I thought waa gall baldder attack-that came back neg-I will do some research! Thanks.

flamel-I quit almost 3 years ago. I occasionally still get urges, but I am so stinkin healthy now and can breathe so much better-they go away quickly.

I think having a cig makes you feel like dinner or eating is over and if had this "edgy" feeling then I would smoke and feel better. When I quit I "stuffed" the feeling with food.

Now I'm not sure if its hunger or something else, have been at this a few months and should by now be feeling satisfied on what I eat, I would think.

It could be low blood sugar if you haven't eaten enough. When my blood sugar drops my stomach feels weird- kind of like a hunger but not the same. It gets really bad before I pass out, though, I try to not let it get that far!

Yeah, low blood sugar makes me feel funny, sorta faint, definitely irritable, weak.

I also feel weird in the stomach sometimes when I've had enough calories but just don't feel sated for some reason.  Usually I allow myself an extra 110 calories for a cup of 1% milk, and that does the trick...

Sort of sounds like something that happens to me at times. Is it like somehow you are in eating mode? I mean, it sets in right after you finish eating; you know you are done and feel full, but at the same time you get this sort of mental hunger, and it even feels like it`s physical at times. You want to continue the act of eating, but know it will result in you being uncomfortably full and bloated, so it`s like at the same time you are satiated at hungry, a very weird feeling.

If that resembles your experience in any way, I suggest you eat a bit slower. That`s what I go through when I eat too fast. Luckily, most times when this happens, I eat fast for a good reason, so I am busy during the 'critical' time it takes my brain to realize I have eaten enough, and don`t end up overeating.

This also makes sense in connection to the 'smoking as meal closure' theory.

Another scenario that leaves me feeling hungry while full, but in another way, is having a big meal very high in carbs, moderate in protein and very low in fat. But it`s usually easy for me to tell the two situations apart.

Yeah, I get this feeling a lot. Like ily51, it sometimes sets in right after a meal. Or it can be the beginning stages of hunger. Or actual panic, because I have a tendency to be anxious. I do have trouble distinguishing between real hunger and whatever the feeling is... sorry not much help! I do try to listen to my body for cues that I am full, think about whether I really need food or not, and think about what other things might be bothering me that make me edgy/feel like eating. Occasionally it works!

I know this post is a month or two back, but I'd like to say that I get this feeling alot, its normally when I'm tired, upset, irritated or worried, I feel a compulsion to eat even though I know I'm not hungry, trying to control this has led to developing a mild eating disorder, I don't really know how to solve it but best of luck.
Steph