How long before you got an appetite?

[sophie]

Hi everyone.
I don't have an appetite but I can eat. I've been off Vanco for 8 days now and seem to be doing ok other than i still don't have an appetite and my back can get sore at times (caused by Probiotics that I'm not used to - Florestor and Kefir.
Just curious how long it took people to get their appetite back. Thanks.

[Ril]

Everyone is different but it took me many weeks before my appetite began to return. I didn't have much of an appetite and also got full quickly. Also, I had a lot of food intolerances so couldn't eat my favorite foods either. My appetite returned very gradually but it was many months before I cared to eat full meals.
This is all normal in recovery. The best strategy is to eat more frequent small meals in the meantime.
Rita

[georgina]

I regained my appetite as soon as the vanco kicked in , but when I came off of it I started having trouble eating again then it got better again when I started taking antianxiety meds and I also put on some weight (not saying you should take antianxiety meds too , just saying what worked for me) . Not having a appetite is normal during recovery , and it can take some time until it comes back and also the bland diet is not very tasty , so maybe when you will start eating more normal foods it will get better.
There are some people on this site that said something about a probiotic Reuteri helped them regain their appetite.

[Nancy1]

I got my appetite back from taking Primadophilus Reuteri. It was the only probiotic that I can say for sure made a difference. I had lost 27 pounds to cdiff. It took me 2 years to gain that weight back.