Family mealtimes when one person eats a third of what they did

Started 27 January 2026 · 13 replies · 99 hearts · read 2k times

BramwellNottingham, UK · 27 January 2026

6 months ago

Family mealtimes when one person eats a third of what they did — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in.

Practical question, and possibly a silly one.

My prescriber has been fine, genuinely. The problem is that I get nine minutes twice a year and there is no version of nine minutes that covers this.

I have written down what has actually happened, in order, because I find that more useful than my summary of it.

What I keep tripping on is not the physical bit. It is the not knowing whether what I am experiencing is normal, and having nobody to ask who is not either selling something or frightened for me.

Not looking for a plan. Just company and whatever anyone has found.

PipBristol, UK

Yes to the burping. It is real, it is unbeautiful, and it does settle.

ZenBristol, UK

No advice, just recognition. That sounds exhausting and I am sorry you are in it.

OskarWarsaw, PL

Building on what the opening post wrote rather than answering the original question.

The phrase that unlocked my appointment was asking what specifically she wanted me to watch for. It moved us from reassurance to a plan in about thirty seconds.

WrenFacilitatorLeeds, UK

Two things, both boring. First, none of us can tell you what to take. Second, the conversation you want to have is with your prescriber, and we can help you write it down.

14me too 9

NemoneLewes, UK

Building on what the reply above wrote rather than answering the original question.

The thing that changed it for me was going slower, agreed with my prescriber. I am not suggesting you do that. I am saying the conversation exists.

6me too 5

MarkCoventry, UK

Have you got anyone who can be with you when you do it? It made an enormous difference to me and I felt silly asking.

OrvalWinnipeg, CA

For what it is worth, the trial data on this is thinner than the confidence of the internet would suggest. Worth knowing when you read the posts.

BexPlymouth, UK

the reply above said something I want to sit with for a second.

It got worse before it got better for me, which I wish someone had said. About ten days of worse.

SalmaManchester, UK

Building on what the reply above wrote rather than answering the original question.

I have been in this circle a year and this question comes round every few months. It is not a silly question. It is the question.

NanNeath, UK

#10

Similar here, and mine turned out to be a completely unrelated deficiency picked up on bloods.

6me too 1

IslaOban, UK

#11

I did exactly the same and felt terrible about it. You have not done anything wrong.

8me too 9

WrenFacilitatorLeeds, UK

#12

Reading the reply above, I recognised more of that than I expected to.

Before anyone offers a remedy: what has been described here is on the list of things that need a clinician today rather than a thread. I am going to be firm about that, kindly.

LuPreston, UK

#13

I am about four months behind you and I have been dreading exactly this, so thank you for writing it down before I got there.