Hi I have had my band for 13 months. Have lost just over 4 stone. But the last 6 months have been awful one day i can eat. the next i cant. I have had more in and then out. They seem to think its stress but at present i didnt think i had any. I am 11 stone and 6ml in my band. Any ideas. is it me.

Yes, stress can couse your band to feel tighter and then you might not be able to eat much. If you are also slimming or vomitting, then that will cause you to swell and might cause you, also, to not be able to eat much. Take care, Karen

Sorry that you have been experiencing this problem. Hope things get better for you. This is a very interesting topic, not banded yet but this is good too know. I experience stress daily in my home and on my job. I feel like I just can't get a break from stress. Am i gonna have these problems also once banded? Should I be worried?

I've never really stopped to think about stress affecting my band, but now that I think back it probably does have alot to do with how it feels. I was banded 13 months ago also and experience times where I can't eat hardly anything to times where it almost feels like I have no restriction. I think it is the body's reaction to the stress. Don't worry, just take things one day at a time!

Yes stress effects your band! So does your Tom and weather, but you get used to it and realize it is just part of the new life you have chosen for yourself.

O yes ! Stress, Anger, being upset, for some women your period can cause it to tighten, and believe it or not so can the weather for some.

You all have heard someone say "A STORM IS COMING IN I CAN FEEL IT !" The same thing can happen with the band. It can tighten rite up for no reason, then you'ss see the weather change.

After I got my band, it was that way for about 6 months.

Yesterday, i put on the question about stress causing the band to tighten. Thanks for your answers. Today i have been to the doctors and had my 2 mirena coils removed as i am possitive they was part of the cause. Last August this all started. My coil wasnt working properly and was going to remove and put another in. But he couldnt get first one out so put the other in. Been uncomfortable since. It wasnt until i asked today the date i had it, that i realized that was probable the cause. I had no problems in my first 6 months so why would things change. Did anyone else have a problem with the mirena coil.

I have given up on what causes the band to get tighter and looser. I have heard every reason under the sun.

Temperature, barometric pressure, stress, PMS, illness, etc, etc.

I will say it happens to me. ALWAYS tighter first thing in the morning.

Only thing I have proven to my self is the more I exercise it by eating, it gets looser. If I give it a rest by not eating solids for a while, it tightens right back up.