I think I was about 9 when it started. It started with binge eating. I would eat half a box of cookies and then eat more. Then when I was 13 I started bingeing and purging. I never purged the meals or small snacks I ate, I only purged when I ate A LOT. I haven't purged in about a year. When I was 17 I started starving. I always try to "recover" and I do well and gain back what I lost but then I go back to starving again and lose it. It's an endless cycle.