Hi all, I came upon this web site by searching yahoo for information on binge eating disorder. I'm not really sure if I have any type of eating disorder, but I thought I would post anyway. I'm 20, and I just found out last year, that I had IBS, irritable bowel syndrome. I had stomach disturbances most of my life, but just always pretended they weren't there, as well as my parents thinking I was always lying about myself not feeling good. Well, when I was younger, about 15, I just quit eating alot, I weighed around 120, and thought myself to be "fat", I still ate, just not alot. My parents accused me of being anorexic, and it just made me feel even worse.

Recently, I had gotten down to 100 pounds and my mom again starts to accuse me of being anorexic, I swore that I wasn't, that I was just walking/exercising enough, and eating all the right foods, so in order to please my mom, I started eating a bunch of junk food to gain weight, I've gained about 5 pounds, and it made her somewhat happy.

But I think my real problem is binge eating. I have many of the symptoms of it, unless I am just some overeater. Since I have IBS, I don't like to eat around others, but when I get home, and its just me, I PIG OUT. I just eat uncontrollably whatever I can get my hands on, and feel so bad for it afterwards. I know it's unhealthy physically and psychologically, but I have noone to talk to about it, and don't know how to fix it. If anyone can offer me any encouragement or advice, post or e-mail me, thank you all very much for listening, and I am here to listen to anyone else that would need it.

Shannon