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Aug 27, 2014, 06:49 PM
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Grand Poohbah
Community Liaison
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Member Since: Jan 2011
Location: Surrey, SE London, UK
Posts: 1,628
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Originally Posted by GALAXYGAL
New here. I’ve been posting on a lot of boards but I have a lot of problems that are all related in some way. I have been over weight most of my life. Just now coming out of a binge eating period lasting 3-4 months I was sleeping 12-13 hours a day to avoid eating then depression set in, the more I slept the more sleep I needed. Brushing my teeth after snacking was an effort but it helped somewhat. I have no desire or energy to want to exercise.
Then I read someone’s comment here that binging is a form of self-medication which struck home with me. I am sleeping fewer hours now and eating less, but then again I have relatives visiting and don’t want to overeat around them.
There aren't any OA groups nearby where I live. Has anyone tried Do online OA groups?
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Hi to everyone who posted on this eating disorders forum. ED's can exist in many different ways and one common thing we all seem to have, no matter which disorder it is, is that we are extremely secretive and sometimes ashamed of sharing these issues with anybody else. I might add a very important point here because it IS indeed important ............................... don't be under the impression that people with ED's are thin to the point of being obviously anorexic or obese to the point of malnutrition. YES actually obese folk REALLY DO tend to under~nurished, especially if they exclude fruit, veg and live on pure junk. I've attended OA meetings many times over the years, both here in the UK and also when I was living in the South of France. I found the groups to be extremely welcoming and uncomplicated. I've never done any on~line OA meetings but I'd think there is a good chance they do exist. May I add a note here for the American friends. This is NOT an advertisement for someones books or support groups, but a lady called Geneen Roth has been working for many years with women who have real severe body issues, I became interested in her writings around 25 years ago! Yes, that gives you a very fair indication of how many years I've been suffering various severe eating disorders. I've been anorexic and admitted to hospital, and I've been so so overweight that my blood pressure was sky high! That latter was due to totally uncontrolled binging. I've also been bulimic, that was always in between being obese and anorexic. ED's bring soooooooooooo much heartache, much more than anyone knows and actually can even be fatal ~ as Caron Carpenter found out sadly. To the person who mentioned sleeping much more when binging, YES, it does do that, but it also causes depression too. I will go back over what you have all written to check I've answered your questions. If I have not answered you, then I'll return soon.
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