My thoughts are with all those posting here and thank you for sharing your stories so honestly. I used to abuse laxatives and vomit several times a day, every week for a number of years. With meds and therapy I managed to stop before having my first child. I managed to stop for many years until my youngest child was about 3, he's now 7. I find it much harder to purge now but I can't curb my binging so I still try. I hate doing it, my weight and am not happy with my body. I worry about this but have not been very concerned about the physical risks until just reading all these posts. I hadn't seriously considered the risks before. Sadly this discovery is not going to prevent a binge tonight, but I will try to hold on to this more next time. I do suffer with health problems as a result of years of abusing my body eg reflux issues as mentioned, ibs and tooth decay. Perhaps I should consider myself lucky that I haven't done more damage...

Hoping we can all take gentle care of ourselves,

Phx