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Jan 20, 2016, 02:05 PM
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Member Since: Feb 2015
Location: Eastern US
Posts: 472
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Originally Posted by passionfruit3
I didn't know quite were to post im not anorexic or bulimic ive just been recently purging because i start to feel sick from food and having it out of my body makes me feel better and quite frankly it has become addictive though until recently i havent been doing it properly. Ive been trying to conceal it from my mom which is hard cause i live in a two bedroom apartment it's still hard but tonight she didn't find out.i don't think this will become a problem i don't feel addicted to it but i was wondering if this sounds like it could turn into an eating disorder to you
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Honestly, depending on how often you're purging, if you're binging before purging and doing it at least once a week for at least 3 mos and are at a normal weight, you technically meet the criteria for Bulimia. If your weight is below a "minimally healthy weight for your height", you meet the criteria for anorexia, binge/purge subtype. If you don't meet these criteria, at the very least, you meet the criteria for OSFED (other specified feeding or eating disorders), which include atypical anorexia, bulimia nervosa of short duration or low frequency (binging and purging for either less than 3 mos, less than once a week or both), binge eating disorder of short duration or low frequency, purging disorder, and night eating syndrome.
It sounds like this is relatively new thing for you? See your doctor, see a therapist. Get this under control before it does become a horrible habit and "lifestyle" that you can't stop without help. It sounds like you meet criteria for purging disorder. It sounds like you already have an eating disorder and studies are pretty conclusive that the earlier you get treatment, the better chance of recovery and a lower incidence of relapse.
If I could start over my life 20 years ago, there are a couple things I would change along the way, but one of the biggest is I would have gotten help when everyone was pushing for me too when I was 15 and 16, rather than waiting until I was in my early twenties and nearly dead, already had permanent damage and the need for a long hospitalization and inpatient treatment caused me lots of problems with my career, my social life, my family life, my engagement, pretty much everything. I've lost or nearly lost almost everything that really matters to me because of this disorder and I'm fighting desperately to claw my way back. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. I've spent the last ten years in and out of medical hospitals and inpatient treatment, with a lot of the medical hospitalizations due to complications from the eating disorder. And trying to juggle a demanding career, a social life, family
Get some help before it becomes an issue.
Last edited by pinkflower17; Jan 20, 2016 at 02:06 PM.
Reason: correction on definition
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