Beth,

I'm not sure if this fits you, but you may want to look at this info on Binge Eating Disorder

Compulsive Overeating is a similar disorder...there is information on COE here .

To add purging would only serve to move from one eating disorder to another. One of the issues with BED and COE is that diets don't work for people who suffer from these disorders, because food has become more than nourishment, it is friend and enemy, love and hate, every emotion wrapped up in one.

The program that seems to be the most helpful for these disorders is the concept of intuitive eating. This is one book on the subject - Intuitive Eating . There are also several books by Geneen Roth , who is very well known for her programs and books about compulsive overeating.

In case it isn't obvious by now, this is something that I struggle with as well. So let's keep talking, ok? There really are healthy ways out of this disorder, and purging isn't one of them.

*hugs*
Jo