[Anna214]

Would anyone be interested in talking with me? I've been bulimic for 3 years now and want to stop. I've been talking to my therapist about it for a couple months now. It's hard to explain why I always feel hungry but can't stand to hold in the calories.

[kaliope]

I am glad that you are brave enough to get help for your bulimia. I hope your therapist is able to help you.

[waggiedog]

Hello dear Anna214. First I'd like to say a big warm WELCOME to Psych Central and everything it has to offer. I am one of the ''older'' members here but I still have eating disorders, it's not just young people this effects, and it's not just females either. I've been through ALL of the known disorders for 33 years and I've also been hospitalised for two of them, anorexia and then bulimia. Now, I basically severely restrict but I've already caused many health issues due to my eating disorders. Yes, as someone said, keep talking to your therapist and maybe you could draw up some kind of goal, or a series of smaller goals. I DO SO UNDERSTAND that you don't like the sense of feeling fullness after you've eaten and that's why it has to come back out. This only happens because you've gotten used to having an empty tum. Yes, you certainly WILL be hungry all of the time because reality is that you don't have anything in it for more than a few minutes. Sounds corney, but the only way out of an eating disorder is to EAT, and let it stay there and let it be your ''medication'' to get well by. I'm sure you WILL find some friends here who'll understand and I hope to see you around this great site. HUGS. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[Calorique]

Welcome to the forums! I'm EDNOS restrictive subtype with binge purge tendencies, and not really on any kind of road to recovery but want to commend you for your efforts!! It's no easy feat and WANTING help is the first step towards recovering!

If you want to chat or vent or whatever, I'm just a PM away

[MoxieDoxie]

Choletocystekinin: The most recognised functions of this hormone are in digestion and appetite. It improves digestion by slowing down the emptying of food from the stomach and stimulating the production of bile in the liver as well as its release from the gall bladder. Cholecystokinin seems to be involved with appetite by increasing the sensation of fullness in the short-term, that is, during a meal rather than between meals. It may do this by affecting appetite centres in the brain as well as delaying emptying of the stomach.

This physiological issue can be a reason why recovery is so difficult for those with eating disorders. There are actually studies on it. I can tell you that I am not starving all the time when my bulimia is less active. They did do a study that indicated that CCK levels come back to normal when in recovery.

Some Studies:

CCK response in bulimia nervosa and following remission

Regulating satiety in bulimia nervosa: the role of cholecystokinin. - PubMed - NCBI

Impaired cholecystokinin secretion in bulimia nervosa. - PubMed - NCBI

[luv2surfandfly]

My first attempt to make a post. I have too overeat and purge. It is not an everyday event. Seems to happen when I am stressing hard.

[pinkflower17]

Originally Posted by Anna214

Would anyone be interested in talking with me? I've been bulimic for 3 years now and want to stop. I've been talking to my therapist about it for a couple months now. It's hard to explain why I always feel hungry but can't stand to hold in the calories.

This is really old, but I wanted to reply. I'd love to speak with you. I'm a binge/purge anorexic, so I totally get the always being hungry, but not being able to hold in the calories. I've had an ED in some form or another for a little over 20 year (I'm 30), so anyway, I'd love to connect if you ever want to talk.