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This is my first post on the eating disorders forum. Basically, the issue is that I started losing some weight a couple of months ago due to a new med, and I am so thoroughly enjoying losing the weight that it may be becoming an obsession.
I generally don't eat all day and then eat a reasonable dinner when I get home in the evenings. I started out taking laxatives on the weekends when I am prone to eat more (I am aware that I am only losing water weight with these as the calories have already been absorbed by the time the laxatives kick in, but it is weight nonetheless.) The past couple of weeks I have been taking double to triple doses of laxatives a few times during the week. Yesterday I attempted to make myself vomit after dinner, but I guess I didn't hit the right spot or something. When that didn't work, I ordered some ipecac online, which I intend to use on occasions when I feel I have eaten too much. I am not underweight and actually still need to lose a few more pounds to hit the healthy weight zone for my height, but I am wondering if I may be treading dangerous ground with this. |
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PLEASE don't use ipecac. You can die from taking that, every time you take it you're risking your life. Ipecac got me put in treatment last year, its really serious and really dangerous. Please don't do it, its so not worth it.
I think its awesome of you to notice these symptoms early and reach out for help. It sounds like you're starting up some bad habits; I would definitely talk to a therapist or counselor about this, and maybe even mention it to your doctor. Trust me, you don't want to go down this path, and the longer you stay on it the tougher it gets to beat. Before you start doing any ED behavior, you may want to look up the side effects. Eating disorders do nothing to make you healthy or beautiful and often don't even end up making a person "thin". Overall, try and be careful, this disease can be so dangerous. |
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Try reading this: http://www.something-fishy.org/dangers/dangers.php, you have to be aware of the dangers of eating disorders.
Also please don't use the ipecac. It's basically a poison and can kill you on the first use... or cause permanent heart damage. http://www.something-fishy.org/dangers/methods.php Also... you'll find at some point that your body will rebel against starvation and will force you to binge to try to get some nutritients... it's not fun to do. Laxatives taken over a period of time can damage the bowel and cause you to be permanently constipated...
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And overuse of laxatives can also cause bleeding too. That happened to me once and scared me.
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Thank you, Jen and silver_queen, for the responses. I think this needs to be discussed with T at my next session. I am losing control over this. The more people comment on my weight loss and the baggier my clothes get, the more determined I am to eat as little as possible and get what I do eat out of my body as quickly as possible. Thanks again.
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