Eating Disorders

[LizF]

Have you had one? How did is start? Did you receive professional treatment? One of my best friends is dealing with anorexia right now, so I'm interested to hear how others have dealt with them or what others have gone through.

[kitsch_k]

i never had one..i think i love food too much..

[britjojo]

I'm another food addict, and have had to deal with that all my life. I have always been big, but never did it get out of control.

I feel for those who have such issues.

[rox]

at one point a couple of years ago..i was really anorexic.. im 5'8" and i weighed close to 100 pounds./. now a days i weigh 125-130...

every time i put food in my mouth i still think about it.

i was supposed to go into a eating disorder rehab..but dissappeared..so i wasnt put in there..

anyway..
ive been thru it....its so blissfully nice to lose weight..and at the same time its pure hell.

[britjojo]

May I ask? What was it that drove you to that point? Was your problem with food, or with your body image?

[etali]

I've never had one, but I was 'accused' of having one. I don't mean that in a bad way to people who suffer from them, just that the way the nurse treated me was horrible.

I had a serious stomach infection - I couldn't keep anything down at all, I was terrified to eat because I knew I would vomit straight after. I went to the doctors and pleaded with them to find out what was wrong, because it had been dragging on months.

The nurse said 'Have you considered bulimia, do you think you're fat or something? I think this is psychological' and refused to even do tests on me.

I was down to 4 stone, and so ill I couldn't even keep water down, before being rushed to hospital with dehydration and malnutrition.

They did blood and urine tests, discovered it was just a simple infection, gave me antibiotics, and kept me in too weeks on a drip until I was rehydrated and eating again. Simple as that.

I feel really, really sorry for people with genuine eating disorders if they get dismissed / brushed off like I did. For them it takes real courage to seek help, and that would set them back a long way.