Topic : Anorexia

I think I am just upset because the label gets put on everything now adays.  I dont know that I have anorexia or I dont, I just know that I have never had an issue before and now that I am back at my normal weight for me everyone is freeking out.  I know I have been under alot of stress and pressure and honestly just tired.  I eat sometimes 3 times a day and others one time a day it depends on the day.  Everyone does it, sometime or another during the week.  I would never tell someone who is larger than I think they should be to stop eating, nor would I tell someone who is way to thin to check into a clinic.  Thats just me, I can accept everyone, why is it so hard for everyone to except me?  Ok maybe I should not care what people think, but this is who I am, I want everyone to be happy, I would help anyone who asked, I can have boundries but not make a person feel left in the dark.  I know they care and that is why they say something, but every time they see me why do they feel they need to make me feel bad.  I am going to go and see someone just to make sure it is not an eating disorder in discuise.  It just makes me angry that people are so unkind.  Maybe I just need a break, to sleep, and to not have to answer to anyone.  Sad to be almost 40 and thin and feel like you look fine and then to hear you are looking sickly what a mind game this has become and I dont want it to live here anymore.  No one has info on hystorectomies and hormone replacement and eating disorders.  So I will go see someone just so I can tell everyone Yes it is Or NO its not- maybe they will all be happy then. 

hello dont feel presured into going to see someone and getting it into your head that you have an eathing disorder i think you have been through a lot of stress and sometimes thats the blame on it i feel were your coming from if you feel fine then stick to what you belive in and all they will give you is a healthy eathing plan belive me ive been through this unless your willing to admit that you have a problem they wont help personally i dont think you do i feel youve had a hard time lately and really just need time out to think and reflect on whats important in your life take care write again and your not alone that what to rember

Two things - first the loss of appetite and enjoyment of eating you describe is most definately anorexia...however, it is not necessarily the result of anorexia nervosa.

Anorexia used alone is a more general term meaning what you describe, a loss of the desire to eat, and it can stem from a variety of causes.

At 94.5 pounds, and 5'6" of height, you are seriously underweight. It is unlikely that you are adequately nourished, and I don't just mean calories, but nutrients required for minimum body operations of all kinds. Being slender or slightly underweight can be healthy, but at that extreme you are at risk of some very negative health consequences unless you begin to take in adequate nutrients.

It's important to have a diet plan and stick to it to make sure you at least get the minimum you need to function properly.

It's important to rule out underlying disease. Many serious conditions cause a loss of the desire to eat, and underlying illness or body malfunction may be the reason food is so unappealing to you now.

You may be suffering from stress and depression, too. These conditions are treatable.

Your smoking is worrisome. It may be causing your loss of desire to eat through primary causes ( loss of taste and smell, and take-over of the chemicals that regulate appetite in the body) or secondary causes - such as disease caused by the smoking.

Newer medication now avaukabke to help shut off nicotine receptors specifically could help you get rid of this now socially unacceptable and always physically damaging habit, without the disruption of mood and physical discomfort breaking the addiction used to have.

I am 20 and three months pregnant and have been suffering with eating disorders on and off for years now. But i am eating a well balnced diet at the minute because i can not knowingly harm my child, so i know i have to eat, even when i am desperate to skip meals.

 

I feel so out of control, normally i can not eat a meal and it wouldnt bother me now i can not, which is better for my health.

 

I just feel out of control and the most selfish person on the planet, i am getting better and want to but i can not help feeling scared about it all.

I'm 41 and a mom of three kids, I have had a eating disorder for about 2yrs now. I started with just a diet wanting to loss weight and it went out of control-I lost alot of weight and was in/out of treatment.... You may not have a E.D but may just need to learn better healh eating ways by seeing a nutritionist.  I have anorexia and I to think it is a control game!!!!!! Eating makes me sick and i'm told to sit with the feeling or write it out and not to purge it but it don't work for me--I have my ups and down day or weeks and sometimes months,but I really think its all in how we see or feel about are self ( I know thats how I feel) 

 hello im 24 years old and have two beautfuil children.and ive battled an eathng disorder while i was pregant on both children it was very hard to eat knowing that it was doing my child good but to me it felt like i was doing something bad i went below 5 stone after the birth of my first child and battled to get better for his sake then 3 years later i got pregant when i was just about better and it started all over again my second son was born 4 months ago weighing 5 pound 13 ounces witch was good for me as i battled long and hard to eat for his sake aswell bit i know as a parent its our responbility to look after our child no matter what but you cant do that if your starving or not eating your self and ive realised this that the only way i an take care of them is if i do myself first i know who hard your finding it please write back if you have anymore questions as i will gladley share my advice and as ive been through it twice im mite be able to helpthank you......

I am a single mother of 4, full-time student and I work a lot. I just ended a two year relationship a little over a month ago and since then I have not been eating. I have this response in times of stress pretty often but not sure if it really a problem.

I can go all day without eating at all or even thinking of eating. If it does cross my mind, it sickens me. When I do eat I get no enjoyment out of it and feel full after two bites. I really think I could not eat for days ata time but I force myself to eat just a tiny bit per day to avoid become sick. I weigh 127 normally, and I am 5'6". Now I am down to 121 in about a week to two weeks time. I have always been thin and never really had to diet yet I do feel fat in some areas (legs, stomach etc). If I said that out loud to anyone that has seen me they would think I was insane because I am very small framed.

I am concerned because I have enough stress in my life so I dont want to add anymore problems for myself, but at the same time, I just cant seem to eat. I dont want to think of eatiing at all.

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you!

 hello im tina and i just wanna give you some advice as id say you have seen my other letters ive written in on the message boards about this im an recovering anorexia and i think your on the slow but very fast path to harming yourself i know you dont feel like eathing belive me ive been their in the same situation but you have children that cant afford to loose a mother if you keep on this road thats what will happen im not lectering you cause i know how hard it is to even put some dried bread into your mouth without feeling sick im always here to talk or help in ant way

 

  I have been battling anorexia nervosa for 14 years now... I am being confronted and forced to get treatment from my husband... I want the help but I don't know how to let go... doing so means I  have to come face to face with a past that is filled with trauma and to hard to emotionally digest....Now that I am getting help and going to therapy it's even more out of control...my therapist insist that coming to terms with my past will help let go of the need to always be in control...But my demons are terrifying....to scary to face....I feel like I'm spinning in cicles..Looking for something, some sort of magical cure....

hi i have beenstruggling with anorexia for the past 7 years ever since i was 11 years old therefore having lost my adolescent through this lifestyle i have been in and out of hospitals nothing seems to work i hate this disease but yet something keeps me attached to it as if without is i have no identity sounds stupid but i grew up with this and i have a hard time letting it go but so desperatly want to i feel like i am chained i know what to do i even know how but i am too scared to step out of this lifestyle

yours trully ashley