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emmsters (inactive)
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Posted - 02/13/2006 : 16:45:10

I've never had problems with food until 3 years ago and i never was diagnosed with an eating disorder, since then I have had a really hard time dealing with calories, looking at the calories on the back of packeges and reading them. I have a realy hard time eating food. I have gone on starving myself and then eating then binging, and it sucks because every day is a struggle for me I can't go grocery shopping.I skip meals. sometimes i eat health or not at all. or ill go on candy binges... and no one has ever diagnosed me with an eating disorder.... help me please. I keep telling my self that everything is ok im normal and that i have to eat. and in the back of my head I keep my self from eating and fat , fat fat your going to get fat. I do worry about my weight alot . please help me give me your input or something please.

Thank you

Em

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Posted - 07/23/2008 : 02:55:10

http://psychcentral.com/disorders/eating_disorders/

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Posted - 07/23/2008 : 03:05:42

http://mytherapy.com/discussion/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14866

i hope this helps type eating disorders in your search engine or help for eating disorders my nice has an eating disorder as do some of the people here please know that i ,we care here on my therapy.com
as do my freinds at psychcentral.com. im a member of both sites. the links i provided will be of some help . if your lonely you can post in any of the areas of the site you want to social is the best place to do that there are at least four communities on my therapy you can belong to all four or just one , and we also have a whole site community spirit. .

please come and see us in bipolar social and theres lots of help and good people in the schizophrenia forum.

if you are or anyone here is sad , in need and im here, i want to know. i cant promise that i will be stable but i will listen to you.

pathwey
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Posted - 08/30/2008 : 17:56:47

HI

I'm newishto the site and am worried about my eating. Well lack of...I haven't eaten for nearly 5wks now...nothing at all. In this time I have been diagnosed with Mixed Affective State which I am told is a form of Bi-Polar...surely, it either is or it isn't? I don't know nothing. All I know is that my mood is all over the place and I stopped eating at first because I started throwing up. I'm now on anti-sickness pills which have helped a lot, but I have lost 4 and a half stone. I've still got another 3stone to lose to be the size I want to be but I have been put on Olanzapine (Zyprexa) which has slowed my weight loss down. So much so , that I have been omitting to take the meds so that I can lose weight faster. My GP tells me that when I do eat, because my metabolism is slowed down, I will gain weight as it is one of the main side effects of Zyprexa...mmmmm, doesn't really encourage me to eat. I didn't feel hungry at first, so it didn't bother me. Now I am obsessed by food and particularly the sight/smell of food but I cannot and will not let myself eat because I hate being as fat as I am. I'm 5ft 7" so I cary weight well (so I'm told) but I know how huge I am and that's all I need to know. I know I've to confess to what I'm doing with my meds because obviously my mood is all over the shop. But at least teh highs are back and they're great, but I know that the depression could strike anytime and I dread that sense of foreboding. I weigh myself every mornign and I get really down if there has been no weight loss in a day of fasting. I keep saying to myself, when I get down to such and such a weight, I'll eat again... so watch this space...I've never been struggling like this befoer with food, so I'm not sure what's going to happen...maybe i'll just eat one day, maybe I won't. Who knows, because I certainly don't...

Jules

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Posted - 12/05/2008 : 03:34:50

i was the exact same way for awhile. i was paranoid about my looks i still am a little. i never ate i would just gulp water to not feel hungry. i would eat like once a day or sometimes never and the day later. im a guy too but i wanted abs cause i just wanted to look the best i could. but i guess since i started being treated with meds for bi polar... i dont think that way anymore i just try and not over do it with fat foods. the medicine reformed my way of thought. i sympathize with you though because i know exactly how u feel. i just got this medicine now tho which is called lamictal and i got another one called seroquel and my mind doesnt work that way anymore. kind of scary meds can have that affect, but im more normal now that im on them. but its always good to stay healthy i just still try never to over eat.

karrenaallen
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Posted - 01/27/2009 : 05:01:19

Eating disorders come in a variety of ways and not all eating disorder can be classified as "typical". I think you should try planning out your meals on a weekly basis. Start with a good breakfast each day that includes protein, especially eggs and cheese. Someone told me that we usually binge because our bodies are craving for protein so if you start out with a good protein-rich breakfast you will find that you binge less. Make sure you have 3 square meals a day. I was surfing through net and I came across this site [Link to outside commercial website deleted by administrator. This website was only an ad for their residential treatment center.] They have a lot of information on eating disorders. Check it out. It may help to you to diagnose your problem and seek the right kind of help you need.

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Posted - 02/14/2009 : 16:07:37

pathway you are bueautiful no matter your looks, looks go away for us all, the eyes are the key to the soul.

we are all going to grow old crap our pants and drool on ourselves.
and shrivel up like prunes in the desert sun.

the point im trying to make is it is ones heart that makes one beutiful ones mind, you have a good soul.

and as for the extra pounds , please excuse the way im going to put this. the more the cushion the better the romancin. im not being vulger merely want to impress upoun you that you are in demand as far as men go. your probably considered beach front property next to the sport shop. ok so have i made my point to all you folks .

love who you are, believe in yourself and you will be loved.

but eating disorders can be very complex maybe even genetically transmitted so im not insensitive , just trying to help you and others who will read this. your are always compassionate,suppotive and put a hundred percent in your posts ,so all ive done is given you back what you have given to myself and others. and as i have said im talking to our readers to, to help them.

i love everyone red,white,blue and every other frequency and spectrum to.

trevorbrainder
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Posted - 03/17/2009 : 03:40:53

Hi there,

Your symptoms definitely suggest having an eating disorder. Eating disorder is a disease that has very serious psychological implications. Which is why, I think you should consult a doctor immediately. Alternatively, you can also seek help online. Call the toll free number 1-800-588-6158 to get live help on this. For more info: http://www.eatingdisorder.com/?utm_source=forum&utm_medium=pv&utm_campaign=homepage . Hope it helps. Cheers!