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Bulimia Nervosa
“I wish someone had told me how long it takes to recover. And that I’ll have relapses. It has taken my seven years and it has been a slow process. I went from binging and purging at least 4 times a day to...after treatment maybe 1 time a week, to a year later 1 time a month to....for several year relapses when I was under stress, like family dying or weddings or school. Then one day it was gone,” Lara
Bulimia recovery is possible. It is also very difficult and may require a combination of treatment modalities, including medical care, nutritionist, dental care, individual, group and/or family therapy.
Melinda Hutchings, author How to Recover from Anorexia and Other Eating Disorders suggests this: “Take one day at a time, learn how to shift your focus away from those spiteful voices driving you to self destruction. Learn to counter each negative thought with a strong, positive thought. Although this is difficult to do at first and will take much persistence and perseverance, once you have been doing this for a little while, it gets easier and you will find that it doesn’t take as much effort as it did at first. This shift in focus will help to change your perception of yourself as well as your perception of the illness that you are slowly breaking away from and leaving behind you.”
Among bulimics, 63 percent to 80 percent eventually become binge- or purge-free.
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“With the help of my doctors, therapist, nutritionist, friends, and family, I am starting to see the light that has been waiting for me at the end of the tunnel for so long. I am setting myself free, learning from the past, and looking to the future. The hopelessness I once felt has slowly faded away, replaced by my newly found strength, passion, and will to live.” Christina
It means surrounding yourself with books, tool, people, and online resources who will be healthy, encouraging and supportive of your journey to recovery. It also requires effort to choose carefully whose words you allow into your head.
To be healthy and get bulimia support, you may need to stay away from those with eating disorders who are not working on recovery. This includes the online support groups, forums and blogs you frequent.
It is possible to get bulimia support from professionals in a variety of ways. For example, some certified eating disorder specialists like Laurie Daily offer e-mail and telephone support. (lauriedaily.com)
The Joy Project (joyproject.org) seeks to make treatment options more accessible to anyone affected and find and implement ways to make treatment more effective. The Joy Project seeks to empower individuals with eating disorders to be active participants in their own recovery. It has monitored and active message boards for those seeking recovery support. Getting the support you need may take effort, but the stakes are too high to ignore this important task.
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A person with bulimia often feels a loss of control over their eating as well as guilt over their behavior. They are usually aware that their behavior is abnormal. Bulimia is most common in adolescent and young adult women. People with bulimia are often of normal or near-normal weight, which makes them different from people with anorexia (another eating disorder in which the person does not eat).
It can be difficult to get a bulimia diagnosis as it rarely shows up in the doctor's office or in lab tests for blood and urine. A bulimia diagnosis is sometimes made by a dentist who has experience in working with patients with bulimia.
The strict medical definition used by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) requires 2 binge eating episodes a week for at least 3 months to make the diagnosis, but it's likely that some people with symptoms of bulimia may not fit these exact criteria.
If someone suspects they might have bulimia or other eating disorder, this checklist may prove helpful. Answering yes to any of these questions may be an indication for a bulimia diagnosis.
Are you obsessed with your body and your weight?
Does food and dieting dominate your life?
Are you afraid that when you start eating, you won’t be able to stop?
Do you ever eat until you feel sick?
Do you feel guilty, ashamed, or depressed after you eat?
Do you vomit or take laxatives to control your weight.
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How I grew up certainly played a role in how I viewed my world, myself, and the people around me. But what played a bigger role … was when I finally came to the realization and conviction that my behavioral choices and self-defeated thinking were getting me nowhere, and in fact, were keeping me stuck in a place I didn’t want to be. I subconsciously was pushing people away and this spiraled me deeper into more self-disgust and more self-hatred. I was dying a slow death inside. Seeing myself as a victim of circumstance … a victim of others control and dominance, is what was really killing me.
Bulimia causes are varied and researchers cannot pinpoint one villain. People may be born with an inherited predisposition towards developing bulimia, particularly where addiction is in the genes. Environmental factors can contribute to triggering the onset of bulimia. These include peer pressures, family attitudes, the influence of the media creating a need for thinness, poor self-esteem and a lack of acceptance of self and body shape. As one sufferer explained, “bulimia was only a symptom of the inner turmoil I didn’t know how to verbalize.”
Persons with bulimia have low self esteem, negative self thoughts, extreme concern with body weight and shape, depressed feelings, and a sense of shame. They may be coping with identity questions, concerns about relationships, family problems, or past sexual abuse. They feel out of control and pursue thinness as a way to feel better. However, the consequent dieting and deprivation sets the stage for a binge, followed by a purge. The cycle repeats as the underlying problems have not been addressed.
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Bulimia nervosa may accompany anorexia, or it may occur by itself. It is estimated to occur in 1.1 to 4.2% of females. Bulimia nervosa can lead to severe tooth decay, intestinal and kidney problems, muscle cramps, heart problems, ruptured stomach or esophagus, and death.
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