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July 16th, 2007
I've been 'bulimorexic' since I was 19....I'm now 22, and have been out fo treatment (I went to the Renfres Center for 4 months) for almost 2 years....I've relapsed but have been able to trick my family and even psychiatrist....i still don't consider myself as bad as i was when I went into treatment, but thats only because I don't have the energy to purge as much - i still overeat- and have gained weight, up to 125 pounds now, from the 95 that i was when i was admitted.......i purge eveyrday in secret, and the reason, one of many, i cant stop is because withion the first few days of eating normal meals in treatment, i had jumped from 95 to 120 pounds in the space of 5 days...I had a bad case of edema, and was swollen everywhere.....it took nearly 2 months to come down, and i was barely comfortable during that period because i was in the protective 'bubble' of treatment...i know once i try to eat normally again this will happen b/c im prone to edema...even now when i have one or two normal size meals, i swell up and refuse to leave the house....i have a life and cant afford to do that now.....what do i do???
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Re: Bulimia And Edema - Why I'm Afraid to Stop
aligurl091 wrote:
I've been 'bulimorexic' since I was 19....I'm now 22, and have been out fo treatment (I went to the Renfres Center for 4 months) for almost 2 years....I've relapsed but have been able to trick my family and even psychiatrist....i still don't consider myself as bad as i was when I went into treatment, but thats only because I don't have the energy to purge as much - i still overeat- and have gained weight, up to 125 pounds now, from the 95 that i was when i was admitted.......i purge eveyrday in secret, and the reason, one of many, i cant stop is because withion the first few days of eating normal meals in treatment, i had jumped from 95 to 120 pounds in the space of 5 days...I had a bad case of edema, and was swollen everywhere.....it took nearly 2 months to come down, and i was barely comfortable during that period because i was in the protective 'bubble' of treatment...i know once i try to eat normally again this will happen b/c im prone to edema...even now when i have one or two normal size meals, i swell up and refuse to leave the house....i have a life and cant afford to do that now.....what do i do???




Very Happy HI,

I understand yu well. I started to be bulemic when 19. before that I was anorexic. you know someday you have to eat for living. I started and having no intelligent eating habits started to overeat and compensate once a week, then twice a week and at last every second day... I struggled and I am proud to say that during last year I throw up just 10 times. Four months now I am free from purging.

The thing is that writing this msg I am having my pizzas and etc. Yes I do binge on a very very regular basis....just few hours ago I was feeling panic ....when do I stop this and get my life.

But now after searching the topics on ED I realized that I have done a great job, I , without any side help released myself from bulemie and I am just binging ......this is a great feeling.

So, my dear if my experience helps you to fight punging I will feel happy. Yes, just stop punging . I know the idea of leaving in stomach all the heavy calorie bombs you've had seems at the moment abnormal, but you have done a good therapy and you can leave it there. You shall have a temptation to hunger a second day, but instead make a fruit or yougurt day, and the third day your appearence in the mirror wont be worse then a moment before binging.I am not qualified on advicing you what you should do after watching yourself in the mirror.

Any way, the thing that you have not punged and have won is a great feeling. you seem to be a strong person, you shall like the feeling: Iv defeated a pung syndrom!

good luck
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