hi there,
u are so clever, how did u guess averyone would advice u to stop:) I dont know know about the teeth, because i did not care about teeth when i was purging, u know why?!
because teeth damage is a sunshine in comparison what can happen to u with purging: heart attack, brain damage, throut adenoma or and stomack cancer//////////these were the things i worried about when i was bulimic, i stopped though i have other ed now , if i did why cant u do?


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I know that the other effects of bulimia are much worse and I do worry about them too, but I have a phobia of my teeth falling out, not heart attacks. I did try to stop. Many times. I haven't had any help stopping because the people I told are unavailable, to say the least. I haven't spoken to two of them in over a year and the other is in hospital recovering from her own ED and I don't want to bother her with my problems. It really hard because when I stopped cutting I moved on to purging and I don't want to just move on to another addiction.

But to be honest, I don't think developing another ed is much healthier than being bulimic. All eating disorders are equally dangerous. I just thought I should mention.

take care.

Hello my friend,

I know, I am a looser, because i could not just stop and wish u to stop, without developing any other type of ed. But the fact that i am still alive is very much thanks to the fact i am not bulimic and anorexic any more.

I am the one who talks of different types of ed not from a book... apart from bulimia I have been through anorexia and binging as well.

so i tell u bulimia and anorexia are the worst that can happen to anyone. I was talking about side affects of bulimia, not less can be said about anorexia, but i hope u shall never need the info about the last one.

Why is binging better than bulimia? in case of binging if u overeat, like a whole fridge and u know u have a college party a day after. u say : fack u all, i am what i am, i choose life, if u dont like me watch the mirrow!!! and u dont take laxatives or purge.This is binging ED. For me this balancing was a solution, if i were stronger i would have never ever developed ed.
Now i am balancing.

If u have been cutting urself before and had a courige to stop, congrats!!! how did u manage to stop?

all be good

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Hey there.

Sorry it took so long to reply, I was caught up in college stuff. I didn't say you were a loser I just meant that most EDs are just as bad as bulimia.
I don't know much about anorexia, but I know its horrible. My friend has been in hospital for over a year because of it. There was a time when I wouldn't eat for a day, sometimes more, but it didn't last and never became something I had to worry about.

Do you mean you are balancing binging with anorexia? That sounds quite dangerous...

Yeah I did stop cutting. I stopped (with a few slips) because I found a new addiction (purging). So I got worse I guess. But I haven't binged and purged (or purged at all) in 2 months. So maybe I'm getting better. I still have pretty bad scars though. I probably won't be able to wear short sleeves for a very long time. Oh well...

Take care

I can not belive what I am reading..............you are in college? This is totally amazing and makes me cry....as so many people give hte hell up, yet here you are with emotional problems becasue you fell out of control.......I for one am so very proud you are in school to educate yourself and make someone of yourself. HURRAY for you, you are no longer a self abuser,.....and why in the hell shoud you be. You are important, you are special, you just can't see this..........Eating Disorders are about CONTROl...like damned cigarettes. Sorry for the foul mouth, I do have a heart of gold and my heart does belong to God. He has saved me from so many uncontrollable things. YOu feel out of control....that is why you binge and purge...its the one thing you feel you have control over? TELL ME I AM WRONG. Been there and done that. There is nothing you can do about puking and the acid ruining your teeth, a bite gurad would be a joke....the worse thing I learned was thatthere is this little flap, that when you go to blow chunks can reverse and you can literally choke onyourr own puke and its CURTAINS..........please....take control over your own life and make it a daily challenge to be the one in control...got your back! From the older generation been there and done that! HUGS!

As some one with over 15 fillings, take my advice - brush teeth, floss, use a good mouthwash and do all eh can to never induce vomiting again. I recently had a scale and polish and some cosmetic dentistry done, which terrified me but they put a covering of flouride or something pink on my teeth, and when i saw how nice they looked after it made me wish id done (or not done) lots of things in the last 5 years that I never thouht of (such as not vomiting). good luck, dont let your nightmare of all your teeth falling out come true

Well.. stop! That's the best advice I can give you. Even if your teeth don't get rotten, even if you don't have a failure, you will develop many other problems, believe me. And you'll never be okay anymore, even if then you stop doing those things that you still do. Like I am now - health problems, serious issues....