Help with bulimia! A couple questions?
Posted by adminApr 30
I’ve been binging and purging now for a little over a year. I am 16. A couple months ago I was hospitalized for it but still did not get better. There I was diagnosed with Bulimia Nervosa, but still I did not get the better with weekly therapy and even if I did, I couldn’t stop.
When I came home…I still binged but didn’t purge for fear of being put back in inpatient. Now that I’ve gained weight from that, I now binge every single night and purge afterwards.
The thing is, sometimes I can’t purge if I do it too many times. When I used to purge up to 15 times a day, after a while my gag reflex just wouldn’t work and nothing would come up. So I was wondering what else I could do? Would drinking soap water do it?
I know this is bad…but I really can’t afford to gain any more weight. I am not happy. And my dad knows, who I am living with, but he doesn’t care and denies it so he won’t get in trouble for allowing it. And I can’t tell any anyone because I don’t want to get in trouble.
So please…what should I do??
And I do NOT want to go back inpatient or to any hospital please!
8 comments
Comment by Mariahh: ) on 04/30/2010 at 7:22 pm
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Good luck & pray to God
Comment by ☼€he¬sea☼ on 04/30/2010 at 8:04 pm
You need to see a therapist. No one on Y!A can make you stop, you need Professional help, a therapist will not send you to inpatient
Comment by Alex on 04/30/2010 at 8:22 pm
um….
eat a small amount of food and then don’t barf it back up
Comment by нυитєя✩☄ on 04/30/2010 at 9:13 pm
Oh…
Every time your ABOUT to binge/purge just imagine yourself dead.Everything you would ever miss in life. Think just because your unhappy now- will you NOT be in 5-10 years, when you out of the house, pursuing a career? How about you take up a hobby to get your mind off things. And try meditating or exercises to relieve your stress. Please, if your not gonna do it for yourself, do it for a friend, your future children, husband, life. Please stop and think. Is this really helping you solve your unhappiness AT ALL? Or is this adding to the unhappiness? I beileve you know the answer to that.
Comment by (aileen] on 04/30/2010 at 9:49 pm
stop it !
thats not good for you !
noone give her ideas !
im sooo sorry
Comment by Beth on 04/30/2010 at 9:57 pm
i was bulimic for 5 yrs trust me i know how hard it is a been in recovery for 4 yrs now cause i got pregnant and stop then i had her then started again then got a wake up call when i was puking up blood the dr told me if i would keep doing it with in a few moths i would die cause my throat couldnt take it but to be honest im pregnant again after i have the baby i hope i dont go back to it hun you need help or it will take your life my sis had it at 12 now 26 she has alot of health problems with her heart
Comment by good-teen-mum on 04/30/2010 at 10:03 pm
u need to limit it cut it make to once a day max…make sure you so so so full as in its you stomach telling you to gag not you brain and guilt…if you still can not do not drink anything leave it and chances re you will wake up and gag from guilt anyway
other tips….
toothbrush back you throat = gag!
if you have to go to get weight hide something in you hair/bra/underwear for a little extra weight!
anything else just ask me!
Comment by Crystal Rayne on 04/30/2010 at 10:18 pm
Basically, you’re asking us to tell you it’s okay to continue your bulimic habits. As a bulimic of two years, I know how stressful and hard this is. You can’t just stop throwing up and start eating normally just like that. If it were that simple, so many people would not be effected by this disease.
But what I can tell you is this. I know it’s extremely hard to face your problem, telling other people about it and having to go to a hospital. I’ve not been hospitalized, thankfully, but I can imagine what it must be like. However, if you want your life to be normal again without obsessing over weight, you’re going to have to take the bad with the good. You have to go out there and get help. Talk to someone. You can’t do this on your own, trust me, I’ve tried many times and this horrible disease just won’t let us.
You could always exercise to lose weight. Trust me. I used to exercise so much! I became obsessed with it, but please don’t let it become an addiction. It’s just as bad, and very time consuming. Just get out and go for a walk. Do a work out video. I know it’s a lot harder than it sounds, but trust me, it’s a lot better than purging. But honestly, I know how bad you don’t want to hear this. I understand everything you’re feeling, because I’m there too. You’re gonna have to get some help. Perhaps you can go to some counseling but not be an inpatient. Maybe you could request to be an outpatient? You need some type of counseling. Trust me, I know this probably means nothing to you right now, but if you continue this way, you will die.
Good luck in everything you do to get help. I hope your life turns around from this terrible disease.