KingHarvest wrote:What would be the loss if you did get treatment and it didn't work? You'd be in exactly the same situation that you're in now, but if the treatment does work, then for you.
KingHarvest wrote:What would be the loss if you did get treatment and it didn't work?
Rounin wrote:One has to wonder whether the food and the drugs don't fulfill the same basic purpose? To buy a sense of short-term well-being at the expense of the long term. Surely a lot of the rituals we humans go through from day to day perform this same basic function.
Gormur wrote:I've never been diagnosed, but I know I've had it for at least 4-5 years now. I guess I've just been kind of ashamed cause I never have control when I binge and feel like crap afterwards. Lately, it's gotten pretty bad. I eat maybe 7 to 8 big meals a day and am spending way too much on groceries. The weird thing is I don't remember the last time I felt hungry. Looking at food makes me ill sometimes but I know have to eat a lot of it to feel better, but I only end up feeling like crap. I notice since I've cut back on my drug use it's gotten way worse..so there is some addiction issue I have to work out, somehow. I work out during the day, usually twice a day now to try to burn some of the calories.. I never purge tho just thinking of food makes me want to vomit much of the time.
I don't know about meds but I'm already on sth for bipolar so I'm a bit hesitant to take anything else and mix it. I hope there is someone out there who has some advice. I'm hesitant to talk to anyone about it cause I know much of the treatment doesn't work..so I'd like some input from other bulimics and what has worked for them. Thanks guys.
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Levo wrote:In reality everyone has a kind of addiction, a kind of "drug".
Try to find what is that healthy activity that comforts your "addiction-desires and energies". Like, running, biking, reading in hazardous amounts.
Rounin wrote:One has to wonder whether the food and the drugs don't fulfill the same basic purpose? To buy a sense of short-term well-being at the expense of the long term. Surely a lot of the rituals we humans go through from day to day perform this same basic function.
Levo wrote:In reality everyone has a kind of addiction, a kind of "drug".
Do you do any sports regularly at present? Try to find what is that healthy activity that comforts your "addiction-desires and energies". Like, running, biking, reading in hazardous amounts. Let it not be drugs or bulimia, find out what's your real ruling passion.
Vogelvrij wrote:I think this is a really weird advice. Like everyone has a passion for sports... Well, not me Besides, too many sports isn't that healthy either.
nighean-neonach wrote:I know this probably sounds very mean, but weren't you that super cool guy who could get every hot chick he wanted and had some very specific attitudes about alpha-males etc.?
Maybe you should just tidy up your whole life a bit...
If you can't afford that, do you have some close friend to support you and talk things through?
nighean-neonach wrote:Vogelvrij wrote:I think this is a really weird advice. Like everyone has a passion for sports... Well, not me Besides, too many sports isn't that healthy either.
Besides, sports itself can be an addiction - it rather often appears in combination with eating disorders...two of my friends who suffered from eating disorders where also obsessed with sports/exercise. It all comes down to a totally distorted relation to your body.
Gormur wrote:The paradox is that I have better-than-average interpersonal skills and becoming intimate with others..but again, I simultaneously show little interest in other people.
Gormur wrote:I don't really have body image issues. I eat a lot to get a buzz. I think the buzz comes from some insulin release, but I'm not sure.
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