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kerrichamberland
11-22-2008, 05:54 PM
I am not trying to make this a medical/doctor issue post...

instead I am trying to find out if I am normal and if anyone has ever experienced what I experience...


I have been bulimic for the past five years, and anorexic before that for the five years before i started b/p... i was doing so well for six weeks after leaving a one week resi stay (insurance cut me off) but it was excellent for breaking the bad cycle.

anyways, when i stop binging and purging i become really swelled up. I hate it, it makes me feel so horrible and uncomfortable...it always makes me want to go back to the bad binging and purging. the drs always think i blow up and swell bc im still acting on behaviors but in reality i swell bc i am not using behaviors...

has this happened to anyone else?? is it ever going to end? i gained a lot of weight in the matter of a couple days nto even eating a lot....

now i am stuck in a bad cycle again and i am afraid to try and stop b/p bc im afraid i'll swell up in my cheeks and ankles and i wont have constant medical treamtnet available to help me if something goes wrong..


has this happened to anyone else?

Millificent
11-22-2008, 11:46 PM
This is a medical question. Telling you other people's experiences doesn't necessarily give you the answers about what is happening with your body. You need to keep talking to your doctors.

no medical questions
:dragon Millie