Am I considered Bulimic or starting to become bulimic if I tried throwing up ? ?!
Question: Am I considered Bulimic or starting to become bulimic if I tried throwing up .? .?
I'm 14 I Weigh 130 5'3
Yeah I know not healthy, dangerous etc..
I tried like 6 times nothing happened
Why can't I throw up .?
I have a hypothyroid problem so my doctor says it would
be extremely hard to lose weight even by dieting or exercising
so it's kinda useless to bother trying ..
I've tried for like 2 months I didn't see any difference.
Why can't I throw up .?
Am I considered Bulimic .. .?
Don't tell me to go see a counselor cause they are expensive.
No, I won't tell me parents either :(
Thanks
Yeah most of you are gonna say this is a dumb question
but I'll ask it anyways .Health Question & Answer
Yeah I know not healthy, dangerous etc..
I tried like 6 times nothing happened
Why can't I throw up .?
I have a hypothyroid problem so my doctor says it would
be extremely hard to lose weight even by dieting or exercising
so it's kinda useless to bother trying ..
I've tried for like 2 months I didn't see any difference.
Why can't I throw up .?
Am I considered Bulimic .. .?
Don't tell me to go see a counselor cause they are expensive.
No, I won't tell me parents either :(
Thanks
Yeah most of you are gonna say this is a dumb question
but I'll ask it anyways .Health Question & Answer
Answers:
It's not a dumb question, but I do wish you would talk to your parents or someone you know personally rather than asking people online, because a friend or family member would know more about you than a stranger would, and would be able to offer you more specific advice. But I'll try to answer as best I can!
It's probably a good thing that you can't make yourself throw up, because doing so can become addictive and make you very unhealthy. I don't know if you would be considered Bulimic yet or not, since you haven't actually thrown up. But I suggest not trying to make yourself vomit any more. I know it's tempting to find alternative ways to lose weight if you can't do it by dieting and exercise, but this isn't the way to do it.
I'm no health expert, but I know for a fact that being Bulimic is more dangerous and unhealthy than being a little overweight.
I don't know what you've been doing diet-wise, but here's what I do to keep my weight down: Did you know that your stomach is only as big as your hands when you ball them both into fists and stick them side by side.? A lot of people eat way more than the size of their fists, and the serving size for most restaurants is normally much more than this. Before a meal, put your hands together like that and tell yourself only to eat as much as your stomach can hold.
also, drink lots of water. I personally don't like the taste of water, so I just make sure to drink plenty of fluids (not sodas! Thay're pure sugar! Save them for special occasions.) I do like tea, and there are some kinds of powdered water flavorings that make water bottles full of yummy goodness. The human body is 70% water, so it's good for you in that way. But it's also good because if you crave snacks (vending machine goodies are my weakness) the drink will help to fill your stomach and cut the cravings.
Whether you're a meduim frame or skinny as a stick, the important thing is to eat healthily and take care of yourself. Throwing up is not taking care of yourself.
I probably gave you way too much information, but I hope some of it will help!! So take care of yourself!
And if you can't make yourself stop trying to vomit on your own, please, PLEASE tell someone you know. If you go on by yourself like that, someone will find out eventually anyway, so be strong and admit early on that you need some support. I've been terrified of telling things to my parents before, and sometimes those things made my parents angry or disappointed at first, but they always forgave me and it felt like a great weight had been lifted off of my shoulders, because I knew I wasn't alone with my secret.
Make good choices, take care of yourself... I'll be rooting for you!!Health Question & Answer
It's probably a good thing that you can't make yourself throw up, because doing so can become addictive and make you very unhealthy. I don't know if you would be considered Bulimic yet or not, since you haven't actually thrown up. But I suggest not trying to make yourself vomit any more. I know it's tempting to find alternative ways to lose weight if you can't do it by dieting and exercise, but this isn't the way to do it.
I'm no health expert, but I know for a fact that being Bulimic is more dangerous and unhealthy than being a little overweight.
I don't know what you've been doing diet-wise, but here's what I do to keep my weight down: Did you know that your stomach is only as big as your hands when you ball them both into fists and stick them side by side.? A lot of people eat way more than the size of their fists, and the serving size for most restaurants is normally much more than this. Before a meal, put your hands together like that and tell yourself only to eat as much as your stomach can hold.
also, drink lots of water. I personally don't like the taste of water, so I just make sure to drink plenty of fluids (not sodas! Thay're pure sugar! Save them for special occasions.) I do like tea, and there are some kinds of powdered water flavorings that make water bottles full of yummy goodness. The human body is 70% water, so it's good for you in that way. But it's also good because if you crave snacks (vending machine goodies are my weakness) the drink will help to fill your stomach and cut the cravings.
Whether you're a meduim frame or skinny as a stick, the important thing is to eat healthily and take care of yourself. Throwing up is not taking care of yourself.
I probably gave you way too much information, but I hope some of it will help!! So take care of yourself!
And if you can't make yourself stop trying to vomit on your own, please, PLEASE tell someone you know. If you go on by yourself like that, someone will find out eventually anyway, so be strong and admit early on that you need some support. I've been terrified of telling things to my parents before, and sometimes those things made my parents angry or disappointed at first, but they always forgave me and it felt like a great weight had been lifted off of my shoulders, because I knew I wasn't alone with my secret.
Make good choices, take care of yourself... I'll be rooting for you!!Health Question & Answer
You are not considered bulimic yet because you fail to throw up, but if you do try to throw up, then you will be considered bulimic.
Losing weight takes time. Do it the healthy way. Go exercise and eat healthy. Maybe limit down on your food a bit, and don't eat fast food. Bulimic and anorexia is not the way to go, because once you get too skinny and try eating again, your body will respond to the food and you may become fat rather quickly. A friend or two told me that.Health Question & Answer
Losing weight takes time. Do it the healthy way. Go exercise and eat healthy. Maybe limit down on your food a bit, and don't eat fast food. Bulimic and anorexia is not the way to go, because once you get too skinny and try eating again, your body will respond to the food and you may become fat rather quickly. A friend or two told me that.Health Question & Answer
I don't think you're bulimic. If you notice it is something you absolutely MUST do after meals, then you could be diagnosed with bulimia. It's very hard to throw up when your body doesn't want to, and it's harmful to your body to throw up. Just exercise to be healthy, and eat healthy.Health Question & Answer
Join a sports team, walk with your friends around the neighborhood, do anything besides trying to throw up. It's so addictive you don't even know. That's not a path you want to go down. It will start out small, but it will soon take over your life as well as your mind. Diet & exercise. Don't be lazy, and take the easy way out.Health Question & Answer
what did you do to try to throw up.?
cuz i dont know if you tried this but if you put your finger in the back of your mouth and hit the thing in the back of your throat people say that will make you throw up. i dont know for sure cuz i never tried it but i hear it works.Health Question & Answer
cuz i dont know if you tried this but if you put your finger in the back of your mouth and hit the thing in the back of your throat people say that will make you throw up. i dont know for sure cuz i never tried it but i hear it works.Health Question & Answer
if youre not throwing up...youre not bulimic.Health Question & Answer
yes you would be considered bulimic, mabey you just dont have a weak stomaceHealth Question & Answer
please get some help..Health Question & Answer
alright. so iknow exactly what your going through because ive been bulimic for technically eight months but really i tried purging for three months prior to and i couldnt' throw up.
i promise you there are better ways to lose weight and ou shouldn't do it bucause i hit my bulimic hell wehere the bulimia takes over you.
don't do it.
you def. hav a problem and you are bulimic because you try.
you can't throw up because your gag reflex is strong so it's going to take a while to loosen it.
but i would advise you to tell your parents because they care.
i'm almost fifteen in like a week and i'm 5'7'' i used to weigh 135 but now i weigh 123.
it's painful...trust me.Health Question & Answer
i promise you there are better ways to lose weight and ou shouldn't do it bucause i hit my bulimic hell wehere the bulimia takes over you.
don't do it.
you def. hav a problem and you are bulimic because you try.
you can't throw up because your gag reflex is strong so it's going to take a while to loosen it.
but i would advise you to tell your parents because they care.
i'm almost fifteen in like a week and i'm 5'7'' i used to weigh 135 but now i weigh 123.
it's painful...trust me.Health Question & Answer
Bulimia nervosa - Bulimia nervosa picture, treatment, Cause and Symptoms
Bulimia nervosa refers to episodes of uncontrolled excessive eating, which are also termed 'binges'. There is a preoccupation with food and a habitual adoption of certain behaviours that can be understood as the patient's attempts to avoid the fattening effects of periodic binges. These behaviours include:
* self-induced vomiting
* laxative abuse
* misuse of drugs - diuretics, thyroid extract or anorectics.
An estimated 4.2% women experience Bulimia. Because purging or other compensatory behaviour follows the Binge-eating episodes, people with Bulimia usually weight within the normal range for their age and height. However, like individuals with Anorexia, they may fear gaining weight, desire to loose weight and feel intensely dissatisfied with their bodies. But they are highly secretive with their conditions.
Causes of bulimia nervosa
The cause of bulimia nervosa is unknown, but psychosocial factors may contribute to its development. These factors include family disturbance or conflict, sexual abuse, maladaptive learned behavior, struggle for control or self-identity. cultural overemphasis on physical appearance, and parental obesity. Bulimia nervosa is commonly associated with depression. anxiety, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. all of which may interfere with recovery. Depression in a bulimic patient may lead to suicide attempts or a completed suicide.
Common symptoms of Bulimia nervosa
* Recurrent episodes of Binge-eating.
* Compensating such periods by self induced vomiting, fasting or excessive exercise.
* Both these behaviour occur on average at least twice a week for 3 months.
Diagnosis information
Diagnosis of bulimia begins with a history and physical examination. The primary care provider may order tests to check the person's health status, including:
* blood tests such as a complete blood count
* electrocardiography to check for heart problems
* urinalysis to check for dehydration and infection
* chest X-ray to check for rib fractures, heart problems, or lung infection
* abdominal X-ray to look for digestive tract problems.
Additional diagnostic tools include the Beck Depression Inventory, which may identify coexisting depression, and laboratory tests to help determine the presence and severity of complications. Serum electrolyte studies may show elevated bicarbonate, decreased potassium, and decreased sodium levels.
Additional clinical features include:
* physical complications of vomiting:
1. cardiac arrhythmias
2. renal impairment - consequences of low K +
3. muscular paralysis
4. tetany - from hypokalaemic alkalosis
5. swollen salivary glands - from vomiting
6. eroded dental enamel
* associated psychiatric disorders:
1. depressive illness
2. alcohol misuse
* fluctuations in bodyweight
* menstrual function - periods irregular but amenorrhoea rare
* personality - perfectionism and low self-esteem present premorbidly.
The prevalence of bulimia in community studies is high; it affects between 5% and 30% of girls attending high schools, colleges or universities in the USA. Bulimia is sometimes associated with anorexia nervosa. A premorbid history of dieting is common. The prognosis for bulimia nervosa is better than for anorexia nervosa.
Bulimia nervosa treatment
Treatment of bulimia nervosa may continue for several years. Interrelated physical and psychological symptoms must be treated simultaneously. Merely promoting weight gain isn't sufficient to guarantee long-term. A patient whose physical status is severely compromised by inadequate or chaotic eating patterns is difficult to engage in the psychotherapeutic process.
Psychotherapy concentrates on interrupting the binge-purge cycle and helping the patient regain control over her eating behavior. Inpatient or outpatient treatment includes behavior modification therapy, which may take place in highly structured psycho educational group meetings. Individual psychotherapy and family therapy, which address the eating disorder as a symptom of unresolved conflict, may help the patient understand the basis of her behavior and teach her self-control strategies. Antidepressant drugs, particularly selective serotonin re uptake inhibitors (SSRls), may be used as an adjunct to psychotherapy.
The patient may also benefit from participation in self-help groups such as Overeaters Anonymous or a drug rehabilitation program if she has a concurrent substance abuse problem.Health Question & Answer
Bulimia nervosa refers to episodes of uncontrolled excessive eating, which are also termed 'binges'. There is a preoccupation with food and a habitual adoption of certain behaviours that can be understood as the patient's attempts to avoid the fattening effects of periodic binges. These behaviours include:
* self-induced vomiting
* laxative abuse
* misuse of drugs - diuretics, thyroid extract or anorectics.
An estimated 4.2% women experience Bulimia. Because purging or other compensatory behaviour follows the Binge-eating episodes, people with Bulimia usually weight within the normal range for their age and height. However, like individuals with Anorexia, they may fear gaining weight, desire to loose weight and feel intensely dissatisfied with their bodies. But they are highly secretive with their conditions.
Causes of bulimia nervosa
The cause of bulimia nervosa is unknown, but psychosocial factors may contribute to its development. These factors include family disturbance or conflict, sexual abuse, maladaptive learned behavior, struggle for control or self-identity. cultural overemphasis on physical appearance, and parental obesity. Bulimia nervosa is commonly associated with depression. anxiety, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. all of which may interfere with recovery. Depression in a bulimic patient may lead to suicide attempts or a completed suicide.
Common symptoms of Bulimia nervosa
* Recurrent episodes of Binge-eating.
* Compensating such periods by self induced vomiting, fasting or excessive exercise.
* Both these behaviour occur on average at least twice a week for 3 months.
Diagnosis information
Diagnosis of bulimia begins with a history and physical examination. The primary care provider may order tests to check the person's health status, including:
* blood tests such as a complete blood count
* electrocardiography to check for heart problems
* urinalysis to check for dehydration and infection
* chest X-ray to check for rib fractures, heart problems, or lung infection
* abdominal X-ray to look for digestive tract problems.
Additional diagnostic tools include the Beck Depression Inventory, which may identify coexisting depression, and laboratory tests to help determine the presence and severity of complications. Serum electrolyte studies may show elevated bicarbonate, decreased potassium, and decreased sodium levels.
Additional clinical features include:
* physical complications of vomiting:
1. cardiac arrhythmias
2. renal impairment - consequences of low K +
3. muscular paralysis
4. tetany - from hypokalaemic alkalosis
5. swollen salivary glands - from vomiting
6. eroded dental enamel
* associated psychiatric disorders:
1. depressive illness
2. alcohol misuse
* fluctuations in bodyweight
* menstrual function - periods irregular but amenorrhoea rare
* personality - perfectionism and low self-esteem present premorbidly.
The prevalence of bulimia in community studies is high; it affects between 5% and 30% of girls attending high schools, colleges or universities in the USA. Bulimia is sometimes associated with anorexia nervosa. A premorbid history of dieting is common. The prognosis for bulimia nervosa is better than for anorexia nervosa.
Bulimia nervosa treatment
Treatment of bulimia nervosa may continue for several years. Interrelated physical and psychological symptoms must be treated simultaneously. Merely promoting weight gain isn't sufficient to guarantee long-term. A patient whose physical status is severely compromised by inadequate or chaotic eating patterns is difficult to engage in the psychotherapeutic process.
Psychotherapy concentrates on interrupting the binge-purge cycle and helping the patient regain control over her eating behavior. Inpatient or outpatient treatment includes behavior modification therapy, which may take place in highly structured psycho educational group meetings. Individual psychotherapy and family therapy, which address the eating disorder as a symptom of unresolved conflict, may help the patient understand the basis of her behavior and teach her self-control strategies. Antidepressant drugs, particularly selective serotonin re uptake inhibitors (SSRls), may be used as an adjunct to psychotherapy.
The patient may also benefit from participation in self-help groups such as Overeaters Anonymous or a drug rehabilitation program if she has a concurrent substance abuse problem.Health Question & Answer
Please don't try to throw up, if your body thinks you're starving it, it'll store fat and increases the size of your fat cells - anyway you need good nutrition to enjoy your life.
My Mum has hypothyroidism but she has been losing weight since she started eating healthily and walking daily. She also has Polycystic Kidneys and when they started to fail she stopped eating so much dairy, bread(especially wheat), meat and other protein, or high sugar foods. Basically, she eats lots of veges and fruit and not much saturated fat either. At first it was hard, but now she is loving the food she is eating and it doesn't feel like a diet.
She has porridge for breakfast with berries with honey and rice milk.
She eats a few almonds for snacks and fruit (such as watermelon).
For lunch she usually has rice bread salad and hummus sandwich.
For dinner she has veges and a small amount of meat or other protein and steamed kumara or rice (brown and basmati with millet). Soup sometimes instead.
Combined with walking lots (she uses a pedometer for motivation) and IT WORKS!!! (she also takes medication for thyroid and cold pressed flaxseed oil capsules for hormone balance)Health Question & Answer
My Mum has hypothyroidism but she has been losing weight since she started eating healthily and walking daily. She also has Polycystic Kidneys and when they started to fail she stopped eating so much dairy, bread(especially wheat), meat and other protein, or high sugar foods. Basically, she eats lots of veges and fruit and not much saturated fat either. At first it was hard, but now she is loving the food she is eating and it doesn't feel like a diet.
She has porridge for breakfast with berries with honey and rice milk.
She eats a few almonds for snacks and fruit (such as watermelon).
For lunch she usually has rice bread salad and hummus sandwich.
For dinner she has veges and a small amount of meat or other protein and steamed kumara or rice (brown and basmati with millet). Soup sometimes instead.
Combined with walking lots (she uses a pedometer for motivation) and IT WORKS!!! (she also takes medication for thyroid and cold pressed flaxseed oil capsules for hormone balance)Health Question & Answer
I don't think it's a dumb question. I'm a mother of 2 grown daughters. During their teen years one became anorexic and the other bulimic. Let me tell you honey, they put the family thru hell ! It was years of therapy for each of them and for their dad and me, plus hospitalizations and mega bills. Please sweetie, don't go there.
You don't need to diet, just change some of your eating habits. Let go of some of the junk food and McD's fatburgers and fries. Have a healthy salad instead. Eat fresh vegies and fruit, either raw or fresh cooked. Read the nutrition labels on store food. Opt for stuff lower in fat grams, and sugar. Drink water, plain or flavored without added calories. Drink milk--your body is growing ad you need calcium. Drink OJ that's real, not from concentrate. Take a good multi-vitamin and get 3 serving of protein a day--fish, chicken, pork, beans, etc.
Add some exercise to your new lifestyle in the form of ridng your bike or brisk walking for 30 minutes at least 3 times a week. Swimming is good, too. Not the play-in-the-pool -with- pals kind, but really swimming.
2 months is not enough time to see any difference in your weight if you have a health condition that prevents you from "dieting". Thiose of us who have those health problems have to find a program and stick with it for at lease 8 months to 1 year to see any difference, and yeah, it's hard but worth it.
And my girls.? Today they are fine, healthy, married, have good jobs and great families. But there was a time when we thought for sure they would never make it this far.Health Question & Answer
You don't need to diet, just change some of your eating habits. Let go of some of the junk food and McD's fatburgers and fries. Have a healthy salad instead. Eat fresh vegies and fruit, either raw or fresh cooked. Read the nutrition labels on store food. Opt for stuff lower in fat grams, and sugar. Drink water, plain or flavored without added calories. Drink milk--your body is growing ad you need calcium. Drink OJ that's real, not from concentrate. Take a good multi-vitamin and get 3 serving of protein a day--fish, chicken, pork, beans, etc.
Add some exercise to your new lifestyle in the form of ridng your bike or brisk walking for 30 minutes at least 3 times a week. Swimming is good, too. Not the play-in-the-pool -with- pals kind, but really swimming.
2 months is not enough time to see any difference in your weight if you have a health condition that prevents you from "dieting". Thiose of us who have those health problems have to find a program and stick with it for at lease 8 months to 1 year to see any difference, and yeah, it's hard but worth it.
And my girls.? Today they are fine, healthy, married, have good jobs and great families. But there was a time when we thought for sure they would never make it this far.Health Question & Answer
No, of course this isn't a dumb question. Your body is very valuable so it's great that you're concerned about it.
I know that it might seem near impossible to lose weight with a thyroid problem, but trust me, purging your food is not going to solve the problem. Most of the time you're lucky if you 'bring up' (sorry that it's so graphic) a quarter of the food you've eaten. Even then, you're not ridding your body of the calories you consumed. They've already been absorbed into your body. You're just bringing up the mass of food, not the energy in it.
If you've tried throwing up that once then don't be too concerned yet about being bulimic. It may have been a spur-of-the-moment type of thing - hopefully it was. If you try again though, I would say that you are bulimic.
Remember, you're still very young so it's natural to be gaining a little bit of weight at 14 anyway, even with your thyroid problem.
Please take care. If you ever feel the urge to purge again, look up the effects on google. Not pretty </3Health Question & Answer
I know that it might seem near impossible to lose weight with a thyroid problem, but trust me, purging your food is not going to solve the problem. Most of the time you're lucky if you 'bring up' (sorry that it's so graphic) a quarter of the food you've eaten. Even then, you're not ridding your body of the calories you consumed. They've already been absorbed into your body. You're just bringing up the mass of food, not the energy in it.
If you've tried throwing up that once then don't be too concerned yet about being bulimic. It may have been a spur-of-the-moment type of thing - hopefully it was. If you try again though, I would say that you are bulimic.
Remember, you're still very young so it's natural to be gaining a little bit of weight at 14 anyway, even with your thyroid problem.
Please take care. If you ever feel the urge to purge again, look up the effects on google. Not pretty </3Health Question & Answer