Am I bulimic????????????!


Question: Am I bulimic.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?
I'm 22.
-5"4
-155lbs.

Sometimes I eat too much and I feel so sick that I want to throw up. When I get to that point I wait until I the bathroom and throw up. I walk to it. I don't run to the bathroom. I don't make my self throw up. It comes naturally. Then I walk out and I'm fine.

I don't do it everyday.
I don't do it every week.
Just once or twice every month, sometimes more.

Am I bulimic.?Health Question & Answer


Answers:
How does it make you feel.? Do you feel bad about yourself that you ate so much and then feel better after you've thrown up.? That's the key, I think. I think you could be heading towards having a problem. I don't throw up naturally just from eating too much and I only throw up a couple of times a year from the flu.Health Question & Answer

Taken from wikipedia:

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV TR) published by the American Psychological Association, the criteria for diagnosing a patient with bulimia are:

* Recurrent episodes of binge eating. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:
o Eating, in a fixed period of time, an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat under similar circumstances.
o A lack of control over eating during the episode: a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating.
* Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain, such as: self-induced vomiting; misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or other medications; fasting; excessive exercise.
* Self-evaluation is unduly influenced by body shape and weight.
* These symptoms occur at least twice a week on average and persist for at least 3 months.
* The disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of Anorexia Nervosa.[4]

Try talking to your doctor about your symptoms. It isn't normal to feel sick after you eat. There may be another underlying problem.Health Question & Answer

I don't know if that's considered bulimic, but my suggestion would be eat slower and stop when you're not hungry anymore, not when you're full. And when you do find yourself feeling bad, take a nap or something, take a ibuprofen, or something like that. But also try going to the bathroom before you eat, so you don't have an excuse to go to the bathroom afterwards.

Plz help me.?
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thanx in advanceHealth Question & Answer

Huh. That's interesting. Just eat until you're full. You shouldn't have to throw up.

Go see a doctor in case there is something wrong w/ your digestive system...Health Question & Answer

You shouldn't make yourself throw up.
Stop eating so much that it makes yourself sick.
It sounds as if you are.Health Question & Answer

Mhm, hunnie get some helpHealth Question & Answer



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