Saturday, April 24, 2010

Do I have an eating disorder?

Well, yesterday I exercised the whole friggin day, and since I didn't have school today I said I was going to exercise even more, but my belly and my muscles and some of my bones hurt a lot! I've already ran for a while but I'm so sleepy and tired that I just can't! I don't eat too much because it makes me sick, because when I have like, 1 day and a half without eating and I feel dizzy, I eat a little and I feel worse. Sometimes I throw up what I just ate. but it's not like everyday and every time I eat, just when I over eat or when I eat something greasy or sweet. At school, when everyone's eating around me at breakfast and lunch, I take ibuprofen or acetaminophen to stop hunger pangs. Everyone says I'm too skinny but I don't think so. I can see my ribs but I still I feel fat. My skin is more pale than usual and my hands shake once in a while. Is this an eating disorder or am I just still adjusting to diet and work out?

Do I have an eating disorder?
Yup, that's an eating disorder. Quit being stupid or die, your choice. The world won't miss another rich American kid who wastes their life.
Reply:Talk to a doctor about your concerns, no one on this website will be able to properly tell you
Reply:Yes I think you have an eating disorder.
Reply:I'm no specialist, but any type of workout requires one to have energy to burn. I suggest seeking out their know-how to fine tune specifics. By what you typed, sounds like theirs potential for the worse. Via experience of my life, any exercising without any energy reserves can be a bad thing %26amp; a experience I wouldn't recrimend. One goes blind in such scenarioes cause your eyes dilate until you eat something.
Reply:You haven't given enough information for anyone to be able to assess whether or not you have an eating disorder. But why do you go for a day and a half without eating? I wonder if you have an underlying health problem. First, before consulting any doctor, perhaps you could try to fix things yourself. Why have you become obsessive about exercise? It shouldn't rule your life this. I think for now, you should forget about exercise, and do only what happens as a matter of course in your day, ie walking to school, sports at school etc. Concentrate on trying to eat normally. I think for you this means small meals frequently rather than 3 big meals each day. So have a small breakfast, then take a snack to school for mid morning. Eat a small lunch. If possible have another small snack for mid afternoon, then a small meal in the evening and another small snack later in the evening. Drink plenty of water but not so much that it makes you feel bloated. Take it in small amounts. Don't worry too much about what you eat for now. Just concentrate on getting into a pattern of eating . But don't make it all sweet stuff. If you have no luck with any of this after about a month, then go to your doctor. It's important to have various conditions ruled out before settling on the diagnosis of an eating disorder. If you can see your ribs then you are definitely not fat. But stop thinking about fat or skinny. Just try to normalise your eating. When you are successfully eating small meals, you can eventually get back to 3 meals and start to think about having a reasonably well balanced diet. Then you can exercise again, but don't let it become an obsession.


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