Bed + ana

[mrsmemyselfandi]

I think I have/ am developing something like a mix of Binge Eating Disorder and Anorexia. I fit into some of the criteria for BED though I am not over weight, and I also fit into some criteria for Anorexia, though I am not under weight. I switch between the two I guess you could say. I have several very low calorie days of about 200-500, and then I binge one afternoon and take in 2000 calories even though I am not hungry at all. I just can't help myself and I end up making my self uncomfortably full and sick.

Does anyone else feel like they might have something similar?

[Jacklinger]

I thought most anorexics binged now and then and that's why they never quite starve to death?

[amazon2]

I'd say the same thing. There are days when I can eat very little or ever completely fast and then I'll do something like order from Dominos a pizza, cheesy bread, and a dessert and eat it ALL..... T.T

[gmacarroll]

I do the same, I'll exercise and starve myself for days and then have a huge binge (thus ruining any progress I made on my fast). I actually just had one 2 days ago :( I ate so so much, and I wasn't even hungry...I just couldn't stop piling things into my mouth. It was awful, I felt so dirty and ashamed of myself.

Like you, I'm not underweight or anything either. I'm just average. If you saw me walking down the street nothing about my weight would indicate that i'm ana/mia. From what i've seen/heard a lot of girls with EDs are like that...

I'm no expert, so I can't really tell you if you have ana and BED :S I just wanted to let you know that I do the exact same thing.

[madeofstars]

I do exactly the same thing too- except I do it for longer periods- a month or so of restricting and losing weight and then all of a sudden something snaps and I spend a couple of weeks eating everything in sight. And obviously gaining weight.
You are definitely not alone. I dont know what it would be classed as- I guess that's why they came up with "Ednos" haha.

[FAT ME]

i do the same thing but i purge and i hate it because i can get down to a good weight and the binge and put it all back on again

but yer if you see me walking down the street you wouldnt think there was anything wrong with me as my weight is healthy

[AEdle]

You can`t be anorexic(I mean a 100% one or 50%...maybe just some thoughts)if a doctor doesn`t fit you in that area...or you can see if you are by taking the things that describe this ill from a doctor...You may have some anorexic tendencies....but a reall anorexic thing(sorry I am not mad or something but I hate "supposed" pro anas and so on..not being subjectiv) means that you are way under your weight...


I used to eat 6 days a 500-600 calories menu (only healthy foods) and in sunday used to eat over 2000 calories :o

[mard]

im the exact same but i starve myself then i eat something when im forced and go onto a week binge then stop and starve then eat normally then so on and so on.
but i can't control these changes most of the time unless i think ive went too far.

[EmeraldNeko]

I'm just like this too. Except my bmi is obese because I seemed to just have BED at one point, but now I have more restrictive days with the occasional binge day, but lately it's been more like binge fortnight :(

[x_Karen_x]

I used to restrict and fast for like 5 days, then binge without throwing it up one day, then restrict and fast again and yeah repeat cycle. It's actually quite similar to BPing, except the form of purging is different. Ive heard a doctor once say it's close to a form of bulimia, but i dunno whatever. I've bounced around from being Anorexic to ED-NOS, just based on things like not fitting weight criteria or not having amenorrhea. It's kind of annoying really.

[bumblebee]

I've bounced around from being Anorexic to ED-NOS, just based on things like not fitting weight criteria or not having amenorrhea. It's kind of annoying really.

Why? Do you want the label?

[JSMarcus]

I restrict and liquid fast until I have to eat for a social occasions during the week. I am on liquid supplements to maintain weight for my weigh ins. Basically, the liquid supplements are as close to liquid food as it gets these days and it isn't bulky.

I completely understand the cycle of going without food for as many days as possible then being overwhelmed with the urge to have just a little something...and that turns into a binge. Then the guilt shows up...and you feel like you failed. No punishment is good enough. SO frustrating. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Sometimes you just want an answer to what is wrong with you. Why do you keep doing this to yourself. It's the not knowing that kills people. The irony is when your symptoms keep changing then they affect you differently and you don't have any answers...are you loosing your mind? Will anyone believe you? I think everyone here will believe you.

Ugh...so frustrating. Can we just say it's complicated. I totally understand.