Symptoms of anorexia nervosa
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 08:53.
-Cessation of periods or delayed development in puberty.
-Self-induced weight loss. Methods can include fasting, low food intake, excessive exercise, diuretic medicines (medicines that make you urinate more) laxatives, diet pills or vomiting. Sometimes people make themselves sick to lose weight. Others take excessive exercise.
-Sufferers have a constant fear of gaining weight, as well as a feeling of being fat, even when their weight is much less than that of other people of the same height.
-Sufferers may feel bloated, even after a small meal.
-They may lose interest in socialising with friends.
-Other side effects include tiredness, feeling cold, constipation and stomachache.
-Some patients also develop additional disorders such as bulimia.
What are the signs and symptoms of anorexia nervosa?
-Weight loss of at least 15 per cent below the normal ideal body weight for a person of the same age and height.-Cessation of periods or delayed development in puberty.
-Self-induced weight loss. Methods can include fasting, low food intake, excessive exercise, diuretic medicines (medicines that make you urinate more) laxatives, diet pills or vomiting. Sometimes people make themselves sick to lose weight. Others take excessive exercise.
-Sufferers have a constant fear of gaining weight, as well as a feeling of being fat, even when their weight is much less than that of other people of the same height.
-Sufferers may feel bloated, even after a small meal.
-They may lose interest in socialising with friends.
-Other side effects include tiredness, feeling cold, constipation and stomachache.
-Some patients also develop additional disorders such as bulimia.
eating disorder
i am 19 years old and i have been struggling with anorexia, bulima, and depression since i was 15 years old. I know that its such a burden on my mental health to always be thinking of what i eat and when i do eat feeling guilty and getting depressed about it, even if i do spew up. The most satisfying thing i get out of in life is being on the scales and weighing less and less everytime. I honestly dont think theres any major cure for it, because even if you do put on weight and dont think about it as much, it will still be there and you will never really be happy with your body. I have had 2 friends that have been to hospital because they suffered from anorexia and even though they have put on weight and are still under normal weight and look skinny, they still think about there weight all the time. However i am really worried about my depression, because if i eat i get really depressed and self harm myself, like in the past week i have slit my wrist, cut my knees and burnt my self all over my arms with cigarettes. Its just really fucked up.