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Eating Disorders Forum - Can a Recovered Anorexic Still Feel the Damage Years Later?
Can a Recovered Anorexic Still Feel the Damage Years Later? Posted: 09-24-07 00:06am
I battled anorexia back in late 2000 to
2001-2001, then again in late 2004 to mid
2005. Then I stopped, and got treated.
I'm a male at 6'1, and I plummeted down to
140-150, which for me was thin, nothing
TOO dangerous, but then at recovery I went
too far and balooned up to 220 lbs in a
matter of months, somehow. Scared me,
then it took me about two years, to go
back down to 175 which I now consider
healthy. However my weight has yo -yoed
forever, and I have a history of
anorexia.
Can this still somehow affect me to this
day? Or, once you're recovered and have
the proper nutrition, you're basically
fine?
I'm asking because I noticed my heart gets
flutters and palpitations, and I get dizzy
spells, and unreality spells, and get
anxiety/panic ALOT more often than I used
to. Plus my body wears out much faster
than it did too.
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Elsee
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 09-24-07 16:38pm
Hey,
I was anorexic also from 1999-2002.
Congrats on battling the disorder and
being back to a healthy weight! I had the
same issue as you..when I finally got
treated and started eating again... I went
from a very low weight to a very high one.
As you probably know, it has to do with
how your body is responding to you eating
again; even if you are eating normally and
healthily, your body will be like "ooo,
food, I better save all of this in case
he/she decides not to eat again!" Scared
me too. It's definitely not what you want
to happen when you're just starting to
recover.
As for all of this affecting you now,
physically... Well, there's a lot about
you I don't know. I guess the first thing
would be to make sure you really are
getting all the nutrition you need. Tons
of people eat enough calories but are
still not getting enough of certain
vitamins/minerals. This can affect your
body more than you might realize. I'm not
a doctor so I don't want to say something
that may not be true, but I imagine that
lack of certain nutrition could cause
dizziness, tiredness, and other symptoms.
As for anxiety/panic... the only thing I
can really suggest is to ask your
physician/therapist/psychologist about
this. I'm guessing it's possible that the
eating disorder could have caused some
kind of chemical imbalance that is
worsening the anxiety problem...
Sometimes anxiety/panic disorders worsen
with time. I don't know if you are on
meds for this or not.. I've actually
often wondered about this myself, because
I've noticed that I am a lot more
obsessive about certain things and I worry
a lot more than I did before anorexia.
Sometimes I think that maybe, since I am
not controlling things with not eating
anymore, that stress is just manifesting
in another way now. Now worrying is my
outlet as opposed to not eating.
...
