Is Telling Your Doctor Your Bulimic the Right Thing to Do? Posted: 12-21-05 08:37am
Hello, I am 27 and have bulimia, and I
have a doctors appoitment today, and I
want to tell him I have bulimia, I havent
told anyone I think my health concerns are
from bulimia, I know if I dont tell him
hes not going to help me, anyone have
sugesstions, or told their doctor, or
anyone else?
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liwikiwi
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Posted: 12-21-05 08:50am
...I just came across your post, i've
never had an eating disorder, but i'm
going to throw in my 2cents. I would say
go for it. Tell him. You're right, you
can't get help if you don't tell anyone.
You are amazing for realizing that this is
effecting you body, thats a big thing to
realize. It will be hard to tell someone,
and admit you have bulemia...But its
something you need to do to help yourself
best of luck
and take care
keri
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Oregonista
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Liwikiwi Posted: 12-22-05 03:16am
Thank you, we'll I didnt go to my doctors
taoday, he resceduled, but if I would have
went I would tihnk about telling him. But
I wouldn't i'm glad this happend it gives
me more time to think about this, I want
to tell my parents so bad, but I cant, I
told one of my friends, but we were both
drunk, and I did'nt think she remembered
me telling her, I think if I get help on
my own, start exercising daliy I can loose
weigh the right way. But it's going to
take time, thank you for posting.
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inezrina
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Posted: 12-22-05 20:56pm
Tell your Dr. It is great to have the
support of a Dr. And they know what
things to look for and it should give you
some peace of mind.
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Oregonista
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Inezrina Posted: 12-23-05 01:10am
Thanks, I will deffanatlly think about
doing that, but i'm kina scared to I dont
know what i'm going to do yet.
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sandyallen
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Posted: 12-23-05 01:29am
Please do not be afraid or scared to tell
him of this situation, he cannot treat you
unless he knows what is going on or the
truth.
Good luck!
We are here ffor you!
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Oregonista
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Posted: 12-23-05 07:14am
Thanks i'm not sure yet I appriciate that,
anyone have bulimia and told there doctor
if so how did it go?
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xandy13
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Posted: 12-23-05 08:22am
Bulimia is an eating disorder is the
problem of the youngsters this disease is
due to mainly the emotional breakdown.
Along with medication support of the
family members is also required. I came
to now about this disease from the
following forum
http://www.Globalthreads.Com
/forum/ it is really interesting.
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inezrina
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Posted: 12-23-05 13:46pm
Mary-
i understand you're scared to tell your
Dr. It is a really scary thing to do it
would be weird if you had no problem doing
it. I was really scared to tell a Dr.
In fact I avoided it for months. I
started going to therapy which I also
avoided for months but finally had to
because I couldn't function at all I was
going to school and I would cry for 3
hours before class because I just couldn't
make myself go. Then my therapist was
told me I had to see a Dr. To get checked
out. So I ended up making an appointment
with the Dr. And I said over the phone
that it was for a check up becuase I have
an eating disorder. I don't knwo about
you but I find it a lot easier to say that
over the phone. So when I got she
already knew why I was there and she told
me how great it was that I was able to get
help and she took it really slow she only
really did the normal stuff too she took
my blood pressure and listened to me heart
and lungs and looked in my mouth. Then I
got blood tests to make sure my
electrolytes were ok. I don't know how
to explain but even though it was really
hard and scary it was good to be told how
my body was doing. Since then I have
told other Dr.S too over the summer I was
purging a lot and I started to have all
these breathing problems and I went to the
Dr. And I had to tell him because they
couldn't figure out what was going on and
they didn't have the whole story, the
hardest part for me is saying "i am
bulimic" I feel like I am going to joke
and my voice will crack and I will cry
when I say those words but once they are
out the Dr.S are great. When I told that
dr he thought I might have aspirated some
vomit and caused the lung problems and he
was just easy to talk to. Ok I feel like
ia m forgetting something but best of luck
to you and I hope this helps some feel
free to ask me anything.
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Oregonista
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Inerina Posted: 12-24-05 21:05pm
Thanks, I am considering telling my
doctor, I know I should, I haven't made an
appoitment yet, I havent purged in 2 days,
of course I havent eaten hardly anything,
but I am eating, I appriciate everyones
input.
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inezrina
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Posted: 12-24-05 21:24pm
Good luck! Happy winter holidays.
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Oregonista
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Inzerina Posted: 12-25-05 02:46am
Thanks, i'm having breathing problems
today, not enough to go to the hospital,
thats why I havent purged in two days, I
dont want my health to get any worse,
hopefully I can keep this up, but tomorrow
is christmas, my family is here, christmas
dinner oh no!! Well I read the rest
of your letter and you said you were
having breathing problems to, I think it
is time to tell my doc, there goes my 2
days of not purging !!! I hope your
doing okay, everything goes well for you.
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Oregonista
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Posted: 12-25-05 02:56am
xandy13
wrote:
bulimia is an eating
disorder is the problem of the youngsters
this disease is due to mainly the
emotional breakdown. Along with
medication support of the family members
is also required. I came to now about
this disease from the following forum
http://www.Globalthreads.Com
/forum/ it is really
interesting.
thanks I might
check this out.
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Oregonista
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Posted: 01-06-06 07:22am
Wow nobody has came in here for a while,
so I havent told my doctor yet, I havent
sceduled a new appoiotment i've been
having stomach pains when I eat, &
heartburn, I feel like i've had enough of
this and its time to stop, hopefully I can
try to stop on my own, I know I need to
tell someone besides this, its really
hard for me when nobody knows.
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inezrina
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Posted: 01-06-06 11:43am
Hey sorry I haven't been here for awhile.
I didn't reealize u had posted back
sometimes I don't get emails about an
answer to a post and sometimes I do I
don't know anyway.
Hope christmas went ok for u... I just
couldn't handle it but ia m glad it is
over. Christmas dinner was a purging
marathon for me I just kept eating and
kept puking.
I am also having heartburn it is annoying.
But ok I know it is hard but u should
really tell your Dr. Because u need the
tools to get better. It isn't as if u
can just decide and you want to know u r
ok.
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Oregonista
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Posted: 01-08-06 06:22am
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Oregonista
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Posted: 01-14-06 20:57pm
Well I tried to post a reply a week or so
ago anyway, christmas wasent a day for
purging, I hardly ate anything, but i'm
still doing it havent told anyone yet, I
will someday when I feel comfortable.
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inezrina
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Posted: 01-14-06 21:51pm
Good to hear from you. I understand I am
sure u will tell someone when u are ready
and hey u write on here and that is
already something.
I am having an interesting time I have
been pruging less for the last 2 weeks but
ia m starting to feel so depressed about
it today at the gym I had no selof-esteem
I feel so fat I want to starve myself.
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Oregonista
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Posted: 01-22-06 09:03am
I thought I would update everyone, I
havent checked this is a while. So I
havent told my doctor, I know i've only
had bulimia for about 6 months, that seems
long to me, I know theres more people that
have been dealing with bulimia for a lot
longer and havent told anyone, I think I
can get over this on my own I know I have
tried in the past and failed, its a hard
thing to get over, I am moving out next
month, I think if I do that I will
probablly purge more, but i'm going to try
and stop on my own, start exercising more,
it seems like I dont have any energy
latly. I did gain all my weight back
thats the problem with bulimia you gain
all your weight back, I did loose 15 lbs,
wich was in october and I actually felt
good about myself, but I wase'nt hardly
eating then, it seems harder now and I
have been purging like crazy latly, I teel
myself every day i'm not going to do this
but I do, I know if I move out on my own I
wount have the temptation of eating the
wrong foods I try to eat healthy, but my
roomates dont I often give in, so I will
try and update this whenever I can.
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brokeninsidex
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Posted: 01-28-06 10:47am
Hey hunn yea u cna do alot of damage just
by doing it for a week and u said u have
been doing it for 6 months..Yeah I would
stop while u can b.C it is soooo hard to
stop I have been doing it for 4 yrs...And
now I kind of stopped but I still have my
days of feeling fat and not eating or even
puking...And be 4 I used to like doing
this but now I hate it I think u just have
to tell ur self that it is bad..And
wrong..And u shouldnt be doing this..Yeah
I hate tehj fact that I always gain the
weight back..Thats why I sort of switched
to anorexia..B.C the weight would stay
off..Unless I eat a whoel bunch I just try
no to eat as little as possible??..It isnt
good but it is what maeks me feel o.K..And
stops me frm puking!!..Welli would tell a
doctor so u can get help while u still can
