How Many Men Suffer With Bullemia Nervosa? Posted: 05-26-07 18:27pm
I was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa
(purging) in 2003. Due to my circumstances
I was treated very badly in hospital and
was not given the opportunity to go to a
specialist unit as advised. At the time I
didn't want to either and was kept on a
general ward until I was sectioned (3) and
force fed. I am 5'11" and was only
sectioned when my weight dropped to 5 st
6lbs. Against my will I was sedated and
fed via an ng tube until my weight began
to stabalise. I tried everything to stop
it (some things I am not proud of now). I
wold pour the "feed" down the sink and top
it up with water when left alone in a
private room. I was instantly transfered
to a hospital unit, as soon as my weight
hit a "target figure", that had plaster
falling off the walls and I was confined
to a room for 23 hours a day which drove
me insane! I was eventually released and
some 14 months later I met my other half
who has helped me enjoy life so much that
dieting went compleatly out of my thoughts
for a while. I am now trying to loose
weight again and have fallen back to the
best way I know how, cutting down to just
one small meal a day. And yes, I began to
get too hungry after a few weeks and
started eating everything in sight then
the guilt followed and then the releif of
getting rid of it a.s.a.p..... the same
old story really. but I am not worried
because I don't feel it taking hold of me
as it did last time.
Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone knows of
any other males who do this to stay thin?
my husband suffered from bulimia,
binging/purging when he was about 12-13
yrs old, i dunno that he was ever
diagnosed or not, although lately
sometimes or at one point i did think he
was doing it again and i brought it up to
him and i guess he stopped cuz i havent
had a need to be concerned since then .
but there are men out there that suffer
just not as many women. Its more of a
female disease then males. Most males are
athletes that usually suffer most of the
time .
