News of Bulimia Nervosa Forum

I will try to be short. Over the past 10 months, my eating habits have changed a lot due to financial issues and I made the decision to shorten that (food) expense. My symptoms:
-stomach grumbles but the thought of food makes me nauseous
-stomach grumbles but will have no mental appetite
-after taking a few bites of food I am either full (1 or 2 bites can do the trick) or I am nauseous ...

There are some interesting studies that show that patients with bulimia have higher numbers of abnormalities in the genes/SNPs related to the neurotransmitter GABA. For example:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3176559/

Does anyone know of a study that tries to administer GABA in its free form as a powder, or GABA in a lipid form as an under-tongue spray, to observe its effects on patients with bulimia? It's not clear to me from ...

Can someone here with long-term bulimia help me to understand the nature of the compulsion that leads to overeating sweets and carbs? Is this like some kind of obsessive/compulsive habit? Or is it more about suffering from a period of starvation, and at some point the hunger becomes unbearable and you respond by massive overeating of calorie rich foods?

Is there a good online resource that would describe the actual thinking process - as well ...

I am trying to find resources for a bulimic in Eastern Europe (Ukraine). Does anyone know of a good reference website for that information? I would be particularly interested in finding someone who directs a group therapy session, as I feel there would be value in having a group of girls who can support each other.

I'm "recovered" technically.
Old habits die hard I guess?

But recently I find myself half-ass purging?
Like I'll eat too much... and then purge just enough that I don't have that really full feeling...
But not enough to get that empty feeling.
It's not related to anything emotional this time around.
I just eat too much mashed potatoes or something...

But like... I don't wanna fall back into old habits...
I just don't know if ...

I am trying to stop b/p without shaming myself. I listened to a lecture by Brene Brown called Shame Sheilds and she said that eating disorders and addictions cannot be shamed away because shame is one of the causes. So I am trying to stop calling myself names. I noticed that when I am bingeing the name calling stops briefly. No wonder it is so attractive. If I could say "to hell with the judgements" ...

I was reading about Joey "Jaws" Chestnut breaking his old record yesterday: 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Why is some of society fascinated by this life-threatening, painful and sick behavior. Where does this come from?
It is promoted and sponsored by big business, so there is the backing of serious money and media coverage. I guess it is news.
I know about the pie speed-eating contests where you can't use your hands and those ...

Hi everybody.
I am 28 yeras old female and since I was 15 I went through 'few' diagnosis like depression, anorexia, bulimia, compulsive eating, anxiety and recently BDD.
The one I was fighting with the longest was bulimia-almost 9 years. After countless attempts to recover from it (with many kind of medications, many psychologists, 5 weeks in psychiatric institution) without success, I thought I am sentenced to live with it for the rest of my ...

I find that my bulimia cycles with my bipolar disorder.
When I'm manic/hypomanic, I don't binge and purge. When I'm in a normal mood, I binge and purge once a day. When I'm depressed I binge and purge 3+ times a day.
Does anyone else with bipolar disorder and bulimia have this pattern?

Hi,
I used to suffer from bulimia since I was 17 years old. The disease worsen during college and than I meet my future husband and suddenly I stopped.I think is related with my emotions and my fears to fail.It has been 15 years since I stopped but now I feel that I am going again in the wrong path,and I am thinking it s related to my heard work in the past months.I never ...