Do I have an eating disorder??

**Posts:** 3 · by **Hopefulflower** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:25 pm

I am female, 21, 5'1 and 7.6stone
I have zero self esteem and I am very unhappy with my weight and appearance. I feel like I am always on a battle to loose weight and weigh myself frequently but I'm never happy with what I see on the scales. I really struggle to put on or loose a great deal of weight. I skip meals and can happily go a few days without eating anything. I could honestly live off of tea alone!
I'm also worried I'm bi-polar because my mood swings are crazy and half the time I have no idea what the trigger for them is. I am always tired and have had a none stop headache for almost a month now. My periods have stopped but I'm not sure if that's down to my inconsistent eating or my contraceptive pill..although I did used to have them normally while on the same one.
I see eating disorders as people who starve themselves quite literally to death or throw up after every meal. But I know that my eating habits are anything but normal...now I'm worried that maybe with the other symptoms...this is actually some sort of eating disorder? Help..? X

**Posts:** 14140 · by **jurplesman** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:10 am

Hopefulflower wrote:I am female, 21, 5'1 and 7.6stone
I have zero self esteem and I am very unhappy with my weight and appearance. I feel like I am always on a battle to loose weight and weigh myself frequently but I'm never happy with what I see on the scales. I really struggle to put on or loose a great deal of weight. I skip meals and can happily go a few days without eating anything. I could honestly live off of tea alone!
I'm also worried I'm bi-polar because my mood swings are crazy and half the time I have no idea what the trigger for them is. I am always tired and have had a none stop headache for almost a month now. My periods have stopped but I'm not sure if that's down to my inconsistent eating or my contraceptive pill..although I did used to have them normally while on the same one.
I see eating disorders as people who starve themselves quite literally to death or throw up after every meal. But I know that my eating habits are anything but normal...now I'm worried that maybe with the other symptoms...this is actually some sort of eating disorder? Help..? X

Gaining weight and being depressed share a common illnes that cause these conditions. Read about: Hypoglycemia, which can be treated by going on a hypoglycemic diet.

Also:
Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia

**Posts:** 187 · by **Fackeffaced** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:22 am

Have you go to your doctor?

**Posts:** 3 · by **Recovery4Life** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:22 pm

Some of your thoughts and feelings can definitely be linked to an Eating Disorder. You should know that although we only ever really hear about people starving themselves - there are other kinds of eating disorders. I have an Eating Disorder and have been at an inpatient unit for 7 months but even then I couldn't ever diagnose you, because I'm no doctor or psychiatrist or anything. The best thing to do would be to go to you doctor and tell them about how you're feeling. That's an extremely daunting thing to do so maybe writing down how you're feeling and what's going on in your head and your behaviours first and then present to the doctor is a better way to go about it. But yeah I'm definitely here to talk to when you're struggling.
Your self worth and beauty Is not presented by how much you eat - that's not the way it works. You need food to live and be human - you are beautiful x

**Posts:** 44 · by **RyannJ** » Sat May 17, 2014 10:11 am

It sounds like it but you better go and see a doctor. In that way,you'll have a good rational advise.

**Posts:** 13 · by **andiworhol** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:11 pm

Please go to the doctor.

My eating disorder started 15 years ago and in 2008 I almost died from it. I also have some irreversible health issues caused by my eating disorder. It's not worth risking your life!

Also, I would tell the doctor about the mood swings - but be aware that depriving your body and brain from necessary nutrients can contribute to/create depression and irregular mood swings.

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