thought100

New here and Need Help

Posted on 06/13/08, 02:10 am

Hello all. I'm a horrible binge eater. I binge at least three times a week, and then I feel horrible the next day. Once I start eating, I cannot stop; I have absolutely no control, until I feel completely sick or just fall asleep. Just like tonight ... I think I ate for about three hours straight until I fell asleep. And, now I've woken up and feel horrible about myself. I've been dealing with this for almost five months now, and I am completely out of ideas as how to handle it. So I suppose I'm looking for some online support in hopes that I can return the same support to people who might be in similar situations. So, if anyone out there has any ideas on how to deal with this, I'd be more than willing to try.

• Reply #1 06/13/08  4:49am
  
  freedomplease
  Hey! DS is a great place for support! Welcome.
• Reply #2 06/15/08  12:58am
  
  sarrah33
  hey there, venting on this side is great, i really look forward to loging on and just geting all my crazy thoughts outa my head! especialy when theres no-one else who i can rely confide in. no cures for my binging yet but when i find it you'l be the first i tell! im thinking that getting over my heavy binges wont be a quick thing and am getting ready for some hard work healing myself, or working towards it anyways :)
  good luck to you
• Reply #3 06/27/08  1:39pm
  
  wishiwasthin
  Hello people.
  I'm new here and a little embarrassed about my emotional binge eating.
  I haven't told anyone so feel quite relieved and it's nice to read about people the same as me. I wish i didn't constantly think about food, i feel like a slave to it at times i pretty much binge every day not sure why, sometimes i think it's just bordem. I've tried healthy eating and exercise programs sooooo many times and always end up spoiling it by binging, i always feel torn apart every time i fail. Just wish food wasn't an enemy, wish i just ate when i was hungrey and stopped when i was full, sick of envying every skinny girl i see and hating myself so much. Wish i loved me and could eat normaly xx
• Reply #4 07/02/08  5:37am
  
  DarkSunshine
  Hey guys I'm new here too and in the same boat by the sounds of things. I have only been bingeing for about 2mths or so but already it feels totally out of control. I feel constantly bloated and uncomfortable even though I try to purge after all my binges.
  
  I have tried counselling but it just seemed to make things worse - before counselling i never binged just restricted and now........now i'm just so unhealthy.
  
  I need to break these bad habits before it gets too late but i just seem to have lost my internal motivation or something i dunno but god i hope this improves
• Reply #5 07/06/08  9:26am
  
  bluevibe
  welcome thought, welcome to the journey
• Reply #6 07/11/08  8:24am
  
  clairehowell
  do not try hypnotherapy. i treid it and since then my binges have got much worse. i have put on 3 stone in less than 4 months. i am always bloated and feel really uncomfortable. i have been recommended vitamin b6 to help with the cravings and guilt. not tried it yet but going to get some tomorrow give it a try it might help
• Reply #7 07/29/08  3:43am
  
  DarkSunshine
  vitamin b6 how did that go any help at all?

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