Share your experience/ journey... How did you stop if you have..?

I had anorexia nervosa when I was a teenager. I've always been petite, so I don't really know what sparked it. At age 14, I weighed 72 pounds. I thought I was fat, so I stopped eating. I wore heavy clothes so I'd sweat and I took my dad's water pills. I had absolutely NO idea how unhealthy it was for me. I got down to 64 pounds at my lowest. My mom took me to my pediatrician and they talked about a psych consult. I didn't want to be labeled as "crazy", so I tried harder to eat. It's still something I struggle with every day, though. I still hate weighing myself, especially with clothes on, and if I gain a pound or two, it's very upsetting to me. I no longer starve myself, but I'm still very fixated on my weight.

I would but I'm on my phone and that's way to much info to type on a phone!
I have yet to recover or even feel a desire to do so. *sigh*

Hugs to all who are struggling!

I had anorexia when I was in high school. Never considered myself a survivor because it is something I did to myself.
I stopped because I had a really amazing friend who cared about me. It took me close to a year to stop not eating but he was my pillar.

i had anorexia for 5 years and bulimia for one. lowest weight was 95 and my starting weight was 160. i had to stop for my child's health when i found out i was pregnant. i thought i could always lose the weight after.

since all my milk disappeared and im not pregnant no more, im going down that path again. it never goes away. it was extremely hard trying to keep eating. i gained ALL of my weight back, plus more. its depressing. i dont usually go out anywhere, its embarrassing to even smoke a cig outside on the doorstep to my apartment.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Adriana'sMombie:</b>" i had anorexia for 5 years and bulimia for one. lowest weight was 95 and my starting weight was 160. ... [snip!] ... its depressing. i dont usually go out anywhere, its embarrassing to even smoke a cig outside on the doorstep to my apartment. "</blockquote>



That's what I'm scared of but want to happen at the same time.. I'm doing okay at the moment.. I'm breastfeeding and it's all okay..if actually lost weight BF..I still don't eat a lot even now and sometimes get a little faint, but my milk supply is good so I figure all the food is going to that..
But Its like once I stop BF I don't want to eat anymore because im scared of gaining the weight and I'll go back to my old ways..
But at the same time.. I'm doing so much better then I used to so I feel I should keep it up for my health or something..
I guess I'm scared my ED will take over again but at the same time in not afraid of it.

Yeah, Binge eating disorder, never diagnosed... but the more I study, the more I realize what it was. I had a lot of guilt about it and never ever felt satisfied from eating. I would hide food and hide when eating. I'd be stuffed full and still felt compelled to eat. My mom used to tell me that food was my hugs and kisses.

Since pursuing nutritive medicine and receiving treatment, I discovered that my constant hunger was biological but the creation of the ED was an emotional reaction to what I was going through. That really helped me cope.

There is actually alot to say i want to make a forum but its just makes me sad and its a long story but i had anorexia in high school had everyone scared i got to 86 pounds , it started when i was in 8th grade at the beginning of my pregnancy i was 96 pounds . Now im at 110 but i believe i lost weight as soon as i dropped my son so did my appetite . Im back at it again and i hate it . I just cant eat plus i have a belly which makes me more self conscious !