Posted by Poet on June 29, 2006, at 13:10:20
In reply to Re: binge eating, posted by runner01girl on June 28, 2006, at 16:03:27
Hi runner01girl,
You don't have to be alone with this. I understand not wanting to talk to the nurse practitioner because you may not feel as comfortable with her as you would your doctor, but you could get another appointment and this time make sure it'll be with the doctor. You said your mother knows what you've been doing, so she might not even ask you why you want another appointment.
We can help you, here, as much as we can, too. At least moral support. Binge eating is hard to stop, as I said in my earlier post, I have it under control most of the time, but still have lapses. Maybe if I had gotten help when it first started it would have been easier and I wouldn't still have issues with it now, but to be honest, it wasn't an official diagnosis back then. I didn't hear the term bulimia until at least 10 years after I started bingeing/purging.Now, therapists and pdocs know how to treat it. They have a better understanding of it which could help you if you decide not to go it alone.
Good luck and let us know how you're doing.
Poet
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