What are the symptoms of anerexia?!


Question: What are the symptoms of anerexia?
One of my friends was suggesting that I have anerexia, but Im not sure about that. I don't know any of the symptoms or anything. So what are the symptoms?

Answers:

One answer you got is simply incorrect. There are two types of anorexia. One is the restricting type, where someone counts and eats very few calories. The other type is called the purging type. One also eats very few calories but also binges and then purges by vomiting, laxatives, etc. The basic definition of anorexia is a refusal to maintain a healthy body weight, fear of becoming fat even when extremely thin, and a lack of menstruation for at least three months due to low body weight. I was a purging anorexic for 8 years. I pretty much purged everything I put in my mouth and I was severly underweight. This is not the same as bulimia. Bulimics purge, yes, but they tend to be of normal or even overweight. Hope this helps, and if you feel this sounds like you, get help NOW. Don't lose almost a decade of your life like I did. You can also email me, if you'd like. Please take care of yourself.
Edit: OK sorry, you're getting a lot of incorrect answers. The difference between the two diagnoses (anorexia or bulimia) is not just based on behavior but also weight. Anorexics DO purge, and if severly underweight it is NOT considered bulimia.



throwing up is bolemia so dont listen to them. Anorexia is an eating disorder and a mind disorder that often leaves you with a skinny appearance. Symptoms are, not eating when feeling hungry, not feeling hungry, feeling you need to punish yourself, thinking you need to lose weight and not trusting people when they say you are under weight and anything to and far between.

I am A nutritionist and family problems involving anorexia



Just want to point out that throwing up is bulimia not anorexia.

Do you feel fat when you look in the mirror?
Do you want to skip meals?
Are you exercising more than you need to?
Do your bones stick out?
How much do you weigh? (8 stone is a good weight for teens)

Bulimia is a severe form of anorexia, when the person eats food amd then forces themselves to throw up before any of the nutrients can be absorbed. Anorexics and bulimics may take large doses of laxatives (stuff that makes you GO) or simply not be able to swallow anything.



Not eating

^ that's the symptom


and throwing up makes it BULIMIA. know the difference.



Being insanely skinny. Lot's of throwing up.




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