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  • About Me

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    LHerman

    Female
    Hawera, NZL
    Member since July 10, 2007

    • About Me

      I have suffered with an eating disorder for over 27 years.

      I have suffered with an eating disorder for over 27 years.

    • Interests

      Reading and art

      Reading and art

  • Recent Activity

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    • LHerman gave thersea1975 a hug 6:25pm

      Dear Crystal, thought to send a big hug your way today. Be cool and know that I'm thinking of you. Love…  
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    • Go For It

      From thersea1975 November 10

      I wish you the best on your weight loss. You can do it!!!!!!!! Love, Crystal

    • Hug

      From shellebelle September 30

      Thanks Lizelle :) hope you are doing ok

    • Gold Star

      From thersea1975 August 26

      You deserve a gold star for staying strong through adversity! Love, Crystal

    • Rainbow

      From thersea1975 July 29

      Hi Lizelle, Just want to say, all love and support for all the hard times you had to and still have to face. I care about you. Love, Crystal

    • Hug

      From shellebelle July 19

      Thanks Lizelle, I'm doing ok I have spent 3 and a half weeks as inpatient in an eating disorder unit in sydney ~ just trying to adjust to life in the real world :) Love, Shelle x

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  • Support Groups

    • Close Food Addiction

      Weight fluctuation.

      Treatments

      Albuterol Working / Worked
      I use Ventolin
      Depakote Working / Worked
      I'm on Epilim
      Effexor Working / Worked
      Geodon Working / Worked
      I find this better than Seroquel
    • Close Eating Disorders
      Type: Bulimia

      From 13 - 26 I was anorexic,then had a major mental breakdown and went the other way, binge eating and abusing laxatives. I guess that makes me bulimic.

      Treatments

      Dietitian Consult Not Working
      They just hand you this sheet with words on it as if you could go and study it and get better as though it's an exam or something.
      Prozac Somewhat Helpful
      Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
      The best psychotherapy I've had until now is reading the book: Overcoming Binge Eating written by Dr. Christopher Fairburn.
    • Open Schizophrenia

      I've been diagnosed with Schizoaffective disorder with bipolar tendencies.

      Treatments

      Effexor Working / Worked
      For depressive mood.
      Risperdal Somewhat Helpful
      It made me too drowsy so I couldn't drive car in the mornings.
      Seroquel Working / Worked
      To help the hallucinations or delusions and anxiety.
    • Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

      I was abused as a child.

      Treatments

      Abuse Counseling Working / Worked
      Art Working / Worked
      Forgiveness Too Soon to Tell
      Music Working / Worked
      Talking Working / Worked
    • Open ADHD / ADD

      My daughter has ADHD.

      Treatments

      Ritalin Working / Worked
    • Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

      Anorexic from 13 - 26, I had a mental breakdown and went from fat to fatter to obese, now I want out of tha fatsuit

      Treatments

      Atkins Diet Not Working
      Too much meat, too little fruit. It was too rich.
      Body for Life Somewhat Helpful
      When you're single, footloose and fancy-free this will work for you.
      Counting Calories Working / Worked
      This has always worked for me and this year I'm getting back into it.
      Herbalife Working / Worked
      It worked for me in 2002/03 when I lost over 18 kgs.
      Hoodia Somewhat Helpful
      Like everything else it wears off after a while.
      Physical Exercise Working / Worked
      This has always worked and I'm getting back into gym this week.
      Weight Watchers Not Working
      Too much room for error.
      Xenical Somewhat Helpful
      Worked when you ate fatty foods, but what about the sweet stuff?
    • Open Autism / Autism Spectrum

      I have two sons withing the Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

      Treatments

      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      Not sure whether this is working yet. My oldest son is learning to think outside of the Aspergers paradigm
    • Open Bipolar Disorder - Teen

      I've been diagnosed with schizoaffective with bipolar.

      Treatments

      Geodon Working / Worked
      It works well for me.
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