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I did mention this elsewhere as part of an explanation, but I also feel that it needs its own separate thread bc it may get missed on the other topic.
I also realize that this may sound like an excuse for continuing the ED; however, it truly is not. I was better from my EDs for 7 yrs and it was only after a bunch of illness came along and consequent to one of those illness, I developed a ton of food allergies and sensitivities that I relapsed. It is like my body seems to want to have an ED becasue it reacts to most foods by involuntarily making me throw up. There are only a very limited few foods that do not cause this reaction. (I can wait and wait and try everything I know to not get sick and it doesn't matter - if I have eaten something that my body doesn't like I will be super nauseated and eventually throw up. And like I said I had 7 yrs of recovery so this is not my body just adjusting to eating normally again. I had long ago done that.)
I have previously seen nutritionists and I also have taken college classes in this and read a ton, etc, so it's not like seeing a nutritionist would help. A meal plan would still have to consist of foods that don't make me sick and that is pretty much just certain fruits, so it's impossible to eat a balanced diet. I am going to a GI specialist and trying to figure out if there is anything that will help, but that is a very slow process and in the meantime I really need to know if anyone else has experienced this and how you coped and still wanted to get better?
I also realize that this may sound like an excuse for continuing the ED; however, it truly is not. I was better from my EDs for 7 yrs and it was only after a bunch of illness came along and consequent to one of those illness, I developed a ton of food allergies and sensitivities that I relapsed. It is like my body seems to want to have an ED becasue it reacts to most foods by involuntarily making me throw up. There are only a very limited few foods that do not cause this reaction. (I can wait and wait and try everything I know to not get sick and it doesn't matter - if I have eaten something that my body doesn't like I will be super nauseated and eventually throw up. And like I said I had 7 yrs of recovery so this is not my body just adjusting to eating normally again. I had long ago done that.)
I have previously seen nutritionists and I also have taken college classes in this and read a ton, etc, so it's not like seeing a nutritionist would help. A meal plan would still have to consist of foods that don't make me sick and that is pretty much just certain fruits, so it's impossible to eat a balanced diet. I am going to a GI specialist and trying to figure out if there is anything that will help, but that is a very slow process and in the meantime I really need to know if anyone else has experienced this and how you coped and still wanted to get better?
I used to have what I believed to be a real sensitivity or total intolerance to several foods. Often simple things like even cucumbers would send my body reeling. I diagnosed myself as lactose intolerant as well and avoided dairy even on binges.
What I learned was two-fold. First, because of binge-purge cycles, my stomach developed a gastric delay. Food, regardless of what kind, stayed over long in my stomach causing a host of digestive problems from the top to the bottom. Once I started eating more normally, it subsided and is now non-existant. At the same time, I heard that women over 40 produce less digestive enzymes etc due to changing hormonal levels and thus food does not digest as it should. I countered this problem by taking digestive enzymes at every meal. I continue this practice to this day and it works like a charm. You don't mention if you are on other meds. If you are, acidophilis helps tremendously and keep the body in balance. Also helps with elimination issues quite a bit. I buy the enzymes at the health food store usually though you can get them at Walmart. Acidophilis can be bought anywhere as well. Just make sure to keep it in the fridge as the good bacteria die off at room temperature.
Hope that is helpful to you. Please keep posting and update further. Take care!