
Eating Disorders Support Group
Eating disorders are marked by an obsessive need to control the intake and/or purging of food. This community is dedicated to those struggling on the road to recovery. Join to discuss your experience with others and find support. Get advice, ask questions, and meet others who are going through similar struggles.

EmmaammE
This is by no means a competition so please dont get cross with me but how long can you go with out eating before something bad happens. Let me just explain....ive been struggling with not wanting to eat for a while now and have taken loads of laxatives a day to get rid of any water i drink or food i eat but over the last 3 days ive not eaten a single thing and drank well probably not as much as i usually do. im still taking quite a few laxatives despite not eating a thing. i feel fine not hungry or anything but this afternoon my head felt really weird and my eyes went blury for a couple of seconds. i really do need to lose weight so not eating wont hurt me with the amount of fat i have on me. Sorry maybe i should have put this in the obesity community.
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Not eating and using laxatives could kill you. It messes up your electrolytes severely. You're losing water, but in that water you're losing potassium and sodium that your body NEEDS to activate muscles. Your heart is a muscle.
Get some Gatorade or some other sports drink, and get it quick.
At the excessive rate you're going, you're not going to survive too long I'm sorry to say. The body can only take so much. I really hope that your body's natural survival mechanisms kick in and MAKE you eat & drink something....before next Wednesday's dr. appt! (I hope it won't be too late.)
FORCE yourself! You can do it!
And the laxatives will only dehydrate you and will end up in the ER. Plus once you stop taking them after you've been on them for a while you'll gain weight and probably hate yourself. Don't put yourself through all this. Please talk to someone. Is somebody with you?