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Malnutrition and Stomach aches

Scout21
Scout21

Unfortuantely the eating disorder group has gone silent for some time, so I thought that maybe I could reach out to any other individuals who are also experiencing side effects of an eating disorder here. 



I hate it so much. It has come to a point where I would have a banana for breakfast and I feel as though I ate a dinner for 12. It's the worst feeling I have ever gone through. It ruins my mood, my daily life and hope for recovery. I have one more support group meeting before I meet with a dietition in March, but I am really struggling to wait that long. I know that once I stop eating I will never recover from early satiety (if I haven't developed gastroparesis yet...)


I think it all comes down to how I handle my depression, anxiety and stress levels. I do not handle stress well, nor have I taught myself how to handle it. 


There is this constant nagging in my mind that I don't want help, that this is all normal to me. Being so self-aware AND mentally ill is so exhausting. I can't do this anymore. I feel so bloated. I want to unalive myself. If I have to suffer to overcome the gastroparesis symptoms just to feel normal again, god please, give me strength to pull through. I am scared. I hate who I have become...and what I have created.

Scout21
Scout21
I visited my local urgent care on Christmas day of 2024 to seek help for my diet and weight problem; that was when I was referred to an eating disorder support group. I have to attend four sessions in total before getting to see a specialist (Feb 26th being my last day). Luckily, I won't have to wait too long as I already have secured an appointment date next month to see a dietitian. But to be honest, I think I need more help than just seeing a dietitian...

I just want to know if there are other individuals out there also going through a bad time with losing weight and unable to eat a normal portion of food without getting bloated and nauseated.

This has been going on for so long that I can't even remember the main trigger that started with me eating less and fasting so much. I did finish a intense practicum during that time, and failed to secure a job at the practicum site, might have something to do with that, but I'm not sure.

Sometimes I think it's just another form of me harming myself
arfie
arfie
extreme digestive problems, little to no appetite and underweight have been with me for all of my 70 years, scout, buttttaaa. . . i'm not overly confident it is the same problem. i've tried eating disorder support groups and always feel so out of place that i could not make them work for me. even the fashion anorexics who are starving themselves for appearances envy my problem and? ? ? i have never once in my life intentionally tried to lose weight. what's a freakasaurus going to do?

how 'bout it? are we even in the same ball park?

problem envy, in general, is pretty sad. i try to be careful what i wish for. i might get it.
Scout21
Scout21
@arfie I think all the individuals in my support group are not going through the same thing like I am. We're all going through something different, so we sit there wondering if this is close enough to the answer we are looking for. so the honest truth, I don't think we are in the same ball park?

(also fashion anorexics envying your problem is so sad)
arfie
arfie
while i haven't found an eating disorder group which works for me, the great many support groups which have worked wonders for me never seem to be going through the same life events. we are often fielding different balls, altogether. often, we each need different solutions for similar problems.

healing hopes are the thread which bind us as sibs-in-healing.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Big hug Scout and I haven't gone through this sweetie

If you feel that you can't eat or want to stop trying please go to emerg and tell them exactly what you're going through

Another hug of support and a blessing
Scout21
Scout21
@Overfloater I was told in the group that gastroparesis (or early satiety) is common with those with eating disorders.

Have you ever recovered since those 18 months? What has changed if so?
Scout21
Scout21
@arfie that is so true, well said
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