how often do you b/p?

[heart18]

i b/p round 3/4 times a day but i literally cnt do nething else.food is all i think about.i'm going to have to drop out of college because i am actually failing and i dont even go in anymore.yet evryone else seems to still be able to do other daily tasks while i just can't.and the worst part is i feel like i don't even have a proper excuse. like on tv you hear of people throwing up like 50times a day!and i'm no where near that bad yet i just cnt do anything else anymore.

[FishFace]

I can't even comprehend how someone could throw up 50 times a day

I've gotten to doing the b/p thing about once a day now, and I'm hoping to stop entirely at some point.

heart18, I don't know a lot about your situation, but it sounds like things have gotten out of your control. I hardly ever advise people to seek help, because I know it's a hard thing to do (I can't do it), but I have to ask you to get help. This is a horribly difficult thing for you to handle alone. If there's anyone you trust --a counselor, teacher, friend, religious leader-- please tell them this and ask for help.

I know what you mean about how everyone else seems to be able to do daily tasks, like, why can't we be like them? I dropped all my college classes last semester but resumed again this semester, yet it still seems so hard just to get myself to go. I don't even know why, really.

I'm concerned, so let me know how stuff goes for you, ok?

[greyrain101]

Hi hunny, I b/p 3-4 times a day as well although I never really b more than a snack. However, I understand what you are dealing with. I am a highschool senior, working on enrolling in college, play three sports, and am working for a softball scholarship. Somedays I cant focus on anything other than b/p. and my weight. However, I found that everytime I feel like eating I can throw myself furiously into some productive activity. This helps me not only take in zero calories but get stuff done as well. Idk if this will help but I seem to get alot done. Also, there are fiber packets that you can put in water bottles and shake up. They have about 15 cal. per pack and they keep you full and make you feel like not eating at all. These help keep me focused as well and you fully digest anything you eat better. Hope this helps

[Thru_The_Looking_Glass]

Heart18, Im going thru the same exact thing right now and have been thru it before. Im currently b/p 2-3 times a day, however ive been b/p free for 3 days due to some strict changes ive enforced.

I have to agree w the others and advise u to get help. When I was a sophmore in college I dropped out due to the intensity of my depression and bulimia. I had started treatment that semster and wanted to focus strictly on getting better. I did get a lot better and went back to school the following semester.

Im now in my last semester as a senior and its happening again. Im missing whole weeks of class to stay home and binge and purge and not getting out of bed. I drew the line when I missed a test last week. They r letting me retake it, but they want a dr excuse. The issue is that i told them i had food poisoning, so now I have to sit down w them and explain my situation.

Im actually doing this tomorrow. I kno how u feel, like its not a good excuse. Im so scared that theyre just going to look at me and go "are u joking? nevermind, u cant retake the test". But the fact of the matter is that u r sick and its not an excuse, its a debilitating disorder that u live with.

Im getting proof of my attendence at the mental institution I go to, as my dr excuse. Worse comes to worse, atleast I can say im trying to fix this and not letting it run my life. Ur teachers might expect the same. Think about getting help. I wouldnt be alive if it werent for my treatment team.

[ReiseOhneEnde]

It's so incredible to hear other people talk about how hard it is to go to class. I registered with the disability center at my school for my depression, but they wouldn't give me any assistance or excuse for skipping class - which is the only thing I asked for! I take full responsibility for doing bad on tests etc., because there is always some point in time where I could force myself to study. But I've been known to stare at the wall for 1/2 hour, thinking it was like 2 minutes, and realizing I'm too late to go to class. I don't know how to explain it to other people. It's terrible. And now that I've started purging again, I avoid places where I'd have to eat in front of other people too. So I've become kind of a hermit.

As far as b/p...I don't know if you read my thread, but I have rumination disorder, which is where I regurgitate my food...I don't have to actively make myself throw up; it just comes up little by little and I spit it in a cup. I always eat something healthy first (like carrots or whatever) and then when I start spitting up the carrots, I stop, so that way I know I got most of the unhealthy stuff out.

That said...I take my medicine in the morning and eat a bowl of cereal. I won't let myself purge for like 3-4 hours so my medicine has time to digest. From that point on, every time I'm hungry, I eat & spit up. The only things I'll let stay down are fruits, vegetables, and sometimes soups. Then at night I take a multivitamin, vitamin D, and a calcium supplement, so I hopefully won't die anytime soon. As for how much I purge...I usually empty 5-6 drinking glasses a day, about 1.5 per meal.

[Hippopotomonstrosesquippe]

i usually do 4-5, breakfast, lunch, snack(big snack) , dinner and sometimes dessert
i usually dont digest anything... i once went 2 and a half weeks without anything staying down, but throughout the past seven weeks(which hav been my worst ever) ten of those days, ididnt throw up at all
btw today is one of those ten!!!=)

[STFUxNAME]

it depends on how much i eat, i usually cheat by eating a slice of pizza, then once i finish it i throw up right away, so usually only once, sometimes 0.

[fuzzybluelint]

I've been b/p ing 1x day 4-6 days a week.
I have to work it around family. And I've recently started exercising 3 hrs after a b/p. It's getting so time consuming!

[WhiteRabbit]

i do it about 5-8 times a day. ):

[sad panda stevi]

binge...rarely just this week has been bad,...purge, almost everyday and if i decide that it is a day to purge its usually around 3 times, even if i only had one meal..i eat so little usually its hard to say what i even have to throw back up :/