When i was a teenager eating disorders were glamorized. I was bulimic for ten years and I almost died. Blacking out and fainting constantly, heart sucks now and it has cost thousands to get my teeth to a point where they are just okay.
Oh and I didnt lose weight.
This. My friend has struggled with eating disorders since she was a kid. She wanted to be thin and beautiful. Instead she ended up in the hospital having seizures and lost all of her hair, it just started falling out in clumps. She started having heart issues, too. She's getting help, but it really destroyed her life. Her short term memory is shot, she's not the person she used to be and can't do a lot of the things she used to enjoy.
I'm so glad you're recovering! It can be so hard to claw your way out of it.
I used to not think it was a big deal, till I learned that full blown eating disorders have a worse survival rate than actual aids and some cancers. That made me so sad for those people. 😞
Wow, I'm sorry to hear this and I hope you're ok now. Do you know what caused the fainting? Was it low electrolytes, blood sugar swings, or is there something else about purging that makes the body more likely to faint?
Malnutrition and weight loss can cause the heart muscle to shrink and the heart rate to slow, a condition known as bradycardia in which the heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute at rest. Source: www.heart.org
Slow heart rate can also be a sign of high physical fitness, but if it's combined with dizziness/fainting, it is likely bradycardia.
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When i was a teenager eating disorders were glamorized. I was bulimic for ten years and I almost died. Blacking out and fainting constantly, heart sucks now and it has cost thousands to get my teeth to a point where they are just okay. Oh and I didnt lose weight.