Symptoms of Bulimia

Identifying symptoms of bulimia is little bit tough when compared to other eating disorders. Bulimia is an eating disorder, which is more common than anorexia. A traumatic event or depression often leads to binge eating.

This binge eating for the time being reduces the bulimic's depression or stress, but often followed by greater feelings of depression and anxiety, which is then triggered by a purge.

Bulimia is one of the most common and widely spread eating disorders, though the statistics rotating these conditions are really incorrect on the number of bulimia sufferers. The reason behind this is that bulimics are ashamed to confess that they have this eating disorder, and in some cases, they simply don’t realize that they have a problem like this.

So, Identifying symptoms of bulimia is quiet difficult because the sufferer will rarely consult the doctor, admitting for the treatment of a problem. Identifying symptoms of bulimia is up to the family and friends of that particular person, that’s why each and every one of us should know the basics on identifying symptoms of bulimia and diagnose before reporting it to a doctor, which may take the adequate measures.

Although identifying bulimia symptoms is often difficult, there are still symptoms that you can look out for if you think a friend or loved one of having bulimia:

Symptoms of Bulimia - Binge Eating

First of all, the basic thing on identifying symptoms of bulimia is to know the definition of bulimia: an eating disorder where the sufferer will often have an uncontrollable binge eating followed by intentional purging.

The purging includes vomiting, enemas, laxatives, diuretics or several other similar methods. Obviously, if you find a person bingeing and vomiting as a way of dealing with sad or angry feelings, indicates that there might be a solid sign of bulimia. Bulimia may lead to feelings of guilt and self-disgust.

Emotional Cause

In addition, bulimia has a very powerful emotional component. In most cases, binge-eating periods are driven by emotional problems and may lead to other emotional problems.

For instance, most bulimics feel guilty about their doings and a state of depression falls in after each overeating or purging session. On the other hand, it is not compulsory that if someone close to you is consequently moody, depressed and emotionally “down” will be a bulimic as this state can be caused by several factors.

Change in Body Weight

Last of all symptoms of bulimia, bulimics will predictably change body weight and proportions radically, over short periods of time. They may even alternate periods of being overweight due to extreme binge overeating with periods of being underweight due to extreme intentional purging.

From the above, in any case, a drastic change in body proportions over a short time is frequently the effect of an eating disorder, though in particular it might not be bulimia.

These four elements, intentional purging, overeating, depression or radical mood swings and drastic weight loss/gain are the easiest way for identifying symptoms of bulimia in someone. If you find these elements in you, or in someone close to you, appointing a get-together with a doctor is perhaps the wisest thing you can do.

Although these symptoms don’t really mean that you have a chronic bulimia, the eating disorder is obviously emerging and is ready for a full attack. Don’t let yourself or your close ones fall victims of this terrible eating disorder as if it is left untreated the consequences may be devastating effects to the body and ultimately lead to death.