I am severely anemic per my doc and am supposed to take iron pills. I was wondering if it was a result of my bulimia and if so, what is the connection since I'm not throwing up or otherwise losing blood? The only thing I can think of is that I may have internal bleeding? Also, I hate to take iron pills b/c I am always constipated.
Please help,
Justme40
Hey,
As you don't throw up or lose blood it can be difficult to figure out why, could it be through your stools, even really heavy periods cause it, and women are way more suspectable to it than men.
I went through a period of anemia too I was so tired from it. Are you taking plenty of iron into your diet ya? Liver is a great source, and it is actually nice, I used to hate it, not i like it, but any red meat is the best way.
And make sure to get plenty of fibre in while you are on those tablets...both the soft fibres and hard fibres...soft can be found in fruit, these break down the actual food itself and the harder more ruffage can be found in high fibre cereals, these really clean the walls of the intestine and keep everything moving, and plenty of water too also helps. Also read the cereal box some claim to have high fibre but don't. I find All-bran from Kelloggs to work best for me...Bran Flakes although advertised to be high bran actually have very little.
Oh and in another post you asked if there were other chat rooms for bulimics, many people here email each other, maybe you could set some msn chats up with them on your own account if you got a few of them together? I'm not sure of any chatrooms for ED suffers sorry hun.
Hope you having a good day.
Don't worry you won't be on those tablets forever, just until your iron levels are balanced, but with that your energy will improve too so there's another bonus too.
Love to you
Moongal x
I am certainly no expert on this subject but it makes sense to me that if you are throwing up after you eat (Bulimia) then when you eat a food containing iron then throw it up you could not get any of the iron in the food supplying it.
I was severely iron deficient for a different reason. Sever menstrual cycles caused a huge lose of blood as I was going through the change of life ( menopause ). Anyway, like you I was so tired and had horrible headaches. I tried the iron from the Dr. but I just could not take it it caused such constipation that then I had not just one problem but two!! A friend of a friend suggested that I try a product that she had had great results with and no constipation. I was desperate because I could barely function because of intense fatigue!! I went to this website and ordered. http://www.shaklee.net/adkins/product/20491 I was not sure this would be able to bring me out of my iron deficiency but I was willing to try. I took it for 2 weeks and could not believe the difference. No more fatigue or headaches. WOW!!! How exciting!!
Now, it may not work for you if you throw it up as soon as you take it and that is your decision but hey it is worth it for sure!! You may want to check out this website because I also love the protein drink Cinch that could help you reverse the muscle loss from the Bulimia you may also be experiencing. I am excited to pass this along because I hope it will help you as it did me.
Oh yeah, I felt even better about trying this stuff because it was 100% guaranteed!! Sense I had never taken anything like this that made me feel better about the whole thing. God Bless you Moongal, I will be praying for you and hope you will be feeling better soon as you live your life to the fullest!!!