Do any of you also suffer with some of the following physical symptoms that I have been struggling with? I experience daily acid reflux that has damaged my voice box over the years. I used to love to sing, but now my voice is mostly gone. Also, due to binge eating, often have nausea, sour stomach, bowel issues, gas, etc. If anyone else has these problems, I'd like to know that I am not the only one. I feel I this part of the eating disorder is such an ugly secret...
Journey...I personally do not suffer from this. I am recovered, and my ED was pure restictive anorexia. But this is not uncommon for those with different types of symptoms, and everyone has different, unique vulnerabilities. Are you seeing a doctor, or a professional for treatment of the ED?
I strongly encourage you to do this. You can recover, and while I don't know about the damage to your vocal cords, you can prevent further damage to other areas of your body. Please continue to share! Take care..Jan ♥
janurse,
Thanks for your encouraging comments. Yes, it would be good to get medical treatment, but I lost my teaching job this past summer due to cutbacks and now I'm going to school and working part time. I probably won't have insurance again until next fall - when I hope to have a full time job again. So I will not be able to get medical treatment for a while. But just having found this website helps - it is so good to know I am not alone in struggling to get better. It's good to have a community of people like you. :) Thank you!
I understand...but you might look into seeing someone as a health center, or someone who charges based on a sliding fee schedule.
Please continue to share and reach out here....we 'get' it!!
Jan ♥
i understand exactly how you feel. i have acid reflux too and its terrible.i suffer from it everyday, been taking medication and i think its even making it worse. this really sucks.