Cosmic Thing
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- Posted: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:03:28 +0000
Hey. I saw "success stories". Well, I have one...
I survived a severe case of anorexia, I shouldnt be alive, but I am.
A year ago from today, I was starving and purging. I was so scared. I started a IOP (intensive out paitent) 3 days a week, 3 hours a day... of course that didnt help. I w as purging constantly even if I ate only an apple. there where times I just had no gag reflex and I would be so determined to purge I would drink toxic substances to vomit. I was sent to a PHP program (partial hospital) 5 days a week, 6 hours a day. I was so bad after a few weeks they said I could drop dead any second and I didnt have 2 weeks if I didnt go inpaitent, I was in heart failure at this point. so I went. I was there a month and a half, and got re-feeding syndrome. I was okay in the end. When I got home I didnt know what to do with myself... while inpaitent they fed me and prepaired my meals, so I didnt know what to do. I slowly relapsed, was an exercise addict...and then went back into PHP. I tore my esophagus and was vomiting blood. I healed after having to go thrrough treatment for that alone. I was also sent to a psych unit for a week after attempting suicide and it was concluded I'm bipolar and I am now on medication that works great (but thats a whole other story) I stayed in PHP with a awesome case manager and is now doing better than I ever have... if I can do it so can you. eating disorders and from hell. if you ahve one keep fighting <3
I survived a severe case of anorexia, I shouldnt be alive, but I am.
A year ago from today, I was starving and purging. I was so scared. I started a IOP (intensive out paitent) 3 days a week, 3 hours a day... of course that didnt help. I w as purging constantly even if I ate only an apple. there where times I just had no gag reflex and I would be so determined to purge I would drink toxic substances to vomit. I was sent to a PHP program (partial hospital) 5 days a week, 6 hours a day. I was so bad after a few weeks they said I could drop dead any second and I didnt have 2 weeks if I didnt go inpaitent, I was in heart failure at this point. so I went. I was there a month and a half, and got re-feeding syndrome. I was okay in the end. When I got home I didnt know what to do with myself... while inpaitent they fed me and prepaired my meals, so I didnt know what to do. I slowly relapsed, was an exercise addict...and then went back into PHP. I tore my esophagus and was vomiting blood. I healed after having to go thrrough treatment for that alone. I was also sent to a psych unit for a week after attempting suicide and it was concluded I'm bipolar and I am now on medication that works great (but thats a whole other story) I stayed in PHP with a awesome case manager and is now doing better than I ever have... if I can do it so can you. eating disorders and from hell. if you ahve one keep fighting <3
