Anorexia and bulimia are eating disorders causing people to obsess about weight and what they eat. They are characterized by a distorted body image, with an unwarranted fear of being overweight. Symptoms include trying to maintain a below-normal weight through starvation or too much exercise. Medical treatment may be needed to restore normal weight. Therapy often times is the best way work through these issues.
Symptoms & Signs of Anorexia & Bulimia
- Many people with eating disorders have major depressive disorder. They may withdraw socially, be irritable, have insomnia, and experience reduced libido. In some patients, the symptoms of major depressive disorder are physiological responses to starvation and resolve as the patient restores their body weight during treatment.
- Most people with eating disorders suffer severe anxiety. Anxiety may cause bulimics to continue eating when they are no longer hungry.
- People with anorexia nervosa are often preoccupied with food, and may collect recipes or hoard food.
- People with eating disorders are often perfectionists.
- People with anorexia nervosa are often uncomfortable eating in public, often feel ineffective, and have a strong need to control their environment.
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