Bulimia Help

please...?

Chest pains are serious. You need to consult your GP ASAP to get things checked out. If you are purging through self induced vomiting you might have caused internal damage.

i don't have a GP i just moved to a new country... and i'm starting boarding school in a week. im scared ill go back to my anorexic tendencies seeing as i am vegetarian and extremely picky about food.

yes i tooootally have had those but they don't hurt anymore. like they hurt when i purge. like i think its my heart! like it beats super duper fast when you vomit ya know?

anyone else had this?

Even if it is the ER. the last thing you would want is to drop dead your first week of school. it sounds like you need help. Please get it.

Most towns have a doctor at hand. If you are attending boarding school then see your school nurse who will refer you to the nearest doctor.

I've been thinking of seeking some sort of therapy for my ED - lately the anxiety has been too much to handle, which isn't me at all. But I have no job, no money, and no health insurance. Are there typically state assistance programs for people with EDs? I know there was mental health assistance in my home state (CT), but I'm not sure about NY - does anyone know?

i had them a couple times when i threw up but also when i was just doin normal stuff, would suddenly get this real bad pain, and then it would just disappear, maybe its linked? i dono

i just threw up and my heart is racing and i got these weird cramps lower down around my stomach area but still on the left side... the chest pains havent come back in almost a week... well since my last purge(s)

I've had chest pains on the left side on & off randomly & not super often for probably 10 years... but here's the thing - for me I realized it seems to be linked to my anxiety over food. It happens after I eat... and I can only count a handful of times it has happened in the last few years, so I know it's nothing serious and I haven't keeled over because of it.

DEFINITELY get it checked out to be sure its nothing serious!
When it first happened to me when I was 18 or so, I went to the doctor and they did one of those stress tests where they hook you up to a machine & you run on a treadmill - and nothing. I was fine. About 2 years ago I had an MRI of my chest for a possible lump in my breast & I figured if there were any other damage, they would have seen that then too - but nothing.

When I first started my structured eating on this site, I had them the first few days & then I realized I had so much anxiety & worked to calm it.

Get it checked out to rule out anything serious for sure!

This has been happening to me for a while now about a year. I went to the doctor about it and she said it was Acid Reflux gave me some medicine and a week later it was gone but I still get it on an occasion. It felt like alot of pressure in the middle of my rib cage and sometimes I would get a shooting pain. I don't know if it really is Acid Reflux b/c I didn't tell my doctor about my ED but I know it's not normal and I would see your doctor.

my sister legitimately has acid reflux, so when i told my mom it felt like i had crazy heartburn, she didn't think it was anything strange. i do think it's related to throwing up though, at least in my case.
my sister has a weak esophagus or something like that that makes it hard for the muscles in her throat to keep down her stomach bile.
so i think i've basically given myself acid reflux by throwing up all the time. it weakens everything in your asophagus so bile seeps back up and burns. i've noticed it's especially painful after drinking alcohol or eating spicy food. lately, though, it's been happening when i eat anything powerfully flavored, even just salty peanuts or very sweet jelly. i think i've just confused my body into reflexively wanting things i put into my stomach to come back up.
but even if you can identify it as acid reflux, that doesn't mean you shouldn't get checked out because it can do serious damage to your insides and even encourage esophageal cancer.

my sister legitimately has acid reflux, so when i told my mom it felt like i had crazy heartburn, she didn't think it was anything strange. i do think it's related to throwing up though, at least in my case.
my sister has a weak esophagus or something like that that makes it hard for the muscles in her throat to keep down her stomach bile.
so i think i've basically given myself acid reflux by throwing up all the time. it weakens everything in your asophagus so bile seeps back up and burns. i've noticed it's especially painful after drinking alcohol or eating spicy food. lately, though, it's been happening when i eat anything powerfully flavored, even just salty peanuts or very sweet jelly. i think i've just confused my body into reflexively wanting things i put into my stomach to come back up.
but even if you can identify it as acid reflux, that doesn't mean you shouldn't get checked out because it can do serious damage to your insides and even encourage esophageal cancer.

Depends.. it could be anything really, from anxiety to acid reflux to real internal damage, I dont recall actually having that sort of pain before.. if it still hurts and does not go away after a period of no b/p def. see someone.. are you still having the pains? im not a doc though, !!

i get these pains probably once or twice a week, its like someone is stabbing me in the heart and inhaling makesi it hurt way worse. i'm scared it could be something serious but my doctor doesn't really care and i cant talk to my rents about it...? Help lately i've been geting heartburn too but i've never had it b4 in my life. i cant believe i keep doing this to myself

I have had a similar thing in the past. Although it was frightening at the time, it passed after a while. I mentioned it to my dietitian a while ago and she told me it was relating to the continued forcing opening of my cardiac sphincter (between oesophagus and stomach).

However, that is not to say that your problem is the same or not serious. I would advise you seek medical attention as soon as possible. It may not be serious, but at least you can put your mind at rest. I hope you feel better soon. x

I have had the same issue just recently. I have been good for almost a year now, but due to recent b/p I have had chest pains. I have had chest pains in the past but they always felt like lightning in my heart. Yesterday my heart began to feel like it was racing and working harder to pump and hasn't stopped since. It's really scaring me, but I can't get anyone to take me to the hospital. Luckily I found and joined this site. I was wondering if anyone could help me? Is there anything I can do to get it to stop? When this started I also began to feel jittery, like a constant panic attack. But I'm not under any new stress. Is this a result of my b/p?

Sorry, my computer freaked out and posted three replys.

that I'm not the only one. But I hope that you get the help you need.

Hi everyone.
I get chest pains alot too...
Im a dancer, and sometimes it hurts alot when im doing a hard routine.. like when my breathing gets faster ect...
Or sometimes I get them when im resting... like out of nowhere. I also get pins and kneedles across my chest sometimes. I doint have a clue what that means??
It scares me sometimes because I worry about my heart more than anything!
Does anyone know what the pins and kneedles across the chest means, or if its even related??
Thank you! x x x x

Hi,
I am glad you found this site - welcome :)
- Regarding your heart: If the racing hasn't stop since yesterday, please get to a hospital as soon as possible! ---
It can be serious -- Meanwhile, try to see if you can find gatorate or pedialyte (in CVS or any pharmacy)--most important:hydrate! -- Major deshydration is usually the cause for the heart racing/pain due to electrolyte imbalance or esophagus scarring. Anxiety/panic attacks: due to kidney/pancreas strain --- the electrolyte imbalance can cause heart damage, so please seek medical attention--
Best luck sweetie and keep us posted :)
(((Hugs)))
Marbella

I get chest pain as well, and sometimes it radiates down my left arm and makes me feel weak. It's really scary. I do have anxiety and panic disorder, so it could be partially due to that, but I worry it's from bingeing. Does anybody have any thoughts on this? Pls try not to scare me, if possible lol I just had an ECG (is that it?) A couple weeks ago and everything was normal. But I've had a three day binge, and I don't purge anymore. I know that the heart is resilient and can take a surprising amount of abuse, and that it takes years to clog one's arteries, but this is enough to scare me into getting better. I just don't want to spend another night at the hospital, especially when ppl are in the waiting room hacking and coughing. I'm going to monitor my symptoms and if they get worse, I'll go. Anyone have any advice? Thx :) xoxo

Ok not sure this is what you are referring to but I have had sharp pains in my chest before. I used to suffer with it alot when I was younger and did alot of gymnastics. At one stage I couldnt do any form of warming up (gym) without getting an attack of it.

Anyways so went to doctor, as of course i thought was warning signs of a stroke, to find out it is the muscles in between your ribs cramping. When one of these rib muscles cramps it quite literally feels like someone is stabbing you in the chest and if you inhale it gets worse and is unbareable so you feel like you cant breathe.

To get rid of it my doctor told me to do short fast little breaths in and out over and over untill it goes, this will speed along the cramp. And it does work! Some cramps are worse than others mind and doing short little pants for one cramp may aleviate it in 10 seconds or one may need 20 seconds, but the panting will get rid of it, and of course allow you to breathe through it without having to inhale properly and so then having to suffer the knife stabbing feeling.

Hope this helps you, my doc said its nothing to worry about and is more of a burden than anything, but I would go to the doctor if I were you, even if just to put your mind at rest!

Whilst we are on I have some heart symptoms, I have one that is scaring me at present. Sometimes when I am laying in bed, I suddenly feel my heart do a big pulse which makes me hold my breath for a second, it only lasts a second but it is quite scary, best way I can describe is that it almost feels like my heart skips a beat to then be followed by a big pulse. Really freaked and going to doctor, anyone else had this??

My dad and bro have a heart murmur but I have never had one, and I had an ECG 4 years ago and I was normal. Can you develop one, but even still I dont think you can feel a heart murmur and this I can feel my heart doing something abnormal??? Anyone else have a clue what I am talking about????

OMG!!! Thank you, sweetie!!! You just made me feel a whole lot better! :) That is in fact what I suffer from: an inflammation in the lining of my chest (not sure of the medical term, but it starts with a c). I was diagnosed when I was really young and advised not to lift heavy things or vacuum. And then I went to the doctor tonight and she reiterated the same thing.

With regard to what you are experiencing, yes I get that too. Sometimes it feels like my heart temporarily stops or skips a beat and I gasp; or like there's a fluttering in my chest. I have spoken with my mother, who is a nurse, and she and I both think it's anxiety, which I suffer from. Even if you've never been diagnosed with anxiety before, having an eating disorder can cause it.

I thought it was a heart murmur as well because I had one when I was born, but apparently it's not. You're smart to go get it checked out just to be sure, but I wouldn't worry, sweetie. I'm sure it's just nerves. We're all dealing with a very serious disease that can lead to all kinds of other unpleasant issues, like insomnia, anxiety, depression, and amenorrhea (all of which I have).

PS Best of luck and please keep up posted on what your doctor says. But try not to worry, especially if it's just a sporadic thing. Anxiety can cause all kinds of scary, unpleasant symptoms :(

yea ive had that too but it stopped wen i stopped puking five times a day

I get them usually when I'm going through a rough patch. I mentioned it to my doctor and she didn't do much to address it. I find it terrifying. I also have VERY bad anxiety at times so I think that mixed with the bulimia is really what does it. I HATE HATE HATE that feeling in my heart. It scared me beyond belief.

im actually really scared what ive done to health...especially my heart.
Before my bulimia i was anorexic, it got to the point that i wouldn't be able to get out of bed in the morning, id wake up to a paralysing pain in my chest. Every time i moved there would be a tearing pain in my heart, It would take me about 5 minutes to pull myself from bed to get ready for school. a healthy person would do it in 3 seconds.
I started to think i was going to die, the pains started coming on not only in the morning but during the day as well. i refused to go to a doctor, i dont know how i was so convincing because looking back on photos now.. i cry, mostly embarrassed that i looked like that, i use to wonder why people would stare at me, i thought it was because i looked good, i was 5'10 and 40kg. it was in no way attractive.
I remember my formal date hadnt seen me in a while because id been working overseas.
He looked at me and practically choked. i feel sick when think about it.
I made a promise to myself and my family to gain weight and this time i really meant it, i really wanted to be able to leave the house without 5 layers of clothing and still managing to scare people. but i was still refusing to see a doctor. i wanted to recover on my own. but with the temptation of something other than the taste of carrots i went out of controll, i would binge eat and as time went on my binges got bigger and bigger and more uncontrollable. of course my stomach would hurt and i would throw up. The pains in my chest are less now, i sometimes get them during vomitting but i no longer think there going to kill me.
i just want to be healthy but i cant just be an average sized girl. that would mean career over. but if this is what i go through for a pay check, maybe it wouldnt be so much of a compromise.
I just want my life back . I just want to stop pushing away everyone who loves me because this god dam disease messes with my emotions and makes me depressed all the time

Point is it sucks we go through this but the possibility of a heart attack wont deter us.
I wish i could brain wash this disease out of me.

I had the same pains when i was throwing up on a more regular basis. I have now gotten to the point where i only throw up when i ate something that disgusts me... any way the point is the chest pains used to scare me so much, and now i don't have them any more. Before i read all of these comments i didn't really think that they were connected to throwing up, but looking back it makes complete sense. I haunt had a chest pain in two weeks and it feels amazing. I think i may still check with the doctor just to make sure no damage is done. Does any one have experience with telling a doctor you have an ED... i have never done so and i am kinda nervous.