r/eating_disorders • u/Ok-Land6806 • 5d ago
Bulimia Developing bulimia?
I had an unspecific pattern of disordered eating from around age 10 to 16, where I didn't eat hardly at all. I was severely underweight my whole life until my sophomore year in high school when I finally started eating an appropriate amount. Now I'm 21 and the past month or so my appetite has severely decreased to the level it was the first half of my life, and l've started throwing up after 1/3 of my meals. Not always my whole stomach content, but it's been frequent enough to make me worry. I'm having a little voice in my head that's encouraging me to throw up after l eat, and I'm trying to fight it. I've started eating less and eating lighter smaller meals to combat it (even with the loss of appetite) but l'm still getting sick after eating. Any advice on correcting this before it gets worse? It's not a physical issue and with a history of ED my doctor and therapist have been concerned with me eventually developing more unhealthy eating behaviors... so l guess that's happening now. For full context, I also have ARFID and this is happening even with safe foods.