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NeverBetter 15-07-2011 08:55 AM

not myself aches ,pains, ?
 
not sure if its a Ed question
but as some of you know i was let out of hospitial wen/day i was in for a week and was on bed rest so had to be wheelchaired everywhere , which didnt help cuz when i had my last weight in before i got let out i was lower in weight than i was when i was admitted dont know if thats important but just encase it is i wrote it

when i have been walkng around town rushing about or normal i find it hard walking on my feet and am alot slower. im unsure but could it be due to not beeing able to walk for a week?(im normally a really fast walker )

also for past 2days i have exprience really paiful cramps in my legs
also waking up feeling like ive ran a marathon and my legs feels strained
but infact i have only been doing the usual walking around town and exercise..........................

also it hurts to sit on hard surface and waking up in my bed itt feels like i have bruised or somethink to my spine (i do get bad back also )

sorry with the crap load questions
and also last night i couldnt take it what i did have to eat i kow it was way under normal intake but purged it anyway , but afterwards my head felt dizzy not like before like all muffeled my head felt all up in the clouds
like i wasnt with it sorry if i talk crap or nonsesce

just never exspierenced it before
hel would be really apperciated

MissAnonymous 15-07-2011 10:49 AM

It sounds to me like a combination of malnutrition, low body weight/lack of fat tissue to protect the bones, eating disordered behaviours and possibly you being stiff from being on bed rest [though this is NOT a reason to try and exercise, physically it is a very damaging activity for you right now].

Since you are already being seen for these conditions, the best thing you can do is go back to your GP and tell them what is going on. Take your partner with you if you need to.

Bone health is very important right now, being the age you are you are still supposed to be increasing bone mass, without a proper diet your bone health will deteriorate. This can lead to weakness and osteoporosis [fragility due to low bone mass], I think you should ask about calcium supplements.

There are a mass of other medical complications of an eating disorder and I am sure you will, if you haven't already, develop them if you don't change you behaviours. Some websites have some really good articles about eating disorders and their physical complications. I suggest you 'wise up' about the reality of what you are doing so that you are better equipped to make an informed decision about your current and future behaviour.

MissAnonymous 16-07-2011 11:35 PM

If its not approved why is SomethingFishy used in your FAA articles?

Animad 16-07-2011 11:45 PM

I agree mostly with the post above.

I think it will mainly be due to the low nutrition you'll have been getting and the stress that will have put on your body as it does end up where your body basically breaks down your muscles to get energy. Because of this they lose their strength and are more susceptible to cramping. Alongside this people with EDs often have electrolyte imbalances which again can be a major source of cramping. As well as this, if you've not been eating healthily for some time, even if your eating patterns have improved now, it is likely that your body will have little energy and what it is getting will be going straight to your heart/ brain alongside other organs and also being stored so your body is preparing itself for if you stop eating again. This means you'll have little energy for any kind of activity which can literally be just walking a couple of steps or standing up as your muscles do have to work quite hard for that (several have to contract at the same time and at the right level for this to occr properly and if they don't this can also case cramp).

You do need to rest up really but as well as that you do need to go and see a doctor and make sure this is the problem and nothing else can go wrong.

Really, if you have osteoporosis the main cause in girls/ pre-menopausal women of a low body weight is that their periods stop. Your ovaries stop producing oestrogen and in people oestrogen is needed in part to get Calcium into the bones. Because of this calcium (or Vit D) supplements will not usually help with this and the best way to be truthful is to get therapy to replace them (such as Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)) or better than that is your periods restarting but for that to occur it basically means you need to gain quite a bit of weight which I know will be very hard and will also take a long time. Osteoporosis in itself is not a painful condition. However it significantly reduces the strength of the bone (the name simply translates porous bones ie. holes in the bones) and therefore makes them much more likely to break (it is the reason old ladies who have gone through their menopause and not creating oestrogen to high enough levels any more often break their hips when they fall) and healing will take longer, it will not be the case of what you're experiencing right now but is likely to be occurring within you to some degree if your periods have ceased due to low body weight.

I'd advise you to read the ED Article which MANY people find useful and it should help to answer some of your questions as well as highlighting the risks of ED-related behaviours. It is written in a behaviour based way rather than different EDs so people can specifically look up what they're doing and how that may affect them.


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