Bulimia.

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Bulimia Nervosa is a serious, potentially life threatening eating disorder characterized by a cycle of bingeing and compensatory behaviors such as self induced vomiting designed to undo or compensate for the effects of binge eating. A binge can be consuming calories ranging from 1,000 to 60,000 calories in a 1-2 hour span. Feelings of panic and guilt will set this individual to soon realize they must purge the calories by vomiting, excessive use of diuretics and laxatives, …

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…comfortable talking and maybe getting her own help her own way. We talked to a doctor separately for about a month and a half and it really helped my sister come to her senses and she slowly let go of the disorder. I am really happy that it worked because seeing my sister go through something like that was really heart breaking and scary. She is now at a healthy weight and doing very well.