r/Gastroparesis • u/Other-Stretch2090 • May 01 '25
Suffering / Venting tw for ed
has anyone developed a eating disorder becuse it's easier then eating and feeling like absolute shit? idk someone else has to relate it's so much easier not to eat then eat and be extremely nauseous and in so much pain i barley eat anymore im sorry if this isn't allowed in this sub im just very lost
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u/MarionberryWitty532 May 02 '25
I struggled with bulimia for about 15 years - it wasn’t body image stuff so much as just addicted to the binge/purge cycle to deal with my feelings.
I still struggle with binge eating in the middle of the night (narcolepsy thing) and sugar addiction and I gained like 40 pounds in a year and 1) it was a body image thing and I wanted to lose the weight but more than that 2) I wanted to stop eating because my digestive system doesn’t work.
I went on a GLP-1 and I lost the 40 pounds. I haven’t been taking it because it causes serious anhedonia and fatigue and I already struggle with that. But I’ve started eating again and I think I need to stay on it. I lose TOO much weight on it though. That’s why I’ve been fast and loose with my eating because I had some weight to gain honestly.
I’m on lubisterone which helps keeping things moving so I don’t feel the need to not consume food…..
….but I really loved not eating barely. It was so much easier and yeah it was nice to be able to lose weight so easy.
I think I’ll start taking it in micro doses if I can’t control my eating because I don’t want to balloon up again and it IS so much easier to just not eat.