8 years post recovery and health problems are still showing themselves

[Mrsjellybum]

I was bulimic / EDNOS for about 13 years. I went through counselling in 2010 and recovered. I had the occasional blip since but nothing major.
After having kids (&rubbish pelvic floor) when I tried to Purge I'd wee myself.
I'm ashamed to say I think this was the biggest reason for my bulimia not returning. But hey at least it helped in recovery right.

Anyway I've been seeing the dentist recently after not having one for a while.

I've had to be referred to hospital because the enamel is worn away on my teeth and they want to give me a shield to stop me grinding my teeth at night and hopefully help it.
I wasn't even that bad a bulimic (or so I thought )

I guess I'm writing so hopefully other people will read this and it may help in there recovery. I wish I'd tried to get help sooner then this may not have been as bad.

I guess I always thought I didn't need help because I wasn't underweight and it wasn't that bad.

Anyways. Rant off.

Same here. Teeth are wrecked from years of purging and using appetite suppressants (speed!). I didn’t have great gums in the first place (family history of gum disease) but years of abuse haven’t helped. I don’t purge much any more but do restrict a lot and am currently a little underweight (bmi 17). The more weight I lose the less control I have on my bladder it seems.

Amazingly well done on your recovery Mrs. Doesn’t matter what the reasons you stopped were - you stopped recovered and have stayed in recovery. That’s a massive achievement.

Thanks For your reply. You never realise the implications of it when your doing it do you. X

Thanks for posting. You have done so well, what an amazing achievement!
I have had ED - mainly anorexia but some forays into purging in younger years - for almost 20yrs. Sometimes I wish that it had actually caused some physical problems as that might have given me some incentive to change. I have even managed to concieve two children whilst underweight (BMI 16 both times). I have two friends I met in inpatient treatment years ago who both found that something related to their health (hair falling out in one case, not being able to concieve in teh other) helped them recovery. Pluses and minuses to all scenarios I suppose.