text: i was bulimic for eight years.started in school and i just didnt want to stop after that.its so easy eating chocolates and fatty food and throwing it all up after that.i loved the pleasure food gave me,but always rem it starts from the mind.its all up to you.i didnt take pro help but was disgusted i gained 20 pounds when i tried stopping.\ni am cured now,it wasnt diffcult getting back to normal.i believe if you want to you will.i exercise 4 times a week and never exeed 1400 calories. i m not skinny but healthy and prob stay this way for a bit.\noh i cheated last nite...ate endless bars of chocolates and a tub of ice cream....blamed it on depression.automatically threw some of it up....your body has a reflex action after some time.relax.we are all human.\n\nBulimia is often less about food, and more to do with deep psychological issues and profound feelings of lack of control. Binge/purge episodes can be severe, sometimes involving rapid and out of control feeding that can stop when the sufferers "are interrupted by another person or when their stomach hurts from over-extension. This cycle may be repeated several times a week or, in serious cases, several times a day.\n\nTreatment is most effective when it is implemented early on in the development of the disorder. Unfortunately, since this disorder is often easier to hide and less physically noticeable, diagnosis and treatment often come when the disorder has already become a static part of the patient’s life. Historically, those with bulimia were often hospitalized to end the pattern and then released as soon as the symptoms had been relieved. However, this is now infrequently used, as this only addresses the surface of the problem, and soon after discharge the symptoms would often reappear as severe, if not worse, than when they had originally been.\n\nThere are several residential treatment centers across the country, which offer long term support, counseling, and symptom interruption. The most popular form of treatment for the disorder involves some form of therapy, often times group psychotherapy or cognitive behavioral therapy. Anorexics and bulimics typically go through the same types of treatments and are members of these same treatment groups. This is because anorexia and bulimia often go hand in hand, and it is not unlikely that one has at some point participated in both. Some refer to this as "symptom swapping". These forms of therapy address both the underlying issues which cause the patient to engage in these behaviors, as well as the actual food symptoms as well. In combination with therapy, many psychiatrists will prescribe anti-depressants or anti-psychotics