Thread: Is there an eating disorder that combines anorexia and exercise bulimia/ purging bulimia?

I was diagnosed with anorexia (and was clearly anorexic. I fit the criteria almost perfectly) Then I was hospitalized and got back to a healthy weight. That was over a year ago. Ever since, I haven't restricted so much, but I think I have a mixture of anorexia and exercise bulimia. During the week (while I'm busy with school) I can restrict without a problem... so that's more of anorexic behavior. Then usually on Fridays, I'll binge and purge (vomiting) with the IDGAF attitude. I rarely feel guilty after a B/P, but I'd prefer to be able to cut back to once a month so I don't damage my body too much. Saturdays and Sundays are full of eating and walking to burn calories. It's like I can't deny myself food, so I eat anything and everything (while counting calories) then walking for hours and spending most of my day compulsively burning calories. It's very tiring, but I'm hoping I'm fueling my metabolism by eating so much. I just don't want to gain weight.

just trying to get points, sorry, I really need to ask a question.

Bulimia is the act of binging and purging. It is a FORM OF anorexia.

You are STILL anorexic.

You can have both anorexia and bulemia. There isn't a name that combines the two. You'd basically have to admit to the second one to a doc in order for them to know. They usually can't tell that by looking at you - unless you happen to have a scar or callus on your knuckle from where your teeth hit your hand when you stick your fingers down your throat.

Your behavior obviously isn't normal. Do you see a psychiatrist?

Anorexia of the binge/purge subtype.

There's no such thing as 'purging bulimia' but there is a subtype of anorexia called 'purging subtype'.

It sounds more like you have bulimia as you do not fit the criteria to have anorexia or anorexia with purging subtype at the moment.

First of all, I don't know why anyone thinks bulimia is a form of anorexia. Bulimia and anorexia are entirely different eating disorders, but often you don't fall into 1 category. I'm diagnosed as EDNOS although i identify more with bulimia, i was(i'm *trying* to recover now) more then 15 percent underweight and i would go through periods where i would starve myself, then go back to binging and purging, or restrict and still purge, or eat a normal amount and purge, etc. You sound like you have EDNOS. Some people think that's a bad thing, i used to almost feel like a failure because of that diagnosis, but it's not because i wasn't thin enough to be anorexic, that isn't all that factors into the diagnosis.