i'm scared to write this. i have an eating disorder and i take large amounts of laxatives. will this hurt me?

Question

i don't want to keep taking the laxatives but i still keep doing it. today, i took 6 and yesterday i took 6 as well. i lose 4-5 pounds every other day on the average. sometimes it gains back--hence why i still keep taking more. i'm feeling awful--shaky, nauseated and crampy. does anyone know what the actual side effects of taking laxatives really are?

Answer 1

The side effects are too long to list... I would stop before you do some real damage to your system..., you only have one life to live..., use it wisely...

I would switch to eating a healthy amount of protein at each meal.., once you consume a certain amount..., your body gives you that I'm full feeling... You will slowly drop the weight... The way you are doing it actually hurts your system. If you do it too much..., then you'll never bounce back..., that feeling you have now will follow you for the rest of your life... It isn't worth the few extra pounds of weight loss. I wish you the best....

Answer 2

Hi Debbie/mickey,

This is terrible! This is unhealthy way too! Through my experience, I only take once a week for weekly detox. If a best laxative should not bringing you an awful experience. It should give a amazing experience after you released the many toxin which kept for so many years inside our body especially our lovely intestine. This is not the bank interest but rubbish ok!

Please love our body. Listen to our body and feel it. It will tell you how bad of it's feeling if you done some something wrong to it such as torture it with unnatural way.

Care for your body! Live it healthily and harmony with nature!

Please do contact me immediately if you need the useful information.

Care from Joy

Answer 3

Not only are you at risk for electrolyte imbalance, you will eventually wreck the normal peristalsis of your intestines and will scar/discolor the colon. At autopsy, you can tell if someone has abused laxatives. It is called melanosis coli.

Quit obsessing about your weight. Throw away the scale and go out and do something meaningful with your life. Read a book that furthers your understanding of yourself/people or life in general; volunteer at a nursing home or child care center. Throw a hammer at Habitat for Humanity. You have your whole life ahead of you, don't throw it away sitting on a toilet squirting out what you think willl make you more desirable.

Answer 4

You are going to hurt yourself badly and not be able to fix it! Please go get help honey. It's a long journey but you'll be better for it! Good luck and be careful!!