InnerSolutions: Symptoms

Learn about the typical symptoms for these eating disorders:

Find out if you may have an eating disorder:

Don't feel you have a full blown eating disorder?

Refusal to maintain recommended minimum weight.
Distorted body image.
Finding excuses to skip meals.
Generally denies an existence of a food problem.
Unusual eating behaviors or ritualistic eating patterns.
Unusual concern about school or work performance; earned grades and praise are
never "good enough."
Oversensitivity to criticism.
Unusual concern over change in routine; not flexible or adaptable.
Closed communication; usually very proper, polite and may appear tense.
Withdrawal from friends and activities; unusual commitment or immersion in activity,
(i.e. dance, working-out).
Absence of menstrual cycle (called: Amenorrhea).
Intolerance of others.
Dieting when not overweight.
Denial of hunger.
Frequent weighing.

Excessive concern about weight.
Strict dieting followed by loss of control with food.
Eating binges followed by self-induced vomiting.
Frequent overeating, especially when distressed.
Bingeing on high caloric, sweet foods.
Expressing guilt or shame about eating.
Being secretive about binges and vomiting.
Planning binges or opportunities to binge.
Feeling out of control.
Disappearing after a meal.
Depressive moods.
Alcohol and drug abuse common.
Irregularities in menstrual cycle.
Other forms of purging may include: laxatives, diuretics, excessive exercising and fasting.

If you have answered YES to any of these questions, you may have a serious eating disorder.

yes no	Do you eat when you are not physically hungry?
yes no	Do you often start and break diets?
yes no	Do you sneak eat or feel ashamed of what or how much you eat in front of others?
yes no	Do you feel in control of your eating at times and completely out of control at other times?
yes no	Do you binge, fast, induce vomiting, use laxatives or excessive exercise to try to control your weight?
yes no	Do you often feel fat or ashamed of your body?
yes no	Do you often compare your body to others and end up feeling inadequate?
yes no	Does your happiness revolve around how much or how little you eat and weigh?
yes no	Do you think that life would be perfect if you were only a certain weight?
yes no	Are your feelings about food and your body preventing you from living the life you want to live?