Bulimia Nervosa...

[The Future]

Yeah, well sadly- I suspect someone in my family of being bulemic, and have started to notice an extremely odd shift in her behavior lately. I live in a house with my aunt, no other family members(since my mother and sister moved out almost a year ago, it's basically that I pay her rent, and live on my own)...

My aunt is pretty overweight, always has been. But recently I notice LARGE quanitities of food missing in my house- whole plates of brownies, strange behaviors and sounds coming from her while she's in the bathroom, and a few times I have even seen her regurgitate slightly because she says her throat dries up when eating certain things...in my mind- BULL SHIT...She has been eating a ton, but not putting on any weight; losing it actually, and seems to always have a dazed/half drunken aura to her. She also has bloodshot eyes alot of the time, and feels weak and loses her balance easily. At first, I suspected it may be some kind of drug she was on- prescription or narcotic, because of her altered state and weight loss...But I know her morals and standards, and she doesn't seem like the type to become drug dependent at her age, and her abnormal consumption of food and strange bathroom behaviors has led me to believe it is that she's rapidly falling deeper into her bulemic condition.

Guys, what should I do to get her help? Do you feel I have diagnosed correctly? Should I say something and confront her, let her know that I know about the problem? We are honestly pretty damn close as aunt and nephew can get, but I'm not sure if it's my place to pull rank on her, but I REALLY am concerned about the long term effects this can and will have on her body. Just coming here because I want some honest and helpful advice...Please no immature/idiotic replies.


-Thanks guys, much appreciated...

[dalethegreat]

the 'say something and comfort her' sounds like the best thing to do to me. don't be blunt about it though just say it slyly or hint it 'cause u could be wrong

[● kaneisdaman ●]

Honestly sit down and confront her. It is best to express your views and considering how close you two are, it shouldnt be anything bad. Definitely speak to her. Your diagnosis may or may not be right but it doesnt hurt to ask. There could be an alternate plausable explanation to what you have been seeing. Talk to her and see how it goes, it is definitely the way to go.

[Deleted]

i think shes got the munchies dude

[inrogers29]

Sit down 1 on 1, in a comfortable setting and tell her you would like to talk.

[Ian from 616Entertainment.]

I can speak from experience, my brother had bulimia (he still throws up, I know it, but it's not nearly as bad as before.)

He lost weight so quickly, and eventually started to become skin and bone. My parents caught on, and started paying closer attention to what he would do when we ate. They noticed how much he would eat at one sitting, and how often he would use the a bathroom after eating. His binges got to the point that our groceries became more and more expensive, because he was in eating everything, no joke.

They eventually sent him to a treatment center, where he stayed for a month or so. They took him out too soon, I know that. He's gotten a lot better and is now built like a brick craphouse. You need to sit her down and say something though, because the doctor told my parents if they didn't send him to a treatment center he'd have been dead in 2-3 months.

It's very serious.

[ra24sabu]

Sounds like drugs to me. Most of the symptoms you seem to notice seem like they could be from bulimia, except the bloodshot eyes. Maybe it's a combination? When drugs are invlolved, you can't take people's morals into consideration, when any crime is involved, for that matter.

[hammerzeit]

RKO her