What are the top 5 signs of an eating disorder

Do you recognize the five early warning signs of eating disorders…?

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Eating disorders are a category of disorders that impede the normal consumption of food. Eating disorders generally fall into three categories; anorexia nervosa bulimia nervosa and binge eating . Regardless of the type of eating disorder, p…

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Pleasee help me I really need help!?

Q: If you dont even Know all of them can you please just help me on a couple if u cant answer all thanks so much..In the United States, mental health problems affect what percentage of children and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 17?(Points: 1) 5 percent 15 percent 25 percent 50 percent2. Why do mental disorders usually develop?(Points: 1) A chemical imbalance in the brain A dangerous environment A friend A teacher or parent3. Which of the following are the top three mental and emotional problems that teens face?(Points: 1) Anxiety Depression Suicidal thinking Eating disorders Stress 4. Depression is a problem that can be solved by the willpower to pull yourself out of it.(Points: 1) True False5. Which of the following are signs of depression?(Points: 1) Increasing problems with school or family Irritability and restlessness The depressed person wants to be alone most of the time All of the above6. Which of the following is not a sign of anorexia nervosa?(Points: 1) Loss of hair Improved muscle definition Sensitivity to cold temperatures Loss or absence of menstrual periods7. A person who has decided to kill himself or herself cannot be helped.(Points: 1) True False8. Which of the following is a suicide warning sign?(Points: 1) Giving away treasured possessions Dramatic change in personality Abusing alcohol and other drugs All of the above9. Which of the following are risk factors for attempting suicide?(Points: 1) Depression Alcohol Being isolated from others All of the above10. Which of the following are signs that someone may be suffering from bulimia nervosa?(Points: 1) Loss of tooth enamel Being very underweight Being very overweight Broken blood vessels in the face 11. Which of the following is not one of the three ways you can help someone who displays signs of mental or emotional problems?(Points: 1) Communicate Offer help Argue about the person’s problems Follow through with getting help12. If a friend tells you he is thinking about killing himself, which of the following should you do?(Points: 1) Leave him alone Call 911 Get help immediately Try to change the subject 13. Treatment for an emotional or mental health problem usually begins with _____.(Points: 1) 14. Asking a friend if he is thinking of killing himself will not give him the idea to do it.(Points: 1) True False15. If someone wanted professional help with a mental or emotional problem, he could do which of the following?(Points: 1) Call a toll-free telephone hotline Check a reliable Web site Go to the school counselor All of the above

A: Okay a couple I’ll help you with. However, some of the answers given could be more than one for that particular question.#15 – All of the above#14 – False#13 – Therapy and medication#11 – Argue#9 – All of the above#8 – All of the above#7 – False#6 – Improved muscle definition#5 – All of the above#3 – Actually they all are, but the least is eating disorders#2 – Chemical imbalance (but it can be hereditary too)Well, I gave you more than a few 🙂 Good luck

some tips on dealing with severe bowel illnesses?

Q: Bottom line is, I suffer from a Bowel illness. The doctors are very tentatively giving it the title of “Severe IBS”. It started 5 years ago, diagnosed with IBS, was never really a major issue besides the fact I had to watch what I ate. Fine. Over the years it’s gotten progressively worse. I’ve played doctors favourite guinea pig for two years now with no signs of slowing down. Good news is my latest Endoscopy’s (one down the throat, one through the bowels) show no signs of Crohn’s disease or colitis. Which is a bitter sweet pill to swallow because I’m happy It’s not either of those two, but would have been satisfied if we could just put a name to it. Regardless, I’ve tried SO MANY Different diets by doctor has told me to stop for the time being, eat normal food, live normal for a while until he can see me again. Fair enough.. basically my daily routine is I wake up at about 1 PM feeling like someone beat the crap out of me while I slept, I don’t eat breakfast, Don’t eat lunch, I eat a bit of dinner, I take a tablespoon of soluable fibre twice a day, I drink a protein shake every day because My weight tends to drop during my worst times. Then I go to bed. My schedule is completely out of wack, I never know when I’ll be awake or when I’ll be sleeping. It’s bad in the mornings, it’s best late afternoon/evening and it’s bad again during the night. It’s not specific things, it’s just food in general, which is why I don’t eat a lot to begin with.To top it all off.. I’m 16, Lost a whole semester of school to it last year, had to be homeschooled just to achieve 50’s (i’m usually an 80+ Average). I went back to school this year but again, haven’t been to school in three weeks for the simple fact that I go to school, but end up having to come home sometimes before first period is even over. It’s pathetic. I can’t even go to school. Not to mention I also had to give up my job for it.and the best my specialist has done in recent months is sent me to a god damned shrink to “manage stress”. And all THAT Did, was stress me out. I manage stress fine, I don’t know how he managed to find a stress shrink as a solution to a bowel disorder but i did what i had to do, and guess what, big suprise here, it didn’t do anything for me.What else can I do to keep myself up? My spirits at least.. Remember, I’m 5 years into this, unless you have a really experienced suggestion, chances are I’ve tried it, but I appreciate all tips.People look at me and go “Don’t let it consume you, you should go to school and live a normal life” I’m dead serious when I say it’s physically impossible to attend class in the condition i’m in. I’m not letting it consume me, I really don’t have a say in what it does.How the hell do I control it, or what can I do to help my body feel normal.I live my life feeling like crap all the time. The physical exhaustion starts to get to you, so does the depression and many other feelings.This isn’t just a one dimensional illness, anyone who has suffered from anything remotely close to what I am, knows what I’m talking about.Anyways, any input is appreciated, thank you.

A: So sorry about what you are going through. I can only point you to where I finally got help after 15+ of suffering from IBS (although not as severe as you I also went to multiple specialists and got poked and scoped and put on worthless diets). www.helpforibs.com (go through the blue links in the text on the first page- read them all to get the whole picture- you probably know a lot of what is there but if you haven’t read her book, I bet there is new info there for you). It also has user forums with great support from people who have the disease as bad as you do and who have turned their lives around (people who had not left the house for years who now can). They are a very supportive group. It also has a recipe board that has helped me as well (inventive ways to make foods safer for IBS patients). Good luck- you can figure this out- but looks like it is on you and not the drs after they rule out the other diseases!!

Muscle Twitching Etc. – Anxiety or Something Else?

Q: hi everyone. i am a 19 year old male in good physical condition. i run competitively (half marathons), bodybuild, and eat very well. Approx. 27 days ago i went to the doctor with a bad sinus infection and “pockets” in my throat. i was given a kenalog shot for the allergies (i live in west texas, the gin dust can sometimes get bad) and amoxocillan for the infection. i took this for 10 days and everything cleared up. christmas eve (i had already been off my antibiotics a few days) that night i felt very dizzy and felt as though i was going to pass out…we thought it was blood sugar so i ate something (although i had been eating all day!) and it seemed to help. next day (christmas) same thing happened, however i felt dizzy all day. the next and third day i had these symptoms, i was eating at a mexican restaurant and got very dizzy and felt as though i was going to pass out (bp dropped, lips got purple , i got weak and could not sit up straight). i went home and it never went away…that night i started twitching muscularly. i stayed up all night and would jerk when i was about to fall asleep…all signs of anxiety.well, here is my question. it has been 17 days ive had muscle twitching. i feel very week in my hands, i get numbness on the outside on my hands (the sides adjacent to your pinky fingers) that run up my wrists and disappear somewhere in my arm. if i squeeze something lightly, my hand(s) will begin to shake. i have tremors anytime i wake up that go away. i also have been experiencing “light spots” in my vision. they are small but make me scared because i havent found too much evidence that anxiety can cause that.to summarize my symptoms:dizzinesstingling in hands and random spots on my body. blurred vision (not all the time)tingling in my face muscle twitches at random places especially in handsoccasionally a head pain although nothing persistent or bad (i think this might be stress related?)tremors whenever i wake up (especially if i am about to go to sleep, jerk and am woken up the tremors ALWAYS start)my right toe next to my “big toe” hurts at the base at random times and sometimes persists for an hour or more. i looked up a diagram and where i “think” it is hurting is the nerve ending to the eustachian tube…im not a doc, only looking at a picture so not sure if thats really what is hurting. i feel tightness at the very top of my right calf that spans to about halfway up the bend opposite of my knee (back side of leg). this also comes and goesthe doctor said i could have labyrinthitus causing the dizziness and then anxiety about this causing all the other symptoms. or worse case scenerio a brain tumor and therefore they recommend a CT scan. of course everyone will tell me to get that, but what do my symptoms sound like? i am a perfect canidate for anxiety disorder, i have had a very rough year and been under extreme depression. the thing that scares me is, if these symptoms are from anxiety, it seems like when i would relax (ive had a great weekend and taken my mind off it), it would subside? i tried working out yesterday and it made everything much worse…i stayed up until 5 am twitching, i took ativan but im very sparring as i do not want to get addicted! help please?

A: I’m not a doctor, but your doctor could be right about the labyrinthitus. After being on antibiotics and then suddenly going off of them, this can sometimes cause new bacterial infections (suddenly the bacterial desolation caused by the antibiotics is ‘livable’ for bacteria again).