collectinglight
12-01-13, 16:30
Hi everyone,
To cut a long story short, I was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa at the age of 12 and now being 22 and pretty much housebound for the last four years, Im in a real poor state both physically and mentally.
I have extreme anxiety and chronic digestive issues (constant nausea, indigestion, bloating, stomach pain, etc), which is likely to be closely related to my eating disorder, but...I also have hyperparathyroidism and my consultant has discovered two tumours (benign) on my parathyroid.
My question is.....I know people with Anorexia and know they suffer digestive discomfort, but not as extreme as Ive been experiencing it over the last four years. Pretty much every ant-acid has failed to work their magic on my CONSTANT indigestion (burping, acid), and much of the prescription anti-emetics dont touch my nausea....
Because of my Anorexia, Ive had an addiction to aspartame for the past 6 years and have probably consumed thousands of packets of sugar-free gum (sometimes eating up to 6 packets a day) and thousands of Canderel sweeteners daily also. At one time, the majority of my money was spent of Canderel products, taking up to 12 in each drink and literally eating the sweetener packets/tablets out of the box. Embarrassing as this is, is was part of my illness.
After 6 years of constant abuse, Ive cut down massively, and am working on stopping all consumption of aspartame and sugar-free products altogether after hearing about the effects and long term effects of Aspartame poisoning.
Could my past aspartame abuse have caused me any long term damage? Will the symptoms of "aspartame poisoning" lessen as I continue to detox? Im currently on a journey of healing/recovery and am terrified of how this addiction may have effected me in the long term.
Any help would be really appreciated,
Thanks
:unsure:
El
To cut a long story short, I was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa at the age of 12 and now being 22 and pretty much housebound for the last four years, Im in a real poor state both physically and mentally.
I have extreme anxiety and chronic digestive issues (constant nausea, indigestion, bloating, stomach pain, etc), which is likely to be closely related to my eating disorder, but...I also have hyperparathyroidism and my consultant has discovered two tumours (benign) on my parathyroid.
My question is.....I know people with Anorexia and know they suffer digestive discomfort, but not as extreme as Ive been experiencing it over the last four years. Pretty much every ant-acid has failed to work their magic on my CONSTANT indigestion (burping, acid), and much of the prescription anti-emetics dont touch my nausea....
Because of my Anorexia, Ive had an addiction to aspartame for the past 6 years and have probably consumed thousands of packets of sugar-free gum (sometimes eating up to 6 packets a day) and thousands of Canderel sweeteners daily also. At one time, the majority of my money was spent of Canderel products, taking up to 12 in each drink and literally eating the sweetener packets/tablets out of the box. Embarrassing as this is, is was part of my illness.
After 6 years of constant abuse, Ive cut down massively, and am working on stopping all consumption of aspartame and sugar-free products altogether after hearing about the effects and long term effects of Aspartame poisoning.
Could my past aspartame abuse have caused me any long term damage? Will the symptoms of "aspartame poisoning" lessen as I continue to detox? Im currently on a journey of healing/recovery and am terrified of how this addiction may have effected me in the long term.
Any help would be really appreciated,
Thanks
:unsure:
El