The symptoms of Bulimia basically include:
1.Excessive eating, as you do not realize the exact quantity of food to consume.
2.Frequent eating in less than two hours time span.
3.Have the binge purge cycles.
4.Getting anxious about putting on extra weight and feel ashamed of the overeating habit.
5.Getting rid of calories, which you have eaten through processes like fasting, vomiting or exercising a lot or even misusing the diuretics, laxatives, enemas and ipecac syrup. The misuse of all these medicines may cause a lot of serious health troubles and at times death too.
6.Base the value and self esteem upon the shape of the body and weight.
The above symptoms are the sign of bulimia or some other eating disorder, which needs to be treated. If you think that you are affected by any of these symptom or your friends has it, then taking help from the heath professional, family and friends is very necessary.
The other eating problems and bulimia may be difficult to treat or diagnose as the people often keep the unhealthy thoughts and the
behaviors secret which may deny them to accept their disorder.Frequently, a person will not get the treatment and evaluation till the
time an outsider notices the symptoms of the bulimia and ask the person to take help from the professionals.