Ever wonder if you have a serious problem with binge eating?

In the Harvard Mental Health Letter, I read a feature article
about the treatment of bulimia and binge eating.

Bulimia is defined as 2 or more episodes of binge eating
(consuming a large amount of food in 2 hours or less) at least
twice a week for 3 months. These episodes may be followed by
vomiting or purging (with laxatives or diuretics) and may
alternate with fasting and compulsive exercising.

People who suffer from bulimia often view this behavior as a
shameful secret.

Binge Eating Disorder (binging that is not followed by vomiting,
fasting or exercise) has gotten more attention recently since it
is being considered for inclusion as a psychiatric diagnosis.

The criteria are tentatively listed as “a condition that causes
serious distress with at least 3 of the following symptoms
occurring at least 2 days a week for 6 months:

Since most of the population has probably engaged in these
eating behaviors at one time or another, I guess it comes down
to the frequency and severity of the problem.

You can be a binge eater, but you would have to be binging quite
regularly to be considered to have Binge Eating Disorder.

Many people engage in some of these behaviors all the time.
People who live alone often eat alone.

And while eating when you aren’t hungry is not the most
satisfying experience, sometimes it is just an ingrained habit.

You do not have to be overweight to be a binge eater.

Many people with binge eating problems think they are overweight
or are worried that they will become seriously overweight.

Dieting does not necessarily stop the binging and is often
viewed as being part of the problem rather than the solution.

The body resists dieting by slowing metabolism and increasing
appetite, commonly accompanied by an intense preoccupation with
food, more binging, anxiety and depression.

If you are struggling with bulimia or severe binge eating
problems, seek help and get the support you deserve.

Don’t keep it a secret.

You do not need to be heroic and suffer alone.

If you engage in some of the binge eating behaviors, join the
club and keep reading . . .

You can learn to change all of these behaviors, even mild to
moderate binge eating by listening to your body, eating
mindfully and being kind to yourself.

Here’s to getting the help you need, Carol

What is an Anxiety Disorder?

â??Anxiety disorderâ? is a term that covers many different types of nervous conditions that cause anxiousness, feelings of fear or other unwanted, counterproductive or irrational feelings. These feelings of anxiety can be due to a particular phobia, to a particular event or happening earlier in life, or may be due to pathological (medical) uneasiness. There may be no warning of the onset of your anxiety disorders. They can be sudden, or develop gradually over many years and such events are likely to cause profound disturbance of the suffererâ??s normal daily routine. In the 21st Century, the occurrence of anxiety disorders is assuming alarming proportions. They afflict more than forty million American adults. Many adolescents, and even children, also develop these disorders. Most patients are seriously affected, with the disorder(s) affecting them for several months, or even years. You may suffer frequent bouts of fear, concern, or apprehension of some worrying event.

Why Do People Get Anxiety Disorders?

Many factors may contribute to the occurrence of anxiety disorders. There is not just one cause for all anxiety disorders. They may occur as the result of a combination of many different factors.

Those factors may include:

Childhood events: Disturbing and traumatic events in childhood, such as child abuse, loss of parents, separation from family, accident or illness, can leave a lasting effect on the mind. Even having been bullied, embarrassed, or made fun of at school can produce lasting anxieties that manifest into a serious anxiety disorder later in life.

Genetic: Parents with anxiety disorder can pass it on to, or cause their children to be more likely to suffer from this type of condition, because of genetic factors or the environment that they provide in the family home.

Stress and Trauma: Stressful, traumatic events can contribute to anxiety disorders. Domestic violence, rape (or other forms of sexual molestation), physical assault, death of a family member or loss due to natural disasters like floods or earthquakes, leaves a person feeling helpless. This feeling of powerlessness leads to fear and resultant anxiousness.

Substance abuse: Alcoholism and drug addiction may contribute to anxiety disorders in some people. And, not surprisingly, most alcoholics and drug addicts had some sort of disorder before they became addicted. The addictive substance was a coping mechanism for a time against the anxious, out of control feelings.

Medical ailments: Certain disorders, like eating or sleeping disorders, depression and other nervous ailments, may contribute to more anxiety disorders, and possible medical problems. These disorders do not allow the body to function normally. Without proper sleep or nutrition, anyone is likely to become very anxious.

Personality: Whether a person is born with low self-esteem or develops it in later life, they are likely to become anxious.

Social and Economic Issues: Believe it or not, the rich are not immune to anxiety, peer pressure and stress. Life is stressful at all levels of human society. Being poor gives you may put more pressure on you â?? just to survive and try to improve your situation for yourself and your family.

Brain abnormalities: Medications prescribed to alleviate symptoms of some ailments can sometimes affect the chemical balance in the brain and cause an anxiety disorder. Allergic reactions to certain medicines might also lead to an anxiety disorder.

Treatments

There are innumerable therapies and treatments available for anxiety disorders. Certain drugs may help to provide some relief or even the possibility of a complete cure in some cases. Some patients have had good results when the advice of their personal medical doctor was combined with various cognitive therapies (forms of psychotherapy that are based on the belief that the way we think may have a positive or negative effect on they way we feel and deal with our life experiences.) You can become a stronger and more effective person by developing an optimistic attitude and learning to accept the tragedies of life. Additional knowledge can be gathered from many different sources, like the Internet, books, magazines and journals. Increasing your knowledge about your condition can be a very important factor in keeping most anxiety disorders at bay.

Anorexia is an illness that comes with loss of weight, physical and emotional problems. It is not a bad thing to lose weight but the affected persons lose too much weight and their lives are put into danger.

Besides this clear loss of weight anorexia can be recognized after some habits these patients have: they keep a diet for a long time, they always feel fat and are afraid of eating, they throw up and use laxatives and they practice sports too much.

Their body gets affected also. They will develop amenorrhea, meaning a lack of menstruation, they will lose hair, the breasts will shrink, and their skin will get dried and will get cold and blue. The heart will suffer, giving cardiac arrhythmias. Insomnia might also appear along with constipation, osteoporosis and low blood pressure.

In most of the cases mood changes will develop. The patient will feel depressed, impatient, will be much more nervous as before and some might even try to suicide.

In very young girls, puberty can be delayed by anorexia. The menstruation will fail to come and the breasts will not grow. If anorexia affects males, the level of testosterone might decrease, and provisional impotency will install.

Anorexia often begins sneaking. You take on a diet, because you want to loose weight, and when you do so, you start having a feeling that you can control your life. You might become addicted to that sense of control, and try to do more things, to keep proving your competence in a various shape of things. Because you succeeded to starve in order to loose weight, you might experience a raise of your self-esteem.

If people develop anorexia, it is often seen the fact that they have great emotional pain, they have a negative imagine about themselves, a dark perspective about their qualities.

They need to have the acceptance of the other people; they cannot have rest until they get this belief, even if this makes them feel uncomfortable. Living and guiding yourself after this concept has bad repercussions, you turn yourself from a healthy person into a sick one.

First, when you take on a diet, you see that you loose weight, and that will make you have a very fine perspective about yourself. You will think you look beautiful, and will have a great feeling, because our society is obsessed about thinness and the fact of being a thin person is assimilated with being a beautiful person.

The second step that follows is the idea that you permanently need to improve your aspect. You will try to do more in this way, and you might become obsessed of the idea of loosing weight. Your body is more and more devoided of the nutrients it needs, it cannot function normally in these conditions.

If others see that something is wrong with you, and tell you to eat more, you will deny your problem. You will say that everything is just fine, and you will deny the fact that you are tired and need more food.

Anorexia is an illness that can be fatal. With medical treatment, it can be reversible, and you can become again a healthy person. It will not be easy, it is quite hard to change your wrong eating habits and way of thinking, but with patience, counseling and typical treatment, you will get well, and this is a real reward for the will of defeating anorexia.

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Glens Falls, New York (PRWEB) July 29, 2005 -

A psychologist who has been treating Anorexia and Bulimia for many years is offering online lectures and chat rooms designed to educate adults about the link between eating disorders and obesity. Dr. Gina Scarano-Osika began exploring this link a few years ago and her efforts have culminated in a new approach to treating compulsive overeating, which she will share with the general public later this week.    

Â?The treatment of obesity is very complex and people need individual attention. I want to tell people what I know about treating eating disorders so that they can begin to understand why they overeatÂ?. Dr. Osika encourages her patients to look at the biological, physiological, personality and social factors that lead to compulsive overeating. She has taken interventions used to treat Anorexia and Bulimia and tailored them to help obese and overweight patients understand their impulse to overeat and override what they know they should do.    

Dr. Scarano-Osika has been treating eating disorders since 1990. In both her clinical practice and research she recognizes that their exist many varying Â?subclinicalÂ? eating disorders which warrant attention. Â?In treating these subclinical syndromes, we may be able to prevent the more life threatening illnesses such as obesity and anorexiaÂ?..and because these subclinical conditions are less acute, intervention by an eating disorder specialist may not be neededÂ? says Dr. Osika.

In addition to offering educational sessions, Dr. OsikaÂ?s website includes a chat room for adults in which they can receive support as they work through lessons and cope with the stigma of being overweight. Dr. Scarano-Osika states Â?Obese folks feel stigmatized and sometimes ignored, which can lead to all kinds of mood disorders and social phobiaÂ?.especially for teens, obesity is a very isolating and lonely illness.Â? Online chats are manageable and less threatening ways for these folks to socialize,Â? says Osika. Â?Chat rooms provide even bedridden folks with a manageable social outlet so that they can feel less alone and isolated, while also working a program to help them understand their impulse to overeatÂ?.With a little education and a lot of support from others, anything can be possible for a heavyset personÂ?.    

Dr. OsikaÂ?s weekly online lecture series will convene each Monday evening at 9:00 pm eastern standard time. Her first lecture/chat is scheduled for the evening of Monday August 1, 2005. Online lectures/support are available at http://www.FriendlyMirrors.com

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This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides the best collection available anywhere of official Federal government information and documents on the subject of anorexia and eating disorders. This CD-ROM uses next-generation search technology that allows complete indexing and makes all files on the disc fully searchable. For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material.

An eating disorder is an emotional and physical problem that is associated with an obsession with food, body weight, or body shape. Often, a person with an eating disorder diets, exercises, and/or eats excessively. These behaviors can have serious health consequences and can even be life threatening. The three most common types of eating disorders are anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. Each type has its own characteristics and diagnosis.

This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Contents include clinical and medical Information, with information on risk groups, signs, symptoms, testing, diagnosis, treatment, and clinical trials.

In addition to the comprehensive disease-specific coverage, as a bonus we have included an encyclopedic collection of general medical and health documents, with extensive material from the CDC, FDA, and NIH on hundreds of diseases. Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we’ve also provided our exclusive “Guide to Leading Medical Websites” with updated links to 73 of the best sites for medical information! By using weblinks on the CD-ROM, you can quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government.

This CD-ROM has over 34,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software and Reader software is included. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable!

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 10, 2008

Coming off two phenomenal YouTube clips that captured more than a million hits from her appearance at the Tavis Smiley “State of the Black Union” Conference, noted San Francisco Bay Area psychologist, author, speaker and educator Dr. Julia Hare is featured among Ebony magazine’s “2008 Ebony Power 150″ influentials in its May issue (on news stands now).

“Welcome to the new generation of power. OUR power. Black power,” the proud editors boast. The “Ebony Power 150″ spectacular replaces for the first time the magazine’s long-running annual selection of “The Most Influential Black Americans.”

Calling its feature “The New Black Power: The Next Generation of Influential Leaders Takes Its Place at the Top,” the Ebony editors recognized Dr. Hare’s prominence as an influential in the category of “Education,” singling out the National Executive Director of the Black Think Tank as one of only three persons given pictorial display and commentary out of ten individuals selected from such institutions as Harvard, Princeton, Wake Forest, Harvard Law School, Georgetown and Duke.

Dr. Hare’s achievements in education go all the way back to when she was a young elementary school teacher in the District of Columbia, and won the Junior Chamber of Commerce’s “Outstanding Young Educator Award” for all grade levels from kindergarten through high school for the entire city of the District of Columbia. Later she cofounded The Black Think Tank with her husband, Dr. Nathan Hare, who was the first person hired to coordinate a black studies program in the United States, and founding publisher of “The Black Scholar.”

Dr. Julia Hare has taught at Langston University, The District of Columbia Teacher’s College, the University of San Francisco, and the City College of San Francisco. She also has been a radio talk show host for the late Gene Autry’s Golden West Broadcasters (KSFO) and the ABC station (KGO) in San Francisco.

Now a highly sought after lecturer on the national scene, Dr. Julia Hare is author of the widely popular book, “How to Find and Keep a BMW (Black Man Working).” Her new book, “The Sexual and Political Anorexia of the Black Woman,” will be published in June. For further information about Dr. Hare, The Black Think Tank, and books by Drs. Julia and Nathan Hare are available at BlackThinkTank.com. View Dr. Julia Hare’s YouTube video.

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Exercise Bulimia is an eating disorder in which a person uses excessive and compulsive exercise instead of vomiting. Cali Carlin reports on a California fitness trainer who almost exercised herself to death.
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Public Service Announcement for Bulimia for Media Class Presented to: Warford By: Vanessa & Jewel DISCLAIMER: In no way am I (VM) bulimic or anorexic, and the video shots showing my stomach involved me sucking in my stomach so I can show my ribs. The scene involving purging is not real. The vomit in the toillet is fake (oatmeal) and the vomit on my body is fake as well. I DON’T HATE MY BODY! CREDITS: Directed BY: Albert H Bulimic Daughter: Vanessa M Mother: Jewel S Thanks to Jewelsy’s mom for the pasta.
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Did you take Topamax during pregnancy? You may qualify to participate in a Topamax lawsuit. Free Confidential Case Evaluation: (866) 588-0600

Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 13, 2011

Schmidt & Clark, LLP, a nationally recognized products liability law firm, announced today that it has recently launched a new website regarding the recent U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) birth defect warnings on Topamax (Topiramate).

On March 4, 2011, the FDA issued a warning about the risk of development of cleft lip and/or cleft palate (oral clefts), cranial malformations, genital malformations and other serious birth defects in babies born to women treated with the drug Topamax (topiramate) while pregnant. Because of new conclusive evidence about this risk, the administration has required Topamax to be placed in Pregnancy Category D which indicates there is direct evidence of birth defects based on human data.

Topamax is only approved by the FDA for the treatment of Epilepsy and the prevention of migraines, however it has often been prescribed “off-label” for various ailments including but not limited to: bipolar disorder, cluster headaches, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcoholism, sleep disorders, sleep-eating disorders, infantile spasms, autism, periventricular leukomalacia in preterm infants after an hypoxic-ischemic injury, essential tremor, bulimia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder, smoking cessation, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, neuropathic pain, and cocaine dependence.

The controversy surrounding Topamax is nothing new. According to an agreement reached with the government, the manufacturers of the drug (both subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson) plead guilty to a misdemeanor and paid a $ 6.14 million criminal fine for the misbranding of the drug. In addition to the criminal fine, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals paid $ 75.37 million to resolve civil allegations under the False Claims Act that they illegally promoted Topamax and caused false claims to be submitted to government health care programs. The two cases, both filed in the District of Massachusetts are United States ex rel. Maher, et al. v. Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Civil Action No. 03-11445-WGY, and United States ex rel. Spivack v. Johnson & Johnson and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., Civil Action No. 04-11886-WGY.

Michael E. Schmidt, Managing Partner of Schmidt & Clark, LLP, has noticed an alarming number of inquiries to the firm related to Topamax and Topiramate. Mr. Schmidt stated, “Our firm has substantial expertise in the area of product liability litigation. As a result, we have received a number of inquiries from individuals regarding Topamax-induced birth defects.”

The Products Liability Litigation Group at Schmidt & Clark is an experienced team of Topamax lawyers that focus exclusively on the representation of plaintiffs in product liability lawsuits. The firm is pursing individual litigation nationwide and currently accepting new Topamax cases in all 50 states.

If you or a loved one has taken Topiramate or Topamax during pregnancy and given birth to a child with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate, cranial malformation, genital malformation, or other serious birth defect, the firm suggests that you visit their website. The site includes detailed information, news and more regarding Topamax birth defects.

About Schmidt & Clark, LLP

Schmidt & Clark, LLP focuses on helping individuals and families. The firm has built a reputation for success and represents their clients in group and individual lawsuits nationwide. Although Schmidt & Clark, LLP is national in scope, they level the playing field for their clients by providing them with access to a level of professional legal representation previously available only to large corporations while still providing personal attention to each client.

For more information on filing a Topamax Lawsuit or Schmidt & Clark, LLP, please visit: http://www.schmidtandclark.com/topamax or call toll free 24 hrs/day (866) 588-0600.

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