Posted: 01/24/07 - 00:00 Post subject: binging on laxatives
I suspect that my sister is binging on laxatives. She is not overweight and I don’t believe that she had problems with that. What do you think, why would someone who's not interested in losing weight abuse laxatives?
I think she is just successfully hiding that from you, because binging on laxatives or abusing then is a common among anorexic and bulimic persons. What many people don’t know is that the conventional wisdom regarding this behavior is that the laxatives are used to purge the body of excess calories in an effort to lose weight, so many people who have no interest in losing weight also take too many laxatives and can end up being dependent on them or losing normal bowel function. She may cause serious health problems, please tell her to seek for help.
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