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Sunday, December 03, 2006

Anorexia Pictures

Do you think Marijuana could help people with Anorexia?

Marijuana helps increase appetite in people without the illness. But would the illness override the feeling of wanting to eat caused by marijuana.

Also would marijuana relax or alter the mind, making the person more likely to eat? Perhaps you know someone who has anorexia, who has taken medical marijuana to fight the illness.

Click here to see the extent of the anorexia problem, people who may have anorexia, reveal their thoughts.

Click here to find out whether you may have anorexia.

posted by Mark Levins @ 5:43 PM  

22 Comments:

  • At 6:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    It's really strange that I came across this post today. I have been wondering the same question.

    I have had an eating disorder on and off since I was 12 years old. I am currently 19. After I moved out of my parent's house and away from their rules and limits on smoking marijuana and meeting many people who percieved of the plant in a much more natural, healthy way, I began smoking regularly. I feel like it helps me in many ways, but it has only recently began to occur to me that partly why I love smoking is for the anti-nausea effects it has.

    After years of throwing up my food, my stomach automatically tries to get rid of food. Marijuana, however, helps ease that discomfort and allows me to digest food. Also, it helps my stress levels about my body image and weight.

    But at the same time, I cannot help but hear the other side of the argument. Have I merely embraced marijuana into my life because of my addictive personality and unhealthy substance abuse issues? Could my marijuana usage really be facilitating my demise????

    Some how I doubt it.

    I would love to hear what anyone has to ssay about this topic or any further resources that are available.

    Thank you!

     

  • At 6:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    It defiently can help i struggled with an eating disorder and ocd for that last 2 years and I started smoking way more often and i have become so much more laid back about my weight and keeping my size perfect! i'm way less stressed out and insucure but now when I get the munchies I can eat without feeling like shit and wanting to throw up after! marjuana has saved me from ending up in the hospitol again!

     

  • At 6:59 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I'm 54 years old and I've had anorexic tendencies for as long as I can remember. I've noticed that it's a coping mechanism in an uncontrollable world. Smoking marijuana let's me get to that "place" (tokers know what I'm saying)where eating is just another routine function. Thinking, creating, producing, communicating, sharing, laughing, loving and experiencing life - that's what's important. How we get there is a personal choice. Cannabis has been used therapeutically for body and soul thousands of years. Who are we to argue with human history?

     

  • At 5:22 AM, Blogger Jt said…

    Hey,
    That's an interesting thought. But if it would 'cure' it, people like this wouldn't really see it as a cure would they? They would see it as stopping them from their goal...and they simply wouldn't smoke it again, don't you think? Just a thought.

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  • At 8:08 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    An interresting thought. But thought I'd add my thoughts on the opposite problem. I posted on the "Depression" post, and have used it occasionally for getting my evening routine going, but I've also been using it to focus more strongly on my weight-loss goals. I think of it as self-hypnosis, since under the influence I'm more suggestable, even if I'm doing the suggesting. So I meditated on my goals, and what needs to be done to attain those goals.

    I simply cannot put anything unhealthy into my body when under the influence of marijuana. I've actually started to take a bite of something and just stop, food in hand, mouth clamped shut, and suddenly revolted by the snack. This carries over to when I'm not using as well, though not to as strong a degree. Also end up with a compulsion to exercise and do Yoga. (have lost 35lbs in the last six months).

    It could be used then, I suppose, with appropriate therapy and hypnosis to make a person want to eat things that are good for them (binging on onion rings wouldn't be much help) and to help change their body-image, and to be able to see muscle and a moderate ammount of fat as beautiful.

     

  • At 10:09 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Well i find this funny because i found marijuana caused my anorexia. When i started smoking i was fine, but after a while i started getting extremely paranoid about my weight and wouldnt eat much. After realising that marijuana may have been the cause i have since stopped and fealt much better.

     

  • At 6:42 PM, Anonymous claire said…

    i also agree, i don not go over 200 calories unless i am high and it is also physically impossible for me to purge afterward

     

  • At 12:25 PM, Anonymous Jt Hollister said…

    I can't say I speak from experience, as I never had an eating disorder. I can say that I know marijuana makes almost everyone voracious. On the other hand, I also know someone who actually loses their appetite. Most likely it would depend on the person.

    More importantly, however, there are no harmful effects. There's no reason not to try.

     

  • At 3:01 AM, Anonymous Lorie said…

    I guess my question is if marijuana helps a person suffering from an eating disorder what will happen if the person stops smoking marijuana? will they just go back to their old ways? and if the person don't stop, isn't it just another form of addiction instead of an actual help or cure? i know i'm not in the same situation but aren't my thinking is that there are better options.

     

  • At 3:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I think just as anti-depressants can help or hurt someone, so can marijuana. Everyone's chemical and mental reactions are different. It's true that if you don't want help,as an anorexic, you won't seek it.
    But if one really does want the help, and marijuana seems to help, I see nothing wrong with it.

     

  • At 12:49 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hi I'm a twenty-something year old male doctor. I suffered with anorexia/bulimia from age 16 until I guess about 20, although I still have the occasional bout. As soon as I started smoking weed (aged 20) I suddenly became less bothered about eating nice food and just enjoyed it. The general effect of weed is to make you lazy and less bothered about things, but if this includes your obsession about food and that it makes you so lazy you can't be bothered to throw up then it can't be a bad thing! I have worked in psychiatry and have seen many people develop Schizophrenia secondary to smoking cannabis, however this is only more likely if you have mental illness running in your family, but do be careful. I must admit my memory has suffered too! I find it helps me cope with life, has made me more confident and a more healthy weight, and also helps me to figure out the problems i have in life. I can't deny that weed can make you paranoid, lethargic, depressed...but use it in moderation and it really can help. Ps smoking is Very bad for you, but hey, we're all human!

     

  • At 11:24 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    i dont have eating disorder but im 12 years old and im reaserching anorexia and looking up pics for it and this is the most appropriet pic ov seen on this google images. thank-you

     

  • At 8:29 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I have been struggling with anorexia or anorexic tendencies since I was maybe nine years old. I am now nineteen. The past five years I have been on and off my deathbed, in and out of hospitals. Throughout this I have smoked marijuana on and off as well. During the periods of time where I smoked up on a daily basis, I did much better with eating regular meals and found myself able to function much more normally. I have not been smoking daily the past three months and have plummeted into a hole again. However, over the summer when I smoking four or five bowls a day, I was doing really well. Honestly I was probably being the most normal I'd ever been. I didnt gain weight really but I did eat meals and snacks without mass panic episodes or throwing away half of my plate. I tend to think marijuana would be a viable treatment option for many other anorexics. Right now I am almost afraid to start smoking regularly again, simply out of the fear of being comfortable around food. Abusrd I know, especially given my severe circumstances. Given a choice though,between going back into a treatment center or smoking a little more bud, I'd gladly take the latter. Smoking pot was far more therapuetic and helpful than most of the other therapies and hospitals I've encountered.

     

  • At 9:45 PM, Blogger Wannabeyummy said…

    I have smoked weed since I was 15 (29 now) and have lost over 100 pounds in a year and a half due to SEVERE calorie restriction, anorexic tendencies up the butt hole, and a few mini-fasts here and there.

    I do all this and still find a way to get my weed in for the day and not succumb to gluttonous binging, still losing weight, and get the most compliments on the days I don't eat anything at all. (go figure this WONDERFUL society)..

    Ever since I cut my caloric intake by more than half, life is easier and better, ppl are MUCH nicer (mmmm, cute boyzzzz), and the clothes friggin' ROCK!!!!

    I NEVER WANT TO BE AS FAT AS I WAS EVER EVER AGAIN!!!!!!

    Would looooove to get down to 130 (5'8) and rock some ass!!!!

     

  • At 6:19 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I am a 25 year old male and I have been bulimic since I was 12 or younger. I have smoked marijuana since I was about 18 but oddly enough I hadnt noticed that smoking actually helps prevent me from getting sick after eating. I go a few days after smoking without making myself sick. It helps me rid myself of depressed emotions and feelings. I have almost quit smoking now though because of the girl I am with doesnt agree with it and now my purging has increased drastictly yes I do go on a smoking benge on occassions and I no longer feel the need after eating. Does the goods outweigh the bad on this. They should legalize the medical use of marijuana if not for this reason alone. I know Bulimia causes death from heart failure and everything else. Our government is totally corrupted by power and profit. It should be based on the well being of its people and not the profits of whom it is governed by. We are so scared and ignorant as to what is going on around us now. Its a shame that politics are who runs this country now instead of the people who made it great to begin with. Email me if you agree or wanna respond.
    SUWANDEEZ@YAHOO.COM

     

  • At 11:29 AM, Anonymous Travis said…

    I'm a 19 year old male who suffered from anorexia. I'm sorry, but this just does not apply in my case. I think the marijuana made my eating disorder WORSE because I got hungrier, yet I was still so terrified to eat. But at the same time, I couldn't be happy without the marijuana, so I felt the need to be high ALL the time. I was spending about 100 dollars, on average, a week on weed. Sometimes more.

    When I went inpatient for my eating disorder, obviously access to weed was cut off, and I got off the stuff, and I was doing much better. When I got home, I was hesitant at first, but I started smoking weed again, and it has become something that I feel like I need all the time again. And, my eating disorder is starting to come back.

    So far, I've been sober for two days, and I'd like to say I'm happier, but really, I'm not. I'm more motivated, and eating disorder wise, I'm doing much better about eating and feeling okay about it. But my mood is just horrible, and I'm so irritable.

     

  • At 2:44 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I've had issues with bulimia since I was about 14. My parents hospitalized me and had me see a bunch of different therapists and nutritionists but none of it helped. I'd go through times when I didn't eat, and I'd be happy then. But the second that I did eat it turned into a binge and I hated myself. It even got so bad at one point that I tried to kill myself for eating a bagel. After eating I'd always vomit or take laxatives or exercise. Literally all of my thoughts were controlled by my eating disorder... they pretty much ranged from 'i'm fat' to 'how can i get skinny?' That was all that I saw in life: calories, fat, and bones. I was completely withdrawn from others because all I cared about was my weight. I felt unlovable, so I wouldn't let anyone get too close to me emotionally. It was seriously like hell.

    This past summer around my 18th birthday I started to smoke marijuana. It really opened my eyes and mind. I started seeing more in life than just fat and skinny. I learned SO MUCH about myself! I realized I actually had a personality that I LOVED, and that there are so many great things in this world that I'd rather focus on than my weight. I began to really love myself and open up to others. I realized how happy I was and how happy I made everyone around me! I didn't have to think about eating anymore, it just happened haha. I'd eat when I was hungry or had the munchies, and that was that. I didn't worry if I gained a pound. There are more serious issues on this planet. My eating disorder was out of the picture and I was happy, optimistic, confident, genuine, loving, and so many other great things.

    For the past three months though I haven't smoked, and I've noticed that my old eating disorder tendencies are creeping back on me again. I haven't smoked because I wanted to see whether the change I had experienced in my life really was because of cannabis. It definitely was, and I find that amazing. I'm a big supporter of medical marijuana and know that someday it will be legal. After all, "pot is proof that mother nature wants us to be happy".

    PEACE&&LOVE TO ALL
    <3 Heidi

     

  • At 5:19 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Smoking marijuana is not for everyone but for me it has done wonders. When I smoke the anxiety goes away and I actually enjoy the food I am eating. With so many failed drug prescriptions and nothing comes close to the way I am at ease with myself. I am no longer nervous to go to family functions or even out with friends. I think they even enjoy me more......

     

  • At 7:54 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Well I have had an eating disorder for 8 years and smoking definantly does not help me.
    If anything it makes the starvation worse when you finally overcome the pain.
    Hard pain killers change my body image in the ways that i feel fatter and more bloated.
    Even marijuana can't help some people..

     

  • At 6:06 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I also suffered from anorexia a few years ago. I got down to 93lbs.I still restrict my intake of food. Mostly I am on the 'Ghandi'diet where I only drink water, coffee,and ice tea. When i started smoking pot I eventually started gaining weight and I no longer got nauseas when I see people stuffing fast food into their mouths.
    Marijuana also has helped me handled my severe chronic depression. When I get highly stressed and suicidal pot relaxes me far beyond the medicatons i take. The only problem is I have no contact for purchase.
    Marijuana also helped one of my dogs in a big way,it probably added 8 yrs to his life. He had incredibe allergies to everything and would scratch all his hair out until he made his skin bleed. I took him to an allergist but the allergy shots he coldn't handle. I put shirts and sweaters on him but he continued scratching and would become frantic. So I finally decided to shotgun some pot smoke into hid mouth and nose.(2-3 hits)It would immediately calm him down and he would try to lick my mouth for more.Within 30 minutes he would be asleep and no longer in pain
    I am interested in how to get involved in making marijuana legal or at least medical marijuana legalized in Texas. Is there anyone who can give advice on this or point me in the right direction. I have seen several very good reasons for medical marijuana.My email is zanne1008@sbcglobal.net

     

  • At 3:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I found a great blog article about how starving yourself can be counter-productive in an effort to lose weight. http://weightcontrolinfo.com/2008/06/06/fat-loss-tip-stop-starving-yourself/

     

  • At 5:02 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    no!! this illness overrides the feeling of "hunger" your body synthesizes. at least for me. It's an even greater achievement for an anorexic to NOT EAT under the influence of eating- inducing- chemicals.

     

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