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If so, can someone please explain it to me.

I was just wondering, I thought I was bulimic but then I thought maybe not because I have been able to go like almost 2 weeks without purging. But I haven't stopped binging. I actually went for like a whole week eating somewhat normally, then I had a huge binge day and I gained back all the weight I lost that week and since then I have been binging non-stop for like a whole week. And now I'm starting to gain some serious weight and I'm freaking out about it and I really don't know what to do about it except to start purging again =(

There are two types of bulimia nervosa:

• Purging Type: -- The person regularly engages in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas
• Non-purging Type: -- The person has used other inappropriate compensatory behaviors, such as fasting or excessive exercise, but has not regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas

^^^ http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx3.htm  has the full article with more info on bulimia.

Having disordered eating is different than having an eating disorder, but it is still just as problematic to one's health. In most instances the person's weight will be the deciding factor in diagnosis. Those individuals would likely be diagnosed as EDNOS(eating disorder not otherwise specified)

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, examples of EDNOS include:

1. All of the criteria for Anorexia Nervosa are met except the individual has regular menses.
2. All of the criteria for Anorexia Nervosa are met except that, despite substantial weight loss, the individual's current weight is in the normal range.
3. All of the criteria for Bulimia Nervosa are met except binges occur at a frequency of less than twice a week or for a duration of less than 3 months.
4. An individual of normal body weight who regularly engages in inappropriate compensatory behavior after eating small amounts of food (eg, self-induced vomiting after the consumption of two cookies).
5. An individual who repeatedly chews and spits out, but does not swallow, large amounts of food.
6. Binge eating disorder; recurrent episodes of binge eating in the absence of the regular use of inappropriate compensatory behaviors characteristic of Bulimia Nervosa.
http://www.eatingdisordersonline.com/explain/ ednos.php