Hi there and thanks for your reply! In answer to some of your questions, I have never purged or used laxatives. I have never been overweight from the eating problem, I guess since I am pretty active all that binge eating just left my body. I pretty much maintain the same weight throughout my adult life. Unfortunately that also enabled me to continue binge eating. I do not smoke and hardly ever drink. I was diagnosed with the hernia through an endoscopy 4 years ago which I had due to severe diarrhea that I would get while running-- Doc said nothing was wrong with me and the only thing he found "wrong" was :a small genetic abnormality" --his words-- my hiatal hernia. Of course, that had nothing to do with the diarrhea, and at the time I had no symptoms from the hernia itself. Doc assumed the diarrhea was from the hard training. Actually that problem subsided once I began using metamucil every morning...To myself, I secretly assumed that I had caused the diarrhea problem through binge eating. Didn't tel doc (embarrassing...) But I continued binge eating occasionally. Once I began to have the chronic burping, I had another endoscopy and the doctor said there was no hernia found! I assumed to myself that I had actually caused the reflux/ sliding hernia (which doc said would come sometimes and go away at others- which is why he didn't see it) & burping through the binge eating-- though I never was able to confirm that. But here I am four years later, and the binge eating is greatly reduced, and continuing to get better, but I am left with these digestive abnormalities and a diminished appetite... I am just hoping things will go away by themselves over time as I continue to lead a binge free lifestyle.
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Hi there and thanks for your reply! In answer to some of your questions, I have never purged or used laxatives. I have never been overweight from the eating problem, I guess since I am pretty active all that binge eating just left my body. I pretty much maintain the same weight throughout my adult life. Unfortunately that also enabled me to continue binge eating. I do not smoke and hardly ever drink. I was diagnosed with the hernia through an endoscopy 4 years ago which I had due to severe diarrhea that I would get while running-- Doc said nothing was wrong with me and the only thing he found "wrong" was :a small genetic abnormality" --his words-- my hiatal hernia. Of course, that had nothing to do with the diarrhea, and at the time I had no symptoms from the hernia itself. Doc assumed the diarrhea was from the hard training. Actually that problem subsided once I began using metamucil every morning...To myself, I secretly assumed that I had caused the diarrhea problem through binge eating. Didn't tel doc (embarrassing...) But I continued binge eating occasionally. Once I began to have the chronic burping, I had another endoscopy and the doctor said there was no hernia found! I assumed to myself that I had actually caused the reflux/ sliding hernia (which doc said would come sometimes and go away at others- which is why he didn't see it) & burping through the binge eating-- though I never was able to confirm that. But here I am four years later, and the binge eating is greatly reduced, and continuing to get better, but I am left with these digestive abnormalities and a diminished appetite... I am just hoping things will go away by themselves over time as I continue to lead a binge free lifestyle.
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