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Recovery is beautiful, but also stressful.

by Courtney
(Arizona)

Dear Shaye,

I have been in recovery for a month and 3 weeks now and my water retention still has not left! I am eating healthy and drink a gallon of water a day. My exercise is about two hours a day (hasn't changed since I was bulimic). I know it is not fat because I can practically feel the water slush and trickle in my body (as weird as that sounds). I still have not gotten my period after 2 months but I'm thinking my hormones are just trying to adjust. I would love to see a doctor but I do not want them to prescribe hormone therapy or bloat medicine since I know this is the natural processes of recovery. Should I just give it more time and trust my body? This is so stressful!

Court

Shaye Says

Hi Courtney!

You go girl - you are doing incredibly well! I hope you are proud of yourself :) Recovery can be rough at ties - but I swear Courtney, every challenge will be worth it!

It will probably take your body a bit longer to heal than 1 or 2 months. Keep nourishing yourself though, and it will happen! My bloating started improving at 2 months, but it was a lot longer before it was completely gone. Give yourself time - and be super kind and loving to yourself in this process :)

xx Shaye

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Jun 25, 2012
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Thank you!
by: Courtney

Thank you so much Shaye!! You are so kind :)

I am going strong and I honestly can't believe I use to be bulimic! It lasted for about a year and a half and I can't even remember how I even managed to do what I did! Recovery is going extremely well and I feel great other than the swelling. It's between the 1-2 month mark! Yay! :D I also just finished up my first normal menstrual cycle since a couple of months (I never thought I would be so excited to get that!) I think I've lost some fat with all my workouts and I'm eating very healthy but everything is cloaked with fluid retention! I guess it's gradually going down but will it ever hurry up?! Did your fluid retention just immediately drop after a couple of months? What are the signs when you are about to lose the water? Thank you so much Shaye for helping me through my recovery!

-Courtney

Apr 08, 2013
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about your period NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi Courtney,
I think you shouldn't worry about your period- if your doctor wants to put you on hormones or something you don't want to, you can alway say no- even though I think this is highly unlikely if you've been without it for just 2 months. I've been without it for almost a year - but my doctor knows it's part of my eating disorder and, since I started recovery, we've decided we'll give my body a bit longer to adjust.

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Author of your-bulimia-recovery.com
and creator of The Bulimia Recovery Program and Community

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