Symptoms

Anorexia Nervosa - What to look for:

• Weight Loss
• Dwindling Appetite
• Avoiding eating with others
• Making excuses not to eat
• Secretive behaviour
• Mood swings, tearfulness and anger
• Menstrual disturbance
• Excessive exercise
• Poor nail, skin and hair condition
• Coldness
• Numbness in fingers and toes
• Dizziness
• Fainting
• Downy hair

Bulimia – What to look for:

• Binging and vomiting
• Laxative abuse – look out for empty packets
• Mood Swings
• Throat and mouth problems
• Foul smelling breath
• Stomach cramps
• Possible alcohol or substance abuse
• Deceitfulness

Note: People suffering from Bulimia do not necessarily loss weight.

Compulsive Eating – what to look for.

• Eating when upset
• Eating much more than what they wanted to
• Thinking about food all the time
• Feeling bad about themselves when they have eating too much
• Feeling panic when they can’t get to food or if they don’t think they have enough
• Feeling hot or warm a lot