Symptoms related to binge eating??

[Jaquta]

Hi.
I am concerned about symptoms I have been having and was wondering about the likely source.
I was concerned I may have ruptured a blood vessel in my head (from blowing my nose) but I expect that is unlikely.
I have been getting headaches but they seemed more severe over the weekend and now they just seem constant.  I have been feeling physically sick, tired, uncoordinated (I fell down a flight of stairs last week), my memory is poor, I'm having trouble concentrating and problem solving.  My spatial awareness seems pretty limited.  My vision appears to be variable but it could be explained by living in what is essentially a building site.  I have been feeling stressed and I have been binge eating.

Emotionally I have been OK.  Kind of.  There have been events which have triggered me.  (Family, finances, lack of support/ therapy, the doctor I saw in my GP's absence (I was told that my projections make him anxious and that he feels frustrated by his inability to help me.  I was told it was not my fault if they blamed me or labeled me because of their own insecurities and personal blind spots).  The return of my GP, national events (a person shooting and killing a police officer and wounding two others plus a civilian before shooting himself).  Animals (I am tired of seeing things being shot, run over, drowned, euthanized, caught in wire, bloating, having its head pulled off, etc, etc).
I feel frustrated by the mhs.  I have a psych appointment for the 10th June.  I have been offered one psychology session per week with the husband of the psychologist I had issues with previously.

And someone wants to use the computer.  My family seem to have no idea about personal space.  They're either nagging me, touching me, cramping me into a very small space and even practically sitting on me.  I'm tired of everything.  I was tempted to take all my medication last night and would have but I left it with my GP yesterday.

I have probably answered my own dumb question.

J

[Jaquta]

Help seems like a bit of a joke and rarely ever anything tangible (or long-term).
My psych appointment for the 10th June feels like a very, very long way off.  At the moment I'm at a loss as to how I'll cope.  I'm not feeling very confident I won't just lose it and hurt myself (although I am trying very hard not too).

I feel worse today and my head is still sore.  I also have an earache.  I have been sleeping 10+ hours the past few days.  My neck is sore and I've been feeling a little irritable/ agitated.
I spilled my hot drink over me last night and my speech has been slurred.  I put that down to binge eating though and getting a blood blister on the side of my tongue (probably fractionally smaller than a marble) which is now ?an ulcer.  (Which I may be compensating for and be causing my headache??)

I don't know what to do.  It is probably anxiety but it always frightens me when it presents differently.
I remembered to ask the doctor about falling down the stairs and he suggested I could have been hyperventilating (which I'm not always aware of) but also offered to check it out (by doing a BP, checking my ears and ?eyes and one other I can't remember).  As I am so anxious I couldn't deal with him, or anyone, touching me and so he didn't do his tests.

I have a doctors appointment on Tuesday so I'll ask my GP then (if I remember) and try and monitor my symptoms in the mean time.

I didn't hit my head when I fell.  (I wasn't sure how to interpret your answer.  I don't think they were as a consequence of falling).

Thank you for taking the time to reply.  It is probably a little containing feeling connected to someone on some level.  (Even if I am still extremely anxious about having a headache).

Thanks again.
J

[Roger Gould, M.D.]

It does sound like you answered your own question, you are at a low spot and I am sorry you are having so much trouble getting help....but I would worry a bit about the fall...some of what you described could be from that so a neurological exam is called for....

[Jena_C]

Dear Dr.PIitts,
I would be grateful if you could let me know of any treatment centre or Therapist in the
UK for the treatment of COMPULSIVE OVEREATING DISORDER for our daughter.
She is now 27 and a post graduate student in the university.   She was dx with Asperger's couple of years ago.  She has overeating/obesity problem from her childhood.
We the parents are both in med profession and so is our son ( older than our daughter).
She(daughter) had the same private school upbringing as our son but from her childhood
remained undiagnosed for As unfortunately which caused her/and family enormous stress.   After her dx(needed Aripiprazole) she is back to study but unfortunately can
NOT control her huge appetite including loads of carb.   To add insult to injury, she
developed Diabetes 2yrs.ago which could as well be from Seroquel which she was tried
prior to Abilify.    Very recently with her own request her GP agreed to prescribe her
ORLISTAT but all in vain.  She is now more in carb rich food.   Any attempt to stop her
eating wrong food, only ends up with her being extremely irritable.  She's also on
Metformin for her Diabetes and on Simvastatin for raised Cholesterol.
Apart from her compulsive overeating she's very pleasant except her Asperger's social isolation problem to some extent.
I am sorry to bother you but although she's with a Psychiatrist follow up for her As,  I
feel they're not taking her this "Disorder"seriously.   I wonder would you be able to
guide me regarding the treatment.   She's not bulimic, she just absorbs the food and
really obese now.   She's  5' 6'' in Ht and her  Wt. is 92kg.
As parents, my husband and I  are desperate to help her but not getting a clue re how to?
PLEASE HELP.   She has other med condition which also contribute in her weight gain
ie  Hypothyroid and PCOS.
With anticipation,
Jena