I've Barely Eaten Anything In Two Days! What Do I Do?

[Hiway202]

I'm fourteen and I weighed 120.4 pounds on September 25, 2013. Now, today (two days later) after eating almost nothing, I weight 116 pounds and I can't stop my hands from shaking. I feel really bad now, and i want to just start eating again, but I never feel hungry and when I try and force myself to eat, I just throw up. I don't want it to get really bad where I'm dangerously underweight! I don't even know what I was thinking! Actually, I do. I wasn't thinking. I go through these faces where I just can think clearly and all I do is laugh. I can't control it, I just do. And then I do something stupid and dangerous after word. Once I cut myself one hundred times or more, another time I attempted suicide before I came back to my senses. This time I stopped eating. And now I can't start again and my hand is shaking and I just don't know what to do. And if this was as stupid as I got last time, I don't even want to imagine what happens next! Help me! What do I do?

[yogasun]

Do your parents know about this? You need professional help.

[ummmm]

Go to your doctor.

[coinman]

you must tell someone, if not your parents or doctor perhaps an aunt

[grasscarp]

What do you do? Get help. You have to eat to live, so carrying on like this is not an option. Your mother must know there is something wrong with you. What happens at meal times? The fact you are asking questions on here means you do want to change things which is the first step. What happens next is up to you. Talk to someone who knows you today.

[pixie373]

I agree, speak to your parents or doctor asap. As far as eating goes, start off little and often. Have half a slice of bread and butter if that's all you can manage right now. Then give it a couple of hours and try something else. You need to bring your blood sugar up to stop the shaking. Also, you can get drinks like build-up and fortisip from the chemist (are you in America?) to use short-term while you bring your appetite back. But please get proper help as soon as you can.

[dizmouk2009]

Hey, I hope you manage to get the help you need. I can't really comment when it comes to not eating since every time I've stopped eating I've known the reason for it. The others are right, you're GP is the first port of call. I'm surprised your parents is unaware if the situation.

As far as the shaking is concerned this is due to the fact your body isn't getting the nourishment it requires. I know you said you can't eat and if you do you are physically sick but are you able to drink anything without vomiting? Anything that isn't a diet drink is better than nothing.

Keep us updated. You'd be surprised how nice people are on here. I certainly wouldn't be around if it wasn't for these lovely people.

Take care.

[Clanad]

Good advice from previous posts... talk to someone... but also... the shaking hands are probably from hypoglycemia... Read about it here:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hypoglycemia/DS00198/DSECTION=symptoms

Look... this is serious stuff. We've friends that lost a daughter to dieting to the extreme. For the very short term, mix a teaspoonful of sugar in a glass of orange juice to get you feeling a bit more rational and then get help!