THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST!!! The symptoms/complications are in alphabetical order with both phyisical and behavioral symptoms mixed. I highlighted my symptoms that i know i have or have been told i have. nothing that requires a doctor like abnormal blood counts do i know of.
Abnormal blood counts
Abnormal eating rituals (cuts food up small, moves food on plate but doesn't eat it)
Absence of menstruation or becoming shorter and lighter
Acid reflux or ulcers
Alternating between overeating and fasting
Anemias----{ a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume}
Angry when confronted about food or weight
Anxiety when eating in front of other people
Avoidance of social situations where food may be present
Avoids or skips meals regularly
Bathroom visits after meals
Becoming withdrawn
Believing too fat even when thin
Brittle nails
Binge eating
Bloating
Bluish discoloration of the fingers
Bone loss
Breast atrophy--------{a wasting away of an organ or part, or a failure to grow to normal size as the result of disease, faulty nutrition, etc. any degeneration or diminution, esp through lack of use}
Broken blood vessels in the eyes
Cardiac arrest and death
Chest pain
Chronic sore throat, hoarseness
Cold hands and feet
Complaining of being "too fat", even when thin
Compulsive exercising
Concern about being overweight
Constipation
Controlling behavior
Cooks for others but does not eat herself
Decayed teeth
Decreased metabolic rate
Dehydration
Denial of hunger
Denial of low body weight
Denial that they are ill
Depression
Desire to lose weight
Difficulty concentrating
Distortion of body image
Diuretic use (increases amount of urination)
Dizziness
Dry skin
Eating until they become sick
Edema (water retention)
Electrolyte imbalances
Emaciation
Esophagus inflammation - from purging or vomiting
Exercise more than 1 hour a day 3 to 4 days a week to control weight
Excessive thirst
Excessive preoccupation with food
Excessive urination
Excessive weight loss
Excuses for not eating meals (ie. ate earlier, not feeling well)
Exhibits an obvious reduction in eating
Exhibits fear or anxiety before eating, and guilt after eating.
Extreme weight loss
Fainting
Fatigue
Fear of gaining weight
Fear that once they start eating they won't be able to stop
Feeling out of control
Feeling that happiness is undeserved
Frequently looking in the mirror
Find it difficult to consume a full normal portion of food (if it is due to fear of consuming it then it is behavioral however sometimes, especially in anorexia, the body gets used to eating small portions and can not take in a normal amount of food making it physical)
Guilt or shame about eating
Going to the kitchen after everyone else has gone to bed. Going out alone on unexpected food runs. Wanting to eat in privacy.
Hair that thins, breaks or falls out
Hand injuries from inducing vomiting
Headaches
Heart palpitations
hides food
Hollow-looking eyes
Hyperactivity
Ignoring feelings of hunger
Inability to remember things
Inability to stop eating. Eating until the point of physical discomfort and pain.
Inability to tell whether or not they are full or hungry. The body's natural mechanisms for indicating hunger or satiety are disturbed.
individual ribs and hip bones visible
Inflicting self-harm
Insecurities about capabilities regardless of actual performance
Insomnia
Intentional starvation
Intense body dissatisfaction
Interpersonal conflicts
Intolerance of cold
Irregular heart rhythms
Irritability
Infertility
Kidney and liver damage
Labeling food as either 'good' or 'bad' with generally an increased urge to binge on
'bad' foods.
Lack of energy
Lack of sexual interest
Light-headedness
Loss of body fat
Low blood pressure
Low body temperature
Low body weight.
Low potassium (most common cause of nocturnal cardiac arrest)
Low self-esteem
Low thyroid function
Malnutrition
Mood swing
Muscle atrophy (wasting away of muscle mainly due to lack of use and/or lack of nutrition)
No known physical illness that would explain weight loss
Not feeling pain as you normally would.
Need for approval
Not wanting or refusing to eat in public
Noticeable discomfort around food
numbness in hands and/or feet
Obsession with weight
Obsessive-compulsive behavior
Obsessiveness about calorie intake
Osteoporosis
Pale complexion (almost a pasty look)
Perfectionist attitude
Playing with food
Preoccupation with tidiness
Preoccupation with food and calorie intake
Problems getting along with family members/long-time friends
Purplish skin color on the arms and legs from poor blood circulation.
Puffy “chipmunk” cheeks
Refusing to eat
Regular episodes of out-of-control binge eating
Repeatedly checking weight
Repeatedly eating large amounts of food in a short period of time
Resistance to treatment
Restricting food choices to only diet foods
Rigid eating schedule
Ruptured stomach or esophagus
Secretive about eating patterns
seizures
Self-worth is determined by food intake
Self-worth determined by weight
Severe self-criticism
Shortness of breath
Skin problems
Slow emptying of the stomach.
Slow heartbeat (fewer than 60 beats a minute).
Soft, downy hair covering the body
Stomach pains
suicidal tendencies
Swelling of arms or legs
Swollen joints
Tiredness
Thin appearance
Throws out food to avoid eating it
Under-eating
Vulnerable to infections
Weakness
Wearing baggy clothes to hide weight loss
Wearing layered clothing - used to hide weight loss
Weighing foods
Withdrawal from friends, family and social situations
Won't eat in front of others unless necessary
Yellow-orange skin, especially on the palms of the hands.
Abnormal blood counts
Abnormal eating rituals (cuts food up small, moves food on plate but doesn't eat it)
Absence of menstruation or becoming shorter and lighter
Acid reflux or ulcers
Alternating between overeating and fasting
Anemias----{ a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume}
Angry when confronted about food or weight
Anxiety when eating in front of other people
Avoidance of social situations where food may be present
Avoids or skips meals regularly
Bathroom visits after meals
Becoming withdrawn
Believing too fat even when thin
Brittle nails
Binge eating
Bloating
Bluish discoloration of the fingers
Bone loss
Breast atrophy--------{a wasting away of an organ or part, or a failure to grow to normal size as the result of disease, faulty nutrition, etc. any degeneration or diminution, esp through lack of use}
Broken blood vessels in the eyes
Cardiac arrest and death
Chest pain
Chronic sore throat, hoarseness
Cold hands and feet
Complaining of being "too fat", even when thin
Compulsive exercising
Concern about being overweight
Constipation
Controlling behavior
Cooks for others but does not eat herself
Decayed teeth
Decreased metabolic rate
Dehydration
Denial of hunger
Denial of low body weight
Denial that they are ill
Depression
Desire to lose weight
Difficulty concentrating
Distortion of body image
Diuretic use (increases amount of urination)
Dizziness
Dry skin
Eating until they become sick
Edema (water retention)
Electrolyte imbalances
Emaciation
Esophagus inflammation - from purging or vomiting
Exercise more than 1 hour a day 3 to 4 days a week to control weight
Excessive thirst
Excessive preoccupation with food
Excessive urination
Excessive weight loss
Excuses for not eating meals (ie. ate earlier, not feeling well)
Exhibits an obvious reduction in eating
Exhibits fear or anxiety before eating, and guilt after eating.
Extreme weight loss
Fainting
Fatigue
Fear of gaining weight
Fear that once they start eating they won't be able to stop
Feeling out of control
Feeling that happiness is undeserved
Frequently looking in the mirror
Find it difficult to consume a full normal portion of food (if it is due to fear of consuming it then it is behavioral however sometimes, especially in anorexia, the body gets used to eating small portions and can not take in a normal amount of food making it physical)
Guilt or shame about eating
Going to the kitchen after everyone else has gone to bed. Going out alone on unexpected food runs. Wanting to eat in privacy.
Hair that thins, breaks or falls out
Hand injuries from inducing vomiting
Headaches
Heart palpitations
hides food
Hollow-looking eyes
Hyperactivity
Ignoring feelings of hunger
Inability to remember things
Inability to stop eating. Eating until the point of physical discomfort and pain.
Inability to tell whether or not they are full or hungry. The body's natural mechanisms for indicating hunger or satiety are disturbed.
individual ribs and hip bones visible
Inflicting self-harm
Insecurities about capabilities regardless of actual performance
Insomnia
Intentional starvation
Intense body dissatisfaction
Interpersonal conflicts
Intolerance of cold
Irregular heart rhythms
Irritability
Infertility
Kidney and liver damage
Labeling food as either 'good' or 'bad' with generally an increased urge to binge on
'bad' foods.
Lack of energy
Lack of sexual interest
Light-headedness
Loss of body fat
Low blood pressure
Low body temperature
Low body weight.
Low potassium (most common cause of nocturnal cardiac arrest)
Low self-esteem
Low thyroid function
Malnutrition
Mood swing
Muscle atrophy (wasting away of muscle mainly due to lack of use and/or lack of nutrition)
No known physical illness that would explain weight loss
Not feeling pain as you normally would.
Need for approval
Not wanting or refusing to eat in public
Noticeable discomfort around food
numbness in hands and/or feet
Obsession with weight
Obsessive-compulsive behavior
Obsessiveness about calorie intake
Osteoporosis
Pale complexion (almost a pasty look)
Perfectionist attitude
Playing with food
Preoccupation with tidiness
Preoccupation with food and calorie intake
Problems getting along with family members/long-time friends
Purplish skin color on the arms and legs from poor blood circulation.
Puffy “chipmunk” cheeks
Refusing to eat
Regular episodes of out-of-control binge eating
Repeatedly checking weight
Repeatedly eating large amounts of food in a short period of time
Resistance to treatment
Restricting food choices to only diet foods
Rigid eating schedule
Ruptured stomach or esophagus
Secretive about eating patterns
seizures
Self-worth is determined by food intake
Self-worth determined by weight
Severe self-criticism
Shortness of breath
Skin problems
Slow emptying of the stomach.
Slow heartbeat (fewer than 60 beats a minute).
Soft, downy hair covering the body
Stomach pains
suicidal tendencies
Swelling of arms or legs
Swollen joints
Tiredness
Thin appearance
Throws out food to avoid eating it
Under-eating
Vulnerable to infections
Weakness
Wearing baggy clothes to hide weight loss
Wearing layered clothing - used to hide weight loss
Weighing foods
Withdrawal from friends, family and social situations
Won't eat in front of others unless necessary
Yellow-orange skin, especially on the palms of the hands.
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