Although it is easier to talk about them as different conditions, individual patients often suffer from symptoms of both. Indeed, it often happens that bulimia develops after a period of months or years of anorexic symptoms. Women suffer from these disorders 10 times as often as men, and so this leaflet refers to the sufferer as 'she'. Although often thought of as adult problems, these disorders most often start in the teenage years while the sufferer is still at home Link to this page to find out more I have done a lot of research on this topic and I have learned so much about it. Eating disorders are very scary and hard to handle.
Treatment is very extensive and takes a long time to succeed if it does.