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is a characteristic of maybe half of patients
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with anorexia nervosa, who sometime during their illness
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whether underweight will start to binge eat.
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Some of them will abuse laxatives and fluid pills like she did.
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Compulsive behavior is commonly observed.
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A lot of the compulsive behavior is around food
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and exercise and things like that,
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but sometimes it starts to get into other areas,
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rituals with clothes and makeup, and how the room is organized.
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People with anorexia nervosa, if they talk about their mood,
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which can be hard for them, are depressed.
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Again, that letter kind of illustrates it.