Do you now? Inside and out?
Well if you want to shift what appears to be MURDER to death-by-bulemia, then you should answer the following (but won't, as you ignored the previous post)
What are the cause of bulemia?
What electrolyte disorders (and range of kalemia) result
from the range of bulemias?
And please tell us FReepers whether your information is from your interviews
or standard medical/surgical literature.
First of all, it's spelled bulimia, not bulemia.
Bulimia has its roots in psychological stressors. Superficially, a bulimic wants to lose weight because she or he thinks they're overweight. But it has deeper causes. In general, bulimics feel they have no control over their lives or their bodies. Or they have problem with feelings of anger and don't feel they can express it. On the outside, they are smiling and act perfect and can fool people for a long time - they present a picture that nothing is wrong. A woman who became the first person at my college to become a Rhodes Scholar was bulimic. Another woman I know did indeed die from being bulimic. She was 23.
The binge/purge cycle is addictive and it also becomes a weird way to manage anxiety and rage, and also to distract yourself from it. Ultimately, at some point, your life becomes all about getting the next "Fix" or binge/purge.
Some people also binge/purge through overuse of laxatives. That can really deplete you of potassium. There was an article in New York Magazine last year about a woman who took 100 laxatives a day and died from potassium deficiency.
Anyway, if you want to read more about it, just google "bulimia" (not "bulemia.")
One last point - if Michael Schiavo was as controlling as everyone says he was, it would make sense that Terri would become bulimic. Her body was the one thing he couldn't control. Also and I don't know if this is true- I read that he said if she ever got heavy again, he would leave her.
I'm not blaming Terri for her bulimia. I feel sympathy. It's a horrible horrible disease.