Talk:Rumination disorder

This article seems to be a direct copy of Richard W.M. Jones 23:15, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I've written a replacement stub on the /Temp page. Richard W.M. Jones 17:34, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

An Adult Male With Rumination Disorder
Little seems to be known about this disorder.

Many children who develop this disorder will die from malnourishment, and it may have something to do with lack of a maternal bond. In adults, it is typically seen only in those who are mentally retarded.

I have had the disorder ever since I can remember (and I am obviously not mentally retarded). I may have had it from birth, or it may have developed around the age of six. It feels so natural that it very difficult to stop (I've had no success). There's a sense of not really having eating without regurgitating afterwards to fully savor it. Some psychologists call this "self-stimulation," and there certainly is a certain sense of reward to savoring a meal, since I can't seem to do this when the food is outside of me.

Food outside of me causes me a kind of separation anxiety; I want to overcome that as quickly as possible. Once it's inside me, I can comfortably enjoy it. Not surprisingly, I have suffered from a few personality disorders, bulimia, depression, etc. I'm very inwardly directed, have some narcissistic tendencies -- and clearly there is a relationship here between rumination disorder and directing my energies to the inside vs. the outside of myself.

I am also a man with this condition / eating disorder. I was only made aware of it name in adulthood. There seem to be no resources available to manage the condition though i know from experience some foods aggravate it more than others.&quot;It Is Now&quot; 21:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Feb, 2009 I always was told I had GERDS and I believe I did, as there was acid in the reflux of food.Now I no longer get the mouth fulls of hydrochloric acid. About five years ago I discovered the Kinesiology stomach up exercise and this is how I now control this disorder. It is a simple exercise to bring the stomach down. I think when the stomach goes up that it blocks the food from entering the stomach. The information from the medical experts say there is no cure because they have no medication for it. They also say people do on purpose...NOT! No I am not mentally challenged either! What seems to block the food from entering the stomach is when I bend over, certain way I lay when sleeping,and swallowed sharp, or rough foods or swallowing without chewing properly and being anxious or tense seems to do something to these muscles. When the stomach is up I can eat and I remain feeling hungry, so I eat more to try to quench my hunger, but it does not help.Sometimes I can have the three meals from the past twelve hours all come back up and I can still feel like I haven't eaten in a long while. Or I keep eating and eating to satisfy my hunger. It is as if the esophagus gets over full and any movement will have it pop out and sometimes with great force and it can be very messy and very embarrassing. The food that comes up has not been digested whatsoever, nor contain acid. It is as if it had just been stored in the esophagus..sometimes for over twelve hours and yes some foods seem to be worst than others. For instance, peels on tomatoes or any fruit and any fat. Hope this helps one person. This is a mechanical problem, not chemical! Written by adult female L.Jenner