To think the NHS should not be cutting funding for Anorexia and EDs if they are going to be spending ££££ on weight loss jabs

[B00kThi3f]

Anorexia and ED numbers are soaring. My daughter has battled the disease for 6 years. It kills far quicker than obesity and the sooner it is treated the better the outcome. During the last few years I have witnessed so many parents fighting for treatment and now in some severe cases patients are just being given palliative care.

Most areas are now planning cuts to specialist eating disorder services.

The fact we apparantly have ££££ to spend on weight loss jabs when children and young people are essentially being left to die is not ok and highlights a quick fix medicated approach by the NHS as opposed to longer term MH provision.

(Although those jabs being available relatively easily, even if not always legally, is definitely problematic for a lot of people)
I don't know how to edit but I mean those jabs being available to those who are not obese is an issue - obese people are unwell and need help and treatment. Much more help than they are often provided with.

Blatant lie. It's £6.5b as you've already been told. Stop exaggerating by almost doubling the cost to the NHS to suit your own agenda.

Binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome are often associated with gaining weight. These people also are included in obesity costs. Is it only anorexics you think should get treatment for EDs?

Making it up as she goes along.

Best not treat anorexic either, they have a high level of regressing as well.

”Gets the moon on a stick”

You seem to be exaggerating somewhat and it isn’t helping your case. A very small number of people with multiple, life threatening diseases are being prescribed an effective drug which saves the NHS a great deal of money.

The vast majority of people with overweight get absolutely nothing, let alone a moon on a stick.

Your bitterness at your situation may well be justified, but lashing out at others who are also seriously ill is not at all a good look.

Kindly, @B00kThi3f you really do need therapy. Your thought processes are so rigid, so extreme and so closed to facts / perspectives of others.

Parents of children with any physical, medical, neurodevelopmental or mental health difficulties have negatively impacted work schedules and ability to function. What do you think happens when your asd adolescent is unable to attend school due to anxiety and emotionally based school avoidance? What do you think happens when your toddler gets cancer and needs months if not years of inpatient treatment?

Of course the financial implications on parents is not ok. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t seek therapy for your own misguided views as they will certainly not be helping your daughter recover.

Ooh this is a shitty take. Why are you pitting one against the other?

And there it is....

The worthy and the not

This.

Get angry about rainbow lanyards and hospitals spending money defending their illegal practice at tribunals.

Complain about the salaries of senior management.

Don't take it out on other people who may also have an eating disorder.

Honestly, I think OP’s history of ED themselves is still colouring their view of obese people.

I honestly don't think it's worth anyone continuing to engage on this thread. The OP is clearly deeply traumatised by their experiences and, thus, is looking for a scapegoat. Those people who are overweight are an easy group to shift the blame on as they have been demonised for years as simply lacking self control. OP's rigid mindset will not be changed on an Internet forum and instead will likely require therapy.

I feel very sorry for OP as her experiences sound horrific. But I honestly don't think we are helping her by continuing to allow her avenues to propagate her misguided thinking - all we are doing is helping her to wind herself up even further.