thread on which to be factitiously Mentally Normal (NOS)

[Mitchy1nge]

nobody was wondering but not only am I still alive, the horribleness of my back pain has completely stopped is all a bit tender and traumatised but hooray for me

and partial hooray for the weirdness that is tramadol I suppose

Ah. I'm sure you're right and it's only a matter of time. Several of my female relatives and half my old schoolfriends seem to have an ED diagnosis. But if you ever want to avoid all food in hospital except plain meat and nonstarchy veg, and sit on your bed eating peanut butter instead, without being suspected of disordered eating, just tell them you're a diabetic and no-one will bat an eyelid - they'll even sympathise. My named nurse said to me that since they couldn't feed me and I wasn't sleeping, I'd be better off at home. That's half the reason I was discharged so soon

Do you think you're getting over that bug you had, Caulk?

Not keen on peanut butter.
During the hospital stay in the autumn they let me eat cheese, crackers and muller rice (basically my meals at home) and were fine about it, but I was on a short-stay surgical ward whilst waiting for the psych team to decide what to do with me as it was the only place with space, I doubt I would have got away with that anywhere else...I'll remember the diabetic line though, unless I'll need medication for that too?

Yes, although I'd love to say that I'm too ill for work this evening but I doubt that will work. Just have a cough now, but so does everyone else so it's not worth making a big deal about I still will though

I have a (very very mild) cough that started as a tickly throat last night and am milking it for all it's worth, so go for it

I take some medication for diabetes but only because I want to; I've been told I don't need it but it gets me free prescriptions I prefer to keep taking it. The main downside of the diabetic stuff was that some nurses decided I should have my blood sugar tested every morning while others were happy for me to stick with once a week, so I never knew from day to day whether someone was going to want to stab me in the finger or not.

I pretended to be diabetic to get a blood testing kit thing free from Facebook.

No! Not shocked face! "Oh great fun" face.

am doing the shock face at 15 years for referral to an ED team

that is a horribly long time

Not a real shock face

They give those meters away all the time - they make their money on the (extortionate) strips. Like razors and printers.

When bmi was 15.something I was given ADs for it but no referral until now.

That's awful Caulk.

That was in Plymouth. In Birmingham I was told i had had problems for too long and so they couldn't refer me unless I had a bmi below 16.3. I'm not sure what's changed, except wonderful Freud who seems to be on my side and has done this referral.

15 years!!!!!!!! That makes me feel v sad :(
The Bham ED people are fab, or they always were when I was under their care. Did your therapist sort the referral out?
Good luck with the assessment :)

I hope they are helpful for you after all this time. That's such an arbitrary cut-off point, 16.3, and you can be diagnosed with anorexia at a higher bmi than that, and what about bulimics or binge eaters, can't they be seen at all?

It does sound arbitrary and they definitely used to see people with ED with normal or higher BMI, but I haven't seen them for over 10 years now, as I moved away...

No, therapist is seen privately. When in hospital I saw the ex head of eating disorders, and he mentioned it, and then the new psychiatrist arranged this referral.

No idea why 16.3. Have been abnormal at a higher bmi than I was below that but never mind. No doubt they will meet me and remind me I am Far Too Fat to continually have a problem though

Main ishoo has been bulimia, with four patches of anorexia during that time, but even when vomming 10+ times a day was still told nothing could be done. Ho hum.

Oh, I see :)

Good luck with the assessment. I only have (well mostly have) good things to say about them

that's so shit and so mad, cuddle :(

like most people (I suspect?) my Behaviours started when I was a healthy, possibly even a bit over (thanks meds!) weight although I really don't feel very stereotypical or all that much affinity with others who have similar problems - at my assessment she kept pulling the sceptical face when I denied cutting my food into tiny pieces (I do pull it into tiny pieces with my fingers though ) or not being scared of certain foods, it was quite a long stupid questionnaire. For me I really think it's just a kind of anxiety and it's happened twice before but this seems slower and longer, and I feel much more attached to it than in the past.

I can't really remember any of my assessments, but I was always quite poorly and therefore not with it. The best advice I can give is to be as honest as possible, as I hid a lot of stuff from them as I was quite ashamed and it rely didn't help in the long term!
They have heard it all before, lots

I don't really understand eating disorders but it always sounds so distressing to live with. I hope you get some decent help for it Caulk.

how is everyone today? Is so wet here even the dog wouldn't come for a run or walk, am taking that as a sign to lie under a furry throw and watch something that isn't diet/food/fat related (suggestions welcomed)

Minors in Designers.

That's a TV programme by the way, I'm not throwing out random words.