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I can feel it starting again

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AMcoffeeLover · 30/05/2015 00:54

Posted in eating disorder but no one is around.
Please help
Lots of things in my life are changing /(feel like they are ) going wrong lately and the thoughts and urges to not eat and exercise lots till the thoughts have gone are back really strong after years of "being free"
Was diagnosed with an eating disorder and cyclothymia while abroad and med care paid for over there. I was told I could let my UK gp know or not, it was up to me. I haven't told anyone, not even DP (who I met once I was back on track). I'm worried that if I let the gp know dp could find out as he works in medicine and could easily access my file (his mates have accessed their partners files for laughs, and while very wrong it does happen). Tbh dp may have already looked at mine (and thankfully seen nothing out of the ordinary)
The thoughts are so strong. Please help, what should I do?

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AMcoffeeLover · 30/05/2015 01:00

Anyone? Please

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mamakoukla · 30/05/2015 01:11

not sure what to write but did not want to leave unanswered. I think the most important step is that you have recognized what you feel and where you are at.

Sending you hugs and hope that somebody comes along soon with more useful posts.
Is private care an option and would it be linked to your record?

mamakoukla · 30/05/2015 01:17

your health comes first. If you feel you need help, then please find courage and go. Would your dp be understanding and could it be time to speak about this to him or family or friends?

AMcoffeeLover · 30/05/2015 02:17

Latest on the series of problems -
Dp and I put offer in on house, accepted, notice given on rental, house fell through, homeless then back living with own parents (after almost 5 years of living together and 6MCs)
New job starting mid July but apparently it could be un reliable (according to dp, not so according to the contract offered). His idea is for him to take the money (50% is my money) and get a house in just his name with me joining him after 6 months having proven myself and the job to be reliable. He's even picked "his place" and viewed it without me
He's changed so much since we've been apart I honesty don't think I trust him to take £12,000 of my money and put it into a property in his name. He's got the money, when we were living together I trusted him with it and it looks like that's what he's doing. I'm lucky if I get a text telling me whats going on.
His idea is supported by his mum who is a cow at the best of times, openly hateful to me at the worst.

I'm really worried as these feeling, I know are wrong, but they feel safe and reliable, almost like finding an old friend again.
i can't make dp see how bizarre his idea is, especially as he mentioned sharing the bills.....so I'd be living with my parents but helping him pay bills on a place my money helped pay for but i'm not even living in. that is bizarre? I'm not being odd?
I'm so confused and stressed and alone.
In my cyclothymia cycle im on a down which isn't helping and the eating disorder thoughts are safe and reliable and secure (say the desires) as well as dangerous and un true (says my brain).
But I need some reliability and I really want to slip back into my old pattern just till I feel happy again, just a few Weeks. But I know it won't stay as a few weeks, I'll spiral down but I still want it.
does anyone understand what I mean? Think i've garbled what I wanted to say.

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Threetofour · 01/06/2015 00:16

It will not help you, you will not feel better it will make everything worse & you know it! I say this only because it is happening to me too I am struggling to control my anxiety & the little voice starts telling me to eat less... Well done you're hungry but you're not eating.... Etc etc
I took my daughter out for lunch yesterday and the panic started rising, so I had to face it & order a lasagne & garlic bread & force it down as a screw you to that voice in my head, I won't go back to that awful place again. & it's an awful place you know that right? You've beaten it before & you can stop it in it's tracks, I'm going to try but I'm struggling too
If you ever want to PM please do, hope you are feeling better

Anonnnn · 01/06/2015 00:41

Hi this is still theretofour just name changed! I understand exactly what you say you are feeling it is that safe secure feeling that lures you in!
Also if you have anyone in rl you can talk to tell them, it helps to put things in perspective . part of the power your eating disorder has is it causes you to hide things & tell lies to your loved ones STOP that now before you've even started it's great that you've come on here to admit how you are feeling but it definitely helps to blurt it out in real life too!

AMcoffeeLover · 01/06/2015 07:08

I have no one in rl. Dp doesn't know and wouldn't understand and my friend who did know moved away about a year ago and been getting distant ever since, limited on friends now.
When I get anxious I get heart pipalpitations which makes swallowing painful which doesn't help.

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PeaceOfWildThings · 01/06/2015 08:13

You've got us.
I'm going to post some links, it might be a lot to wade through if I post everything, so I'll try to be selective and give my reasons for each link.

I think though firstly, don't give your dp your money for his house until and unless he agrees to get the house in joint names. Even so, if he is a medical practitioner with such a poor understanding of eating disorders, it doesn't spell good news. What do you have to lose by telling him? He could turn out to be supportive and give you just the help you need. All the doubts could be the ED and anxiety putting up barriers and getting you to isolate yourself.

So first link is some help with anxiety:
short course on help for anxiety

Next: If you haven't got a care team to hand just now, get an app until you do!
There are a couple to choose from.
rise and recover, recovery warriors

[http://www.recoveryrecord.com/ Recovery Record, designed to share privately with your care team.]]

This: www.eatingdisorderhope.com/recovery/self-help-tools-skills-tips is a fantastic resource and full of helpful blogs and articles.

Now you know I'm going to say go to see your GP. You have a right to a GP and to privacy. Book a double appointment so you have time. If you explain your anxiety and situation with your DP, the GP can be reticent and use appropriate language and give minimal gossip fodder in your notes. Eating disorders are nothing to be ashamed of. Mental illnesses are nothing to be ashamed of. You've got us too and we do care but you do need professional help and you have as much right to it as anyone else.

If you need to just chat (this is not for emergency crisis help) to someone who won't give advice, via PM, you can find a listener to talk to a here:
7 Cups of Tea search page. Ive filled in the form, so the ones on the list on that page should have some understanding of eating disorders and anxiety. Listeners on 7 Cups are ordinary people who have some experience of MH issues themselves and are generally not medically trained.

AMcoffeeLover · 01/06/2015 10:57

Thank you all for listening and being surpirtiv.
Can't get a doc appointment til Thursday next week, and knowing me, in a panic I'll cancel it if I have too long to think on it.
How do I start that conversation with dp or a gp??!

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notquitegrownup2 · 01/06/2015 11:11

With your GP, you could print out your op here and take it along.

With your dp, I think that the main conversation you should be having is to make sure that he understands that the £12k you have is to be invested in your future. If he requires you to prove yourself to him, then you would be very very silly to think of having a future with him!

You are a strong woman. You have already overcome a huge challenge of an eating disorder, have moved country, been "free" for several years, and have found yourself a partner and a new job. You have done amazingly. However, you don't have to keep him! He is messing with your head, his mother is antagonistic and he is not supporting you when she suggests mad things - he is very lucky that you have stayed around for this long.

Tbh dp may have already looked at mine (and thankfully seen nothing out of the ordinary) If you are serious about staying with someone then it should be someone who knows and loves you, because you are you. Your sentence about gives an indication of how little you trust him to really love you. You are a little out of the ordinary. Lots of us are. We can be more challenging but we are also ourselves, and able to give love, and sustain long and happy relationships with someone who loves us.

It sounds as if this joint house falling through might have done you a favour. You know, you are allowed to say 'This is not working for me. I am starting a new job soon, I will get myself a flat.'

Can you think of any good reasons why you would want to stay with this man, really?

AMcoffeeLover · 01/06/2015 13:32

I'm with him because other than not feeling able to tell him, he's prefect for me. We balance each other out...mostly.
Though he's just sprung the he's going on a guys only holidays for a week over my birthday......and its costing money we can't really afford (we can't afford to go away together on holiday so decided on days out together this summer.....)
But I really love him

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OhNoNotMyBaby · 01/06/2015 13:41

There is a red flag for me in him taking your money to buy a place for him, and not letting you join him until you prove yourself reliable.....

another one: you can't afford a holiday - but suddenly he's going on one with his mates - over your birthday.

OP this is not someone to share your life with. This a control freak. No wonder you are anxious. The reason it's all coming back again is because you don't feel that you are in control of your life. This man is taking the control away from you.

Take back control by getting rid of this man. He is not the one for you.

AMcoffeeLover · 01/06/2015 13:49

But we've been together for so long and he's only recently been like this (since making friends with a particular person which the new place is only down the road from), he could change back to the man I met.

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OhNoNotMyBaby · 01/06/2015 15:54

I'm afraid that thinking you can change someone is a huge, total, complete waste of time. You can't go back to how things were, you need to move forward.

OhNoNotMyBaby · 01/06/2015 15:55

He will basically be stealing £12k from you if he uses that money to buy a place for him and puts it in his name only.

You will never get that money back. He certainly won't give it back to you nor will he put the house in your joint names. He is taking you for a ride.

AMcoffeeLover · 01/06/2015 17:18

He says I'll move in after a few months and the next place will be in joint names

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AMcoffeeLover · 01/06/2015 17:22

Oh no - to be honest your really stressing me out. You prob don't mean to come off as telling me what do to but that's how it feels to me.

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notquitegrownup2 · 01/06/2015 18:06

Oh sweetheart, we are only (motherly) strangers on the internet. Don't let us stress you out. Instead, try to take things calmly, and to celebrate all of the good things in your life. Then think of what you would advise a friend to do in your situation.

We all make mistakes in life and we all do good things too. See if you can find a good GP to advise you - if your p has already checked your medical records then he probably won't again - and do look after yourself.

His suggestions about housing do sound bizarre, as you suggest. (You asked for advice on that one). In my experience, it's lovely to have a partner and someone to look after you, but relationships work best if you are both able to be independent - then you stay together because you love and respect each other, rather than because you are stuck there.

Hope that helps.

AMcoffeeLover · 01/06/2015 18:57

Thank you, that helps a lot Thanks

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AMcoffeeLover · 01/06/2015 19:00

I feel like I need to cut him some slack too. He's been through 6 MCs,, 7 babies in total, with me and will have been effected by it too.
He's still affectionate, tells me he loves me ect.......maybe he's just being a bit thoughtless at the moment....

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Romeyroo · 01/06/2015 20:06

He's got the money, when we were living together I trusted him with it and it looks like that's what he's doing.

I'm really sorry, but am I understanding this correctly? You were going to buy a house together, but the sale fell through so now you are living with your parents, and he says he will take the money and buy a house for himself.

Once you have proved yourself to be reliable for six months Hmm, then you will be allowed to live in this house that he has put half your money towards (and at some undefined point in the future, you might get a house if you 'prove' yourself, and if you don't, will he give you the money back, or just deny he ever took it). At the same time, he is going off on holidays with his mates, which you are not invited on, over your birthday.

Does he already have your money in his bank account, or is it in a joint account or do you still have the money in your own account? I really hope that you still have it. If you don't, you need to ask for it back. You can't accept a situation where YOUR money goes into a property not in your name on a promise. What evidence do you have that you gave him this money and why? If he has it, you can ask for it back and say you have found a high interest account to put it in, until you find a joint place. A joint place was the condition you offered/gave it on, and that should be the way forward.

If I am right, and he has the money, is putting these conditions on things, and is going on holiday without you, then I think your anxiety is a perfectly normal response.

It does not matter how many MCs he has been through - this is NOT a normal and kind response to a partner who has been through six herself physically and emotionally. I had three, and the emotional and physical toll is huge, never mind all the stress of house purchase falling through. A loving relationship is about support.

How supportive are your parents? Have you been able to talk about this with them? You do need to talk to your GP and see what RL support you can get.

Five years of your life you have loved and trusted your partner, so you obviously don't want to think badly of him, but however you look at it, suggesting that he take the money and buy himself a property is not the action of a person who really deserves your love. I suspect in your heart you know this, which has triggered the anxiety and disordered thoughts. I suspect that you also know that looking at people's medical records is deeply wrong and that he may have told you this as a means of control and blackmail so you will feel limited in seeking any treatments you need. It is a gross violation of privacy, and awful to even give you that fear.

The priority here is your health. You need to be healthy to make any decisions or to deal with the situation. You should not be making life decisions when you are mired in anxiety. Please, please look after yourself, and find the advice and support you need beyond your partner so that you can recover.

AMcoffeeLover · 01/06/2015 20:20

I sat down with him to talk. Just discovered he's put an offer in on a tiny bungalow in the worst place in the one town I didn't want to live Sad its down the road from a high security prison......
Shit
And its right by the mate who is a right twat. Crap
Hope they reject somethings wrong with it.
I haven't even looked at it. He went with his mother.

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notquitegrownup2 · 01/06/2015 22:16

Just to add, so sorry to hear of your miscarriages. You have been through so very very much. Be kind to yourself.

OhNoNotMyBaby · 02/06/2015 13:01

OP I'm sorry that my posts are stressing you out. That was not my intention at all. I'm not typing huge amounts because I'm supposed to be working... Wink

Nor did I mean to tell you what to do. Having suffered huge anxiety for over a decade in my youth I was trying to give you some insights as a shortcut. But there aren't any shortcuts in reality.

All you can do is whatever feels right for you at any particular moment.

BUT please please please please don't give him your money.

AMcoffeeLover · 02/06/2015 14:15

Its ok, I know you didn't mean to stress me x

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