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Is this a blip or am I losing controls again? Anorexia/Depression

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OracleInaCoracle · 11/04/2008 08:29

Since I was 6 I have been anorexic. I have managed to maintain a healthy weight for quite a while now and have forced myself to put weight on to improve our chances of having another baby, but its not working.

I feel dreadful. I feel fat and dirty and i loathe my "new" body. the only thing that will make me feel better again is losing weight, but i know from experience that i cant just lose a couple of pounds. I feel low all the time, im exhausted, having migraines and have no interest in anything at all, in fact feel like i did when i had PND after ds was born. but ds is nearly 3 and i know that my low mood is more to do with my inability to have another baby than anything else.

I long to get back some control, I know that I am healthier this size , and the BDS that i had showed that years of starving myself has put me at risk from osteoporosis. the only reason Im not listening to the other side is for my ds, i know i wont be able to stop when i start iykwim and im really scared. my EDT was fab and said that if i need an emergancy appt to call, but unfortunately i will always have to live with this. i dont want to. im fed up of having these 2 sides and the bad one being the strongest, it would be so easy to just give up. what should i do? i feel so desperate.

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LilRedWG · 13/04/2008 17:25

Good stuff! Keep it up honey.

paperchain · 14/04/2008 22:17

How are you today lissie? I have had a bad day, but managed some supper. Have been thinking about you.

OracleInaCoracle · 15/04/2008 10:36

bad this morning. ate a proper dinner last night and feel like shite this morning. taken yet another day off college, really need to get sorted.

PC, how are you?

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LilRedWG · 15/04/2008 13:29

(((hugs)))

lulumama · 15/04/2008 13:30

sweetheart, you should try to go to college..

do you like soup? could you eat soup? maybe drink it out of a mug, so less like a meal? IFYSWIM.

OracleInaCoracle · 15/04/2008 13:55

thanks, just had some toast. waiting for EDT to get back to me with an appointment at the mo

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paperchain · 15/04/2008 18:41

So sorry you were feeling rough lissie - did the EDT get back to you?

{{{{hugs}}}}

PCx

ps I am fine

OracleInaCoracle · 15/04/2008 18:42

he was off ill today. how inconsiderate!

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paperchain · 15/04/2008 18:57

Oh bloody hell - therapists should not be allowed to get sick

paperchain · 15/04/2008 18:57

meant to ask how DS is now? did the jelly help?

OracleInaCoracle · 15/04/2008 21:18

still very poorly, well no. he isnt ill, poo is just vile!

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LilRedWG · 15/04/2008 21:22

Hope you are feeling brighter Lissie. I wish there was something I could do to help you

paperchain · 15/04/2008 21:31

oh no - could it be something he ate which has to get out of his system?? or a mild intolerance?

OracleInaCoracle · 16/04/2008 10:45

i dont know, think i shall take him to the docs. he's always either constipated or the other way!

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OracleInaCoracle · 16/04/2008 18:29

we are going away for a long weekend to sils caravan in wales, dh thinks it will do me good. ate toast for lunch and a small curry for dinner. i'm quite pleased with myself now!

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paperchain · 16/04/2008 23:29

Hi Lissie - WELL DONE! You deserve to be pleased with yourself!

That does sound rather like an intolerance to me.... or an irritable bowel? Does he get pain or excessive wind?

PCx

lullabyloo · 16/04/2008 23:38

((((((((((((())))))))))))))))
lovely one

Janni · 16/04/2008 23:54

Well done for sharing this with your DH.

How did you feel when you were pregnant with your DS? Did it help you to eat properly or did you obsess about getting bigger?

LilRedWG · 17/04/2008 18:29

Well done Lissie! Have a wonderfully relaxing weekend. xx

OracleInaCoracle · 22/04/2008 18:40

well, have done really well. spoke to tutor today about missed work and she told me not to worry and seeing the cons has given me the impetus to keep the weight on. thank you for all your support

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LilRedWG · 22/04/2008 22:23

Am glad things are on the up sweetie

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