Eating Disorders!! (ED)

[Kay4MattTTC]

i have an eating disorder (bulimia). i am well in to recovery. my ED specialist says i should be able not stop seeing her soon if i keep up the good work.

i was wondering if any one else had an ED and wanted to talk?

Heya,

I had bouts of bulimia and anorexia on and off throughout all of secondary school, and managed to beat it off again when I fell pregnant and started putting on weight.

Good on you for recovering!!! Its such a hard thing to come back from, you should be really proud of yourself x

Hi Kay, Erika, I don't have an eating disorder anymore, but I suffered from anorexia and later bulimia over many years. Well done Kay on your progress: what did you find really made the difference in helping you get better?

hey hester my fiancee helped me out alot. it how i relised i needed help.

Hey I have struggled with eating issues. I was seeing a dietician but she recenlty discharged me although I didn't feel ready to go. I am at a funny stage of recovery where I am just trying to keep going if that makes sense. I am kind of angry with her for discharging me and leaving me with no support but that's life I suppose.

Sounds like you are doing really well - you should be proud - it's hard work.

hey stefka i would go see the docter if i was you they may be able to refer you to a counciller/therapist or an ED specialist

I've been down that road already. Sadly she was not much use. She told me to put on weight but that she coudln't get me help because I wasn't a 'serious enough case' and then went on to tell me what her other patients ate in a day. I was lucky to get the dietician - I sorted that out on my own.

I am cross because when I started seeing her I told her I was afraid that once I had done what she had said and gained the weight she would just send me away. She reassured me that she knew it wasn't that simple but then she did exactly what I was afraid of!

I've got to get used to being the weight I am but I am not at all comfortable.

Yeah... Some people are totally usless at dealing with mental health issues all together - I look at them and wonder why on EARTH they're in the profession.

I'm sorry you had such a bad experience with your dietican. I hate the whole "serious enough" thing - I mean... How can it not be classified as serious when you are practically starving yourself? Was told it once by a physc., and I actually just laughed at him in shock.

I had to be weighted the other day because of the baby, and I'm up to ten stone. I cried my eyes out. Gone from a size ten to a 14 (UK) in my first trimester. I feel so bad about it!

Then I feel hypocrytical, because my boyfriend has anorexia, and I told him that he needs to at least start seeing someone to maintain his weight - He's nearly down to six and a half stone - because I didn't feel comfortable with him holding the baby. I know thats cruel, but his lightheadedness and the weakness in his arms seems to have got worse recently. And I'm worried about that. I feel horrible for saying that, but its true.

Hugs to all. x