anyone been treated at eating disorders clinic as an outpatient?

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My dr is thinking of this for me now. i am not very bad but underweight and am not able to put on more due to not liking food, having v small appetite and other issues.

Has anyone done this? do you have to see a psychiatrist? I am worried about having it on my notes that I have seen one, will it affect anything in the future like job medicals or health insurance?

did it work for you?

If i don't do this, I am thinking of asking to see a dietician to help me understand food better and having weekly appts with dr or practice nurse for weigh-ins.

I think you have to ask yourself why you want to change right now? Is it because you think you will not conceive at this weight?

Your reference to yourself as flabby is odd - you are a woman who has had a baby not a 16 yr old girl. It kinda comes with the territory.

I think it's likely you need effective psychotherapy ( like CBT) rather than attending a specific eating disorders unit because your overvalued ideas about your body image are unlikely to be the only issues. As I said earlier you are likely to have very low self esteem which needs to be addressed.

Why do you think you should change your behaviour now?

littkefish
i agree totally with littlefish-my mum is an anorexic and it has ruined my life! she was an anorexic at 18, then it was under control had me at 24 then she kept to 1000 calories a day unitl my sister was born, she then went down to 4.5 stone and has been that weight for the last 15 years.
it has been hell- seeing my mum unable to lift her head because of weight loss, operations due to bowel and stomach problems, osteopathy from lack of calcium. i too at 18 started to go down the bulimic path-i pulled myself out but have suffererd badly with depression and mainly due to my mums ill health.
she has been inpatients and outpatients at fantastic hospitals-but to be honest her problem is so within her now its her way of life-she is anne orexic.
weekly weigh ins have not worked for her-she inserts fish weights into herself.
please please get yourself sorted out- my mum never obviously calorie counted etc but i was well aware of weight from a young age- i now suffer the reverse- i reward myself with food!

enimod - I feel so for you, as I do for myself. I too reward myself with food, and have also teetered on the edge of bulimia at times in my life.

Like enimod - it was never talked about it our family, but we were always aware of it.