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Sherlock Holmes
Hi everyone,
I'm feeling very mixed up and upset right now.
As you know I had my assessment with the eating disorder team this morning. I was there for an hour and a half and told them absolutely everything. They have recognised that I have a problem with my eating, but are not sure what to diagnose me with or whether to take me on. She said that I don't eat enough which contributes to my binging, and that for treatment to be successful I would have to stop trying to lose weight. That was very hard for me to hear because my BMI is still near the obese range and I need to lose weight for my health even if not for vanity reasons.
She said that she thinks my eating behaviours are a symptom of my greater mental health problems (which I wont go into details of) but that by exclusively treating my eating, my other symptoms could then worsen. So she thinks I need treatment for everything which the eating disorder service would not provide, and she thinks psychotherapy would be more beneficial (despite the fact I've had it for a year and it's not helped).
They will write to me in a few weeks to let me know what, if anything, will happen.
I feel very mixed up and very scared. My first reaction was to binge in order to deal with this.
I feel like taking a break from weight watchers and minimins- what she said makes sense, that my dieting is contributing to my binging. I might just use this next month to eat healthily but not count every point and every calorie and not weigh myself, and see if that helps.
I'm feeling very mixed up and upset right now.
As you know I had my assessment with the eating disorder team this morning. I was there for an hour and a half and told them absolutely everything. They have recognised that I have a problem with my eating, but are not sure what to diagnose me with or whether to take me on. She said that I don't eat enough which contributes to my binging, and that for treatment to be successful I would have to stop trying to lose weight. That was very hard for me to hear because my BMI is still near the obese range and I need to lose weight for my health even if not for vanity reasons.
She said that she thinks my eating behaviours are a symptom of my greater mental health problems (which I wont go into details of) but that by exclusively treating my eating, my other symptoms could then worsen. So she thinks I need treatment for everything which the eating disorder service would not provide, and she thinks psychotherapy would be more beneficial (despite the fact I've had it for a year and it's not helped).
They will write to me in a few weeks to let me know what, if anything, will happen.
I feel very mixed up and very scared. My first reaction was to binge in order to deal with this.
I feel like taking a break from weight watchers and minimins- what she said makes sense, that my dieting is contributing to my binging. I might just use this next month to eat healthily but not count every point and every calorie and not weigh myself, and see if that helps.
