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Posted by TexasChic on September 19, 2005, at 20:08:41
I want to starve myself like before when I was skinny. All I can feel is my fat stomach. And I still can't stop binging. I went through an anorexic phase several years ago. Everybody always talks about how good I Iooked then. I didn't eat for days on end. I know its not right but all I want is to get back to that place again.
Posted by Racer on September 19, 2005, at 20:17:45
In reply to I'm so desperate. Trigger, posted by TexasChic on September 19, 2005, at 20:08:41
Unfortunately, I can empathize with your feelings completely.
Best advice I can give you is what my nutritionist keeps telling me: if you eat appropriately during the day, you will not have the same urge to binge. If you eat when you are hungry, and don't allow yourself to get too hungry, and eat what you want to eat, you shouldn't have the same urges to binge.
I don't know if it works, since I go back to restricting pretty easily, but I think it probably does. When I am meeting my meal plan goals, I find that I don't have the same craving for sweets, etc. When I'm not, though, I get to certain phases of the day and just want to eat and eat.
Both my T and my N have 'assigned' me the book "Intuitive Eating" which seems pretty darned good. It's more focussed on 'normal' dieters, but most of the information is good for EDs, too. Do you have a therapist or pdoc to discuss this with? Mostly, insurance companies are kinda starting to deal with EDs better -- putting them into the "Substance Abuse" column, rather than "Mental Health," for instance, so there's more coverage -- so your doctor can probably refer you for some nutritional counseling. I know it helps.
Hope something here helped. I know how much it sucks that we hear people say that we look great when we're sick, and stop saying it as we get well again. Certainly doesn't give much incentive to recover, does it?
Posted by Maxime on September 20, 2005, at 6:09:16
In reply to Re: I'm so desperate. Trigger, posted by Racer on September 19, 2005, at 20:17:45
I can empathize as well. I know what it's like to want that skinny body back again. But I also don't like how I feel physically when I am really underweight (which I am not now). I hate feeling weak, and having bags under my eyes and passing out. But I like the feeling of my concave stomach and my bones. I miss that.
Maxime
> Unfortunately, I can empathize with your feelings completely.
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> Best advice I can give you is what my nutritionist keeps telling me: if you eat appropriately during the day, you will not have the same urge to binge. If you eat when you are hungry, and don't allow yourself to get too hungry, and eat what you want to eat, you shouldn't have the same urges to binge.
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> I don't know if it works, since I go back to restricting pretty easily, but I think it probably does. When I am meeting my meal plan goals, I find that I don't have the same craving for sweets, etc. When I'm not, though, I get to certain phases of the day and just want to eat and eat.
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> Both my T and my N have 'assigned' me the book "Intuitive Eating" which seems pretty darned good. It's more focussed on 'normal' dieters, but most of the information is good for EDs, too. Do you have a therapist or pdoc to discuss this with? Mostly, insurance companies are kinda starting to deal with EDs better -- putting them into the "Substance Abuse" column, rather than "Mental Health," for instance, so there's more coverage -- so your doctor can probably refer you for some nutritional counseling. I know it helps.
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> Hope something here helped. I know how much it sucks that we hear people say that we look great when we're sick, and stop saying it as we get well again. Certainly doesn't give much incentive to recover, does it?
Posted by TexasChic on September 20, 2005, at 16:07:36
In reply to Re: I'm so desperate. Trigger, posted by Maxime on September 20, 2005, at 6:09:16
Thanks yall. I really appreciate your responses. I owe my T money for when I got fired last year and the insurance somehow didn't cover the last few visits. I'm trying to pay it off though. I feel like its been good to have a break, but now I'm ready to go back. She has helped me alot, but there are so many things I don't tell her - like the binge drinking and smoking pot. Is it normal to keep things from your T like that? I just know she'd be really hard on me if I told her about those things.
Posted by Racer on September 21, 2005, at 19:42:24
In reply to Re: I'm so desperate. Trigger, posted by TexasChic on September 20, 2005, at 16:07:36
If you're not trusting your therapist enough to tell her what's actually going on in your life, you're probably not getting optimal treatment for you, you know? On the other hand, the therapy is for you, not her. If she's getting after you for smoking pot, for example, you might point out that it's a decision you've made and it's working for you. That is, if it *is* working for you...
Also, whether you are in therapy or not, check out support groups in your area. I go to an ANAD group -- Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders -- and it's amazing: all those things that I was too ashamed to admit I did, and every week it seemed as though someone brought up doing the same things! Better yet, most of the people there would say, "Oh, yeah! Me too!" It's very helpful. Check a site like somethingfishy.org, and see if you can find a support group in your area.
Good luck.
Posted by TexasChic on September 21, 2005, at 19:52:09
In reply to Re: I'm so desperate. Trigger » TexasChic, posted by Racer on September 21, 2005, at 19:42:24
Thanks Racer! I'll check that out.
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