Wednesday, 1 February 2012

After the ED assessment

After my counselling session, well, I don't know really.  The counsellor said it sounds like I have a bulimia-type disorder (he's an specialist in EDs), which I already sort of guessed.  But he also said my eating patterns are fairly common and that I'm certainly not alone.

He said also what I had found in that the NHS mental health teams aren't that good with eating disorders (sorry if you've had a good experience and I'm making it sound shit, but that's how I feel about it at the moment).

We've agreed to have a full session next week and I've been given a food diary to complete.  The best part is he said we can work on stopping the binge/purging but I can still carry on restricting so I don't have to give that up yet.  He said we can look at trying to increase the calories more when I feel comfortable.  He also said that the process could be painful emotionally and it won't be easy.

Bring it on, I guess....

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