Posted by chaaya on February 3, 2005, at 22:06:29
In reply to Re: Anorexic and forced hospitalization » chaaya, posted by CareBear04 on February 3, 2005, at 21:04:41
CB,
I am an adult. I have read somewhere that when adult women become anorexic, they are usually doing it to relive stress (rather than for looks) and are more likely to seek help, which does describe me. I had lost about half of the weight because of a medication that I was taking and the other half by restrictive eating. I did go to my therapist and pdoc right away and the pdoc told me to see my PCP. So I have been trying to work with them. I have a serious potassium deficiency but other wise, my labs are good (and I’ve had potassium deficiency even when eating right). We set goals each week – which I keep. I think that she was really bothered that I lost 2 lbs when she had hoped that I would sustain my weight or gain some. I had been losing as much as 3-5 lbs a week so I thought I was doing well. I had been doing well until something really stressful happened this week, and then I quite eating again (other than the scoop of protein powder that I promised to do at least once a day).I am also bipolar (unstable) and have had some SI incedents. I think that they see this as being another form of SI for me.
Thanks for all of the input; it really helps to talk to someone (besides my cats) about this.
poster:chaaya
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