Kind of... messed up eating habits.

[Fiction]

Ok, so I think i may have EDNOS but my eating habits are pretty messed up.
I'm 5" 4 and I started of weighing 108lb. I then starved myself for a month straight. I only lost weight too 103lb.
After that i started eating again. A fair amount but not so that I would put any weight on, just so that i could maintain what I had lost.
I then stopped eating again I can't remember how long for but ended up at 100lb.
When I started eating again i put all the weight back on and ended up at 103lb again.
Then i starved myself again. Ended up at 96lb. I was getting constant headaches and dizzyness.
Now i'm back to eating loads and I feel shit for eating that much. Like it still bothers me and I know eventaully the guilt will set in and i'll starve again. I weigh 99lb at the moment.

So even with my epidsodes of eating normally, do I still have an eating disorder? Or is it just me getting over worried about nothing?
Thankyou if you reply :)

[georgiamay]

I think it's still a problem if you go through periods of eating and then starving yourself. A symptom of EDNOS is infrequent starving. You're not starving yourself constantly, but you feel guilty when you - what you feel is - too much. So you starve yourself again.

Sorry Kathy, but that's still a problem. It sounds a lot like a cycle that you've been going through of starving, eating a little bit more, and then starving again. It is still an eating disorder.

[Fiction]

I suppose but the fact that I still can eat, well still do eat, means that it can't be that much of a problem?

[georgiamay]

The fact that you do still eat means that you don't have anorexia. But it doesn't mean that you don't have a problem. It's just as much of a problem if you have EDNOS.

And who knows, maybe it will develop into anorexia. Any kind of disordered eating is a problem.

[BreatheHopeIntoMe]

Are you seeing a doctor? It definitely sounds like an eating disorder. You should seek help ASAP.

[Fiction]

No i'm not, because I can't tell my parents and i'm scared doctors would think i was wasting their time. Plus they would find out about my self harm too.

[Fact]

No i'm not, because I can't tell my parents and i'm scared doctors would think i was wasting their time. Plus they would find out about my self harm too.

Doctors never treat their patients like a waste of time.
Your mother's a doctor, you should know that.

[Fiction]

That's how I know they do sometimes.

[Fact]

That's how I know they do sometimes.

Okay, then your mother breaches confidentiality :P
Anyway, you obviously have a problem and are in the minority (you were talking about anorexia figures yourself a few weeks ago, even though you have EDNOS, which I'm sure is reasonably uncommon too?) so doctors should endeavour to help you. It's not like there's nothing wrong with you and you're just complaining willy-nilly.

[Fiction]

Okay, then your mother breaches confidentiality :P
Anyway, you obviously have a problem and are in the minority (you were talking about anorexia figures yourself a few weeks ago, even though you have EDNOS, which I'm sure is reasonably uncommon too?) so doctors should endeavour to help you. It's not like there's nothing wrong with you and you're just complaining willy-nilly.

I might be? I'm not really sure that I have a problem since i don't starve all the time. And yes it's uncommon but more people have EDNOS than anorexia.

[Fact]

I might be? I'm not really sure that I have a problem since i don't starve all the time. And yes it's uncommon but more people have EDNOS than anorexia.

You do have a problem. You said yourself in another thread that you have EDNOS, which you do.

[BeautifulDisaster]

Erm, Anorexia doesn't mean you don't straight out eat nothing at all.
In anorexia, you have two subtypes.
Individuals with the Restricting Type purely restrict food intake and have increased activity (i.e. compulsive exercise).
Those with the Binge-Eating/Purging Type usually restrict their food intake but also regularly engage in binge eating and/or purging behaviors (i.e. self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics or enemas).
So, you DO still eat, sometimes even more than meant to in one sitting (binge) & then purge it.
So, if when you do eat, you don't eat above 1200 calories, or you b/p, then it may even be anorexia you could have, not EDNOS.
Either way, it does sound like you have an ED.
I'd recommend discussing this with someone professionally & getting help before it spirals further out of control.
x

[Syvelocin]

The only thing is that diagnostic criteria for anorexia includes missing three consecutive periods, which is a main point that most EDNOS patients don't meet so therefore aren't diagnosed wth anorexia nervosa. They might also not be the right weight to be diagnosed as such.

[BeautifulDisaster]

Well, the weight criteria was changed earlier this year, & the periods I think were removed from the new diagnostic criteria? I'm not sure... =/ But, yeah, it may be verging on Anorexia, EDNOS or not, Anorexia or not, it's just as serious.
x

[Fiction]

I don't think I have anorexia. When I do eat, I really do eat way too much. And it's not just a one day binge, it's like eating normally for a week or so, and then back to starving.

[BeautifulDisaster]

Purging can come in many forms, one of them being starving for long periods. It may be you have bulimia?

[Fiction]

I very rarely make myself sick but i suppose... I eat too much, get guilty, and then starve for a while. So I don't know... can that count as Bulimia? But i do manage to loose weight.

[BeautifulDisaster]

Yep, that can count as Bulimia as the purging is the starving yourself. It's actually quite common in Bulimia. It's the Non Purging type Bulimia. -
Purging and non-purging type bulimia

Purging type bulimia involves the physical expelling of food and calories from the body. For example, self-induced vomiting, laxative and diuretic abuse, and the misuse of enemas are all purging type bulimic behaviors.

Non-purging type bulimia involves inappropriate compensatory behaviors but the sufferer has not engaged in self-induced vomiting or laxative, diuretic and enema abuse. Typical non-purging type behaviors include fasting and excessive exercise.

[Fiction]

I have purged a few times, but it isn't a regular thing.
Also, what is the difference between EDNOS, Anorexia and Bulimia non purging type?

[Syvelocin]

I thought it was Anorexia restricts calories, a large concern for not gaining weight, and the missed periods plus underweight to a certain degree or more. Then Bulimia would include binging but then purging or excessively exercising to avoid gaining weight, and most are either average or overweight usually. And then of course EDNOS is even less specific.

[BeautifulDisaster]

Well, Bulimia consists of regular binging/purging.
Anorexia consists of restriction/starving(unless its binging/purging type, but in that type you also restrict, but do engage in binging/purging), but you have at least 3 periods missed & low body weight.
EDNOS is where you meet most of the criteria for either Bulimia or Anorexia, but for Anorexia, haven't missed your periods or not of low weight, & with Bulimia, you don't regularly engage in binging/purging.
EDNOS is extremely vague, you may have mild eating disordered patterns, or as above, meet most of the criteria but not enough to have the diagnosis of either, or you may engage in both binging/purging & starving/restricting, but not meet the full criteria for either.
I think!

[Fiction]

Well this is all very confusing xD

[BeautifulDisaster]

It really is! lol
Basically, you do have disordered eating.

[Fiction]

Lol to put it simply.
Maybe i'll get help one day and get diagnosed by a proper doctor :)

[BeautifulDisaster]

well, might be too late by then...
I'd suggest getting help now.

[Fiction]

I can't tell my parents, although in a way I really want help :/

[BeautifulDisaster]

You don't have to tell them.
you can see someone without them knowing why.
unless you are at serious risk/danger ie; at risk of suicide/abuse, then they'd have to breach confidentiality.

[Fiction]

There is no real way i can get to see someone confidentially either. Especially since my mum is a doctor and is friends with all of the doctors around here :/

[BeautifulDisaster]

well, she'll find out sooner or later. better now before it gets really bad than later when your passing out & being fed by a tube & on iv's with your mother worried sick that you'll end up dead.

[BreatheHopeIntoMe]

How does you're mom not know yet?? I mean, with the job I guess she's really busy all the time but still... I don't know, I think you should get help too though. Before it gets really bad.

[Fiction]

because i hardly ever talk to or see my mum. She's too busy for me
And it might not get really bad.

[BeautifulDisaster]

well, cant do much but id recommend going nowbefore it gets full blown.