Food for thought -A different eating Disorder

Doctors learn more as humans and technology develop. We are not needlessly labeling things.

We are learning things. It's human advancement.

That should not be dismissed.

I think it's important to distinguish between disordered eating and an eating disorder.

This I understand too - it just seems like there is SOOO much labeling that it can cause some to become hypochondriacs as well

Disorders are real..I know and if I thought for a second someone had one..I would in no way disregard the thought (and hope I did not come across that way) but on the flip side..I also understand that some doctors (and non doctors) are too quick to judge.

Off nutrition for an example: it was suggested to me that my child had Autism and she should have more tests (ummm ha? you mean my obnoxious sweet loving playful child?? ) They tell me that she has a sign of it ( A sign??). Since when did 1 trait become an illness? And something I myself have no concern over. This is why I would agree that too many are quick to label. One trait out of 100 does not mean to me that my child has that particular disorder. Autism from what I now understand stems out so far that it becomes pretty ridiculous. Full Autism..there is NO doubt the child has something.
Every child that is not "normal" in only god knows whose standards now is labeled as having some sort of disorder. Like the previous poster said..who decides "normal"

I agree they do way too much testing on children and push them way to hard to be normal or in an acceptable range. My son was tested for autism even though he does not have it and given practically every other test known to man to determne why he has a developmental delay. He has been to a neurologist as well. Honestly, I think it is because we are dirt poor, I am fat, I had mental issues for a while after having my son, and we have not had the proper stimulation for him to grow like he needs to. He has not been challenged enough. I am so sick of doctors just diagnosing but not really getting to know their patients and finding out what is actually going on in the family and how it could get better. I hope to change that dynamic in our family over the next year or so by encouraging my husband to find work and working on losing all of this weight. We have not been able to do the activities normal families with young children do. We can barely do anything with our income so we are cramped in a very small apartment much of the time. It is not stimulating. I know my son is so smart, he is just being held back by his parents.

I feel like that about my psychiatrist as well. They just tried to label me when I was having a break and never really talked to me ever again about what really happened throughout my life to get me where I was or what really happened at the time. I finally had an appointment with a psychologist and he really talked to me and my mom. He also discovered that they had given an incorrect diagnosis because I did not fit the definition of the disorder they thought I had. When I started gaining weight last year my psychiatrist did nothing. She let me gain 100 lbs and never offered to prescribe anything to deal with the weight gain. It's like she doesn't really care. She never really got to know me. It is at a free or sliding scale community clinic so a psychiatrist that insurance covers would probably be better. I don't think medical care should just be rote care it needs to be personal as well so they get to know their patients and treat their own personal situation accurately. My counselor has kind of been the same. I am a much better writer than speaker but she has never asked me to write anything to work through issues with her. The counseling sessions never really go anywhere. She says I am fine or gives a fairly shallow response, sorry to say.