ED SELF RECOVERY GROUP: BULIMIA, ANOREXIA, BED, EDNOS...

I don't have an ED, but is there a difference between EDNOS and OSFED ?

I'm anorexic and bulimic. I'm 47 years old and have had an eating disorder since age 16. I'm trying to kick bulimia to the curb. Feel free to add me if you don't mind an old lady.

I don't have an ED, but is there a difference between EDNOS and OSFED ?

From what I understand, OSFED simply replaced EDNOS in the DSM-5. No difference between them other than the new acronym, as far as I can tell.

Veil5577: I was refused treatment because I am not bad enough in their eyes!!! Which is stupid, if they treated people at the beginning then they wouldn't have to spend so much treating in inpatient. :mad:

Meluhneekay: I wasn't aware of the change in the DSM!!! Ever since I stopped studying Psych I haven't been keeping track - my bad! But they're the same thing, yeah :embarassed:

Earthboundmis: I don't discriminate! Anyone battling this horrible illness is brave and amazing

Just how often do you need to be throwing up for them to consider it 'bad?" That's ridiculous. I would report them.

cattokitten I think it's awful they wouldn't treat you. Shame on them! I hope you can find another program that will accept you.

Hello there,
I have been in recovery from anorexia for 2 years in September. I have restored my weight, now I'm working on my mind. I found that support groups are very helpful and think that the creator of this group is very smart because people need support when professionals let them down. I have been attending CAMHS which is NHS provided since I was 14 but just transferred to adult. Anyway, hello! I'm Emma and I am just beginning an apprenticeship search, hoping to be a legal secretary or something in business. I am aiming to lose weight though it says on here, I want to maintain

Im very glad that there is a small group for people with Ednos... im a bulimic on a self-recovery process... ive been having relapses recently and i would love some support , im triying to stay on MFP to be healtier but its hard still.. very

Hi! My name is Libby, I'm 19 and I've been struggling with anorexia for the last 3 1/2 years. I'm getting ready for my second year at college and have been struggling with some relapses recently that have been a challenge. Feel free to add me, I'd love to be a part of a support system for people who struggle with this horrible condition.

Love to all

I have had every ED out there. Most common for me are BED and Ana. I am trying to recover here. Bed got me here. So Idk. Never been in recovery. Only admitted to psychiatric wards. But 18 plus they cannot force feed. So you can add me, Just don't hun if you will use thinspo ( I see ur pro pic) and starve. I want to get better too not triggered. If u still starve and use thinspo Then I think you better seek more help. HUGZ

hi there. i guess i suffer from all forms of ed out there. currently bulimia is ruling my life. i need to get better because living like i am right now is ungrateful....(for lack of a better word to describe how i feel) so i would appreciate all the help from anywhere i can find some

I have BED. I have never been diagnosed, but I sometimes eat to the point I feel sick. Bad part is, I never purge. I hate throwing up. I have all kinds of health issues due to morbid obesity. I sometimes think people feel the only people with EDs are the skinny or thinner people. I guess I am finally admitting I have a disease and need help.

My old habits are returning. Someone please help me. Yesterday I ate only 600 calories and looking at the amount made me physically sick. I know in my head that that is a low number, but something inside me is telling me that it was way to much. I've been struggling with my body image again for a week now, and I'm getting depressed to the point that I dont even want to see my boyfriend. I dont want to end up in the same mind set i was in for years before i escaped.

No one here is qualified to help you. Please pick up a phone and call a therapist who has experience with ED.

http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/find-help-support

Beautiful_Warrior94 wrote: »

donyellemoniquex3 wrote: »

I don't have an ED, but is there a difference between EDNOS and OSFED ?

OSFED what does that stand for?

Google says "other specified feeding or eating disorder"

By the way feel free to add me. I suffered with B.D.D since I was 7. I played basketball since I was five and no I wasn't the thinnest out of the other girls. I was considered overweight at 7 years old. Middle school is when my doctor told me I had to lose weight, guys in my class would pick on me for my weight. Yes it was middle school I understand everyone is a dick then. But to me, that got to me. My sophomore year I lost 70 pounds the healthy way by cutting out process foods and fast food. Then things made a twist in another direction, I came across those articles that say, "lose this amount in only one week" and crap like that. So I found myself slowly cutting back my calorie intake more and more until I was only at 700 calories. I began isolating myself from friends and working out 6 to 7 hours EVERY day. I got down to 117 pounds and I'm 5foot 7inches so that's practically deathly skinny for me. I realize I naturally have small boobs and don't have the curviest figure so at that weight I looked like a stereotypical high school boy according to my grandma. I was never put into therapy. My family believes a person doesn't need therapy for any reason and it's a waste of time. So it was so difficult to fight with this illness. And it still is. Yes I'm at a healthy weight now and slowly learning to love food again...but I began being addicted to diet and laxatives because I want to be skinny. I want to be the skinniest. I am having the hardest time getting my mind out of the state. My fiancé and his mom are the only ones who are there and understand me. My grandma and family all just tell me *kitten* like, "oh you love this eating disorder"

No I don't! How can they not understand its the illness making it seem like that. How can anyone like waking up each morning hating the way they *kitten* look? I hate my family for that! I hate them! They don't understand a *kitten*!