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Suggest Treatment For Eating Disorder
Hi. I am 5 4 and weigh 104 pounds. I m not sure if i have a kind of eating disorder. I usually don t eat breakfeast , I have a small lunch , and a small dinner with no snacks during the day. I weigh my self a lot and I m always thinking about food and how I wish I was skinny. I excersize for about 4 hours a day and after I work out I feel extremely tired and weak. I get dizzy a lot. People always are concerned about the way I eat. I have been losing weight fast too and during the times I do eat i work really hard to try to work it off. I never think I can do anything and how I m such a waste. I am extremely scared to gain weight and when I do I feel horrible and try to work it off. I think i m very fat when all my friends think that I am very thin. I always count the amount of calories I eat and it is hard for me to concentrate because I m constantly thinking about food and what I will eat. When I do eat I feel very guilty. Do I have an eating disorder of some kind? + I m very afraid of telling someone how I feel because they won t understand me or they ll think I m silly or just faking.
Tue, 16 Sep 2014
Hello and welcome to Healthcare Magic. Thanks for your query.
I understand that you are worried that you may be having an eating disorder. Most of the symptoms that you are describing are indeed suggestive of an eating disorder, probably Anorexia nervosa.
Some of the typical symptoms of an eating disorder are:
- Refusal to maintain a body weight that is at or above the minimum normal weight for your age and height
- Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat
- Having a distorted image of your appearance or shape
- Eating too much food in one go / Bingeing
- Engaging in weight losing behaviours like induced vomiting, purging, taking water pills, etc.
In your case, you have many of the above features and it is highly likely that you have an eating disorder. So, I would advise you to see a psychiatrist for a detailed evaluation and further treatment. The earlier treatment is taken, the better is the outcome and it will avoid serious complications in the future.
Wish you all the best.
Regards,
Dr. Jonas Sundarakumar MBBS., DPM., MRCPsych.(U.K.)
Consultant Psychiatrist
I understand that you are worried that you may be having an eating disorder. Most of the symptoms that you are describing are indeed suggestive of an eating disorder, probably Anorexia nervosa.
Some of the typical symptoms of an eating disorder are:
- Refusal to maintain a body weight that is at or above the minimum normal weight for your age and height
- Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat
- Having a distorted image of your appearance or shape
- Eating too much food in one go / Bingeing
- Engaging in weight losing behaviours like induced vomiting, purging, taking water pills, etc.
In your case, you have many of the above features and it is highly likely that you have an eating disorder. So, I would advise you to see a psychiatrist for a detailed evaluation and further treatment. The earlier treatment is taken, the better is the outcome and it will avoid serious complications in the future.
Wish you all the best.
Regards,
Dr. Jonas Sundarakumar MBBS., DPM., MRCPsych.(U.K.)
Consultant Psychiatrist
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