I think we can find a weight that is above the danger zone & below feeling too heavy.......where we don't get dizzy all the time & pass out every time we turn around & end up weak & tired.

I was in the medical hospital with a massive weight loss after going through a bad trauma when my Mother was dying of cancer (long story having to do with her home care persons abuse).....it wasn't until my blood count went so low that I became so amemic that they ended up doing the central line with IV nurtition. Once they got me through that this last time, it was a struggle to gain any weight, but I was finally able to get to a safe weight & have been able to stay there.

My anorexia is related to how I handle stress....stress makes me feel sick & then I can't eat & then I loose weight.....long term stress is a killer for me. I was an an even lower weight about 14 years ago when it was a combination of stress & medication that messed me up......the treatment center really wasn't a help (I was in for 1 month) but they didn't address what my problems were I didn't fit into their mold of for anorexia......it was over a year after that, my medical Dr would stick me in the hospital with the IV nutrition every time I would pass out. They will not do any of that unless you are so anemic that there is no other choice.....it isn't something they just do unless there is a medial necessity.....& from my own experience....it isn't something you want to have a medical necessity for.

It is much better feeling good & feeling strength to function......one can still look too thin even when they are at a safe weight.......the problem if you are too thin & then you end up getting sick because of something else....they you really end up in danger.

Feeling faint & week & tired....isn't glamorous.....it isn't safe.....it is much better to be at a weight where you feel ok & can function. As I found...what good is it going through life when you can't really live it?

I know there is a weight that can satisfy your health & your desired weight.......then you not only feel better, a lot less stress & everyone involved feels much better.

Take care of yourself first of all....you don't want to have the feeding tube or IV nutrition......there is nothing good about it.

Debbie