I've had eating issues since I was 12. Is it possible to switch between disorders? I've struggled with anorexia for most of my life and it was at its worst when I was in my early college years. I even did cocaine to lose weight (mind you, not to get high, but solely so I wouldn't eat). I overexercised too--hours and hours a day.

However, in the last few years I was diagnosed with a mental illness and two years ago the medicine made me gain an absurd amount of weight from constant eating and binging. And now I'm obese (yes, I"m that overweight). Now I struggle with overeating. I'm starting to get off that combination of medicines and I'm still overweight and now have a habit of eating too much.

Is it possible to "switch"?

In other news, I started seeing a dietician to help lose the weight and learn to eat healthy again, but I never told her I had anorexia at one point. She gave me some tools to help with healthy eating and lose weight without counting calories, but then proceeded to tell me exactly how many calories I need to consume. I can already feel the insanity starting again with this counting calories business.