Hello everyone.

I am a male in his mid-twenties suffering from AN. Now, the thing is I developed this from dieting down hard, going from quite overweight (not obese) to a normal weight, where I have stayed for about six months. All in all I cut out roughly a third of my body weight during the process, while strength training like a madman.

I realized I had an ED after christmas when I experienced my first binge. I went to see a therapist and got to meet a dietician as well. The thing is, they were quite useless since they were not specialists, and since I have a normal weight I wasn't allowed to see specialists either. I did learn a bit about how to approach recovery from a mentality point of view, however.

The thing is, what about the physical side? An has made me do rather extreme things; it is (hopefully was) not uncommon for me to starve myself for days on end, sustaining myself purely on sugar-free energy drinks, nicotine and rather often alcohol... I've spent weeks drunk and famished. The thing is, should I strive just to maintain, or should I up my intake some in order to allow my body to recover? Should I experience the common symptoms from re-feeding (which I think I do)? Digestion issues (slow, erratic), extreme hunger, bloating, waking up in the middle of the night sweating and ravenous, etc.

There isn't a lot of information on the webs about what a normal weight AN (technically ED-NOS I guess) sufferer should do, so any input would be greatly appreciated!