Hello, I am new to this site, but I am wondering if anyone has had the same experience as I have had in seeking treatment and if so any words of advice.

I have suffered from eating disorder for quite a long time (bulimia or EDNOS) with a mixture of many ED symptoms but most prominently cycling between anorexic behaviors and bulemic behaviors. I've been inpatient 5 times and done partial and Intensive outpatient but cannot sustain any progress I do make. This is not surprising when the only available treatment targets behaviors and symptoms only rather than any underlying issues...but that is for another post!

Anyway, here is my problem. The eating disorder treatment center says "you need to treat your "mental health" problems (borderline personality, anxiety, depression or possibly bipolar, OCD), first then come back and maybe can make progress on ED. Meanwhile, every mental health program or facility who I've had to fight to get in due to the ED ultimately ends up discharging me saying I need to "treat the ED first."

Ummmm...so essentially nobody is willing to help. Okay, I feel pretty hopeless about recovery the way it is then when one will accept me for help, what can I do??

Anyone run into same issue? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.