I see a psychiatrist for medications for depression; a therapist for talk therapy; and a registered dietitian for nutrional counseling. I am also looking for a local support group, which is harder to find -- seems there are a few programs around here for adults, but I'm not sick enough for some, too sick for others, and still others would require me to get ALL my treatment from them. I like my team, and don't want to change anyone.
The RD is actually much more helpful than I had expected. I actually know a fair amount about nutrition, so I thought I wouldn't need that sort of thing. Then I thought she would just give me a list of how many of what sorts of foods to eat at each meal, and that would be it. Nope. She is educating me about AN, showing me things that explain some of my symptoms during recovery, and setting very loose goals that never seem out of reach. If anyone here is ready to recover, and hasn't seen an RD, I highly recommend it.
The goals are never specific enough to feel confining, but always clear enough to make it easy. Kinda. I'm still having a lot of trouble meeting them, and not managing almost as often as I do. Plus, since I was gaining steadily if slowly, I got scared and managed to lose some this week. But still...
So, how about everyone else? How many on your treatment team?
WHOOPS!!! I forgot the most integral member of my team! I've also got a physicist on it. That's right, a particle physicist. Gotta have one of those. Don't know why, but he assures me he's an integral part of the treatment team...
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