[a_fire_inside]

i know that i havent posted here much. but latley ive been really struggling with my ed and i dont know what i should do. i havent been eating much and starting to lose weight again. i was thinking of telling my pyschartist about it he konws nothing about it. i was just wondering what will happen when i tell him?

[inkblot]

What will happen? You will get alot of questions about eating habits, your weight(s), thoughts on it all. I saw my T today and he knows about my eating habits. I did NOT tell him tonight, however, that I've lost 15 pounds the past 3 weeks. I went out of that office *laughing* feeling like a kid who had just gotten away with something. I hate not being honest with my T. I was honest with him, really, but I didn't volunteer the weight loss info outright. I'm scared, just like anybody in this situation. I want to be honest with T, but I am afraid of not being able to keep my bad habits. It's hard to tell. After I left the office today, I did call and leave my T a voice mail giving a *strong* hint. I mentioned that the couple of mini Tootsie Rolls from his office was the only solid food I'd had in 24 hours. I also said that when I'd told him at the appointment that I felt my weight was "alot better than it was" meant something, too. You might also get weighed by your doctor. Mine hasn't done that to me for quite a while, but after this last voice mail to him and/or my next appointment, I am definitely afraid of "props"--my word for him getting a scale. You may be asked also about if there are certain times when you notice things to get worse (stress, etc). I wish you luck!
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[bipolar_bear]

I know it is hard but I think you should tell your psychiatrist. You will need to give him all the information so he can help you. He is there for you not against you. He can not make you do anything you don't want to. If it is to the point where someone would intervene than it will come out at one point anyway. It sounds like you want his help so I think you should reach out for it. This is only my opinion obviously and you will have to make your own mind up. Good luck with whatever you decide.

[a_fire_inside]

thanks guys i think i will try to tell him at the next appotment.

[eskielover]

Then the question is "when is your next appointment?" If you are loosing several pounds per week or more...& your appointment is a month away.....not a good idea to wait.

For me, it was my GP that realized my weight was going down too fast because I was having other medical problems he was tracking. That was when my pdoc was told that my weight was dropping again.....& he works in the same office as my psychologist worked so they worked on my issues together.

Needless to say, that was when my GP made sure to check monthly....& pdoc asks me about my weight everytime I see him. I was seeing him monthly at the time & my psychologist & I talked about it weekly.

I ended up anemic & with mal nutrition & landed in the medical hospital for about 2 months being treated with IV nutrition....until I was finally medically stable. At that point I was eating just enough to make sure I didn't land back in the hospital.....but not enough to gain much weight.

It was a confusing time in my life because of the trauma I had just gone through with my Mother dying of cancer & the home care RN that stole her ID & all the threats I delt with during that time......actually the cause for the stress that causes me to not eat. I now have a psychologist that is working on the PTSD issues & the grief that I just can't seem to feel about my Mother. But every appointment I have with GP, pdoc, & weekly psychologist always has the questions about how my eating is.....& my GP is constantly doing blood work to make sure I am not slipping back.

It is good to be at a point where there are people who care & monitor you to make sure you are not "killing" yourself (like the medical hospital's psychiatrist told me I was doing this year). I am now fluxuating around a weight that is somewhat ok & the weight I am somewhat satisfied with.

If you feel that your weight may drop to an unsafe point before your next appointment, you may want to bring it up earlier....I can tell you from first hand experience that the central line nutrition is no picnic.

Debbie