[PTSDlovemycats]

My T recently told me that I have disordered eating...has anyone else been told this by their T? I guess I am wondering how much different it is between an eating disorder and what the difference is between disordered eating and EDNOS. I don't see my T again until Thursday...

[karebear1]

I've been told the same thing- and I know as much about it as you do! Good questions! I'm keeping my eye on the responses for sure. Thanks cats!

[SoupDragon]

Do you know what it was that you T was picking up on to suggest this?

[dizgirl2011]

Hey,

In a way eating disorders and disordered eating are the same thing - an unhealthy/unhelpful approach to food.

People sometimes think you have to have bulimia or annorexia to have an eating disorder, so they refer to them as such and call other types of unhealthy eating patterns as disordered eating or EDNOS as you said. Mainly when someone says you have disordered eating its usually means its not something that you need serious specific help with but that could be looked at so that you can try to make some better choices.

I have been bulimic and on the edge of being annorexia also and I would have said then that I had an eatin disorder. Now I am over weight, using food as comfort etc but being over weight would be more refered to as disordered eating i think...but at the end of the day its all pretty much the same thing lol

[PTSDlovemycats]

Thanks. I go days without eating and also purge a lot after eating. My T knows this and will make a pont of taking me for lunch or dinner with her to make sure thst I do have something to eat. She also doesn't like me going to the washroom when we are in a restaurant because she thinks that I will go make myself puke. She has followed me into the washroom once, even though I was just going to go pee. She wanted to be sure. I am still within my weight range however I also haven't had my period in over a year which she also knows about. She isn't a big fan of labels either, so....I don't know. That is where I am at right now. Anymore replies will be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!

[SpiritRunner]

I was diagnosed with restrictive eating (in remission, said pdoc, although he also said, I am not so sure......), which means I can get controlling with my food and how and when I allow myself to eat.....I start watching calories too much or not eating enough or denying myself certain foods. I have to watch carefully that I not fall into those patterns, but just be moderate. I have also over-exercised, but haven't the energy to do that currently.
I have never purged, but I have binged on the odd occasion when depressed and suicidal. So I probably fall into a disordered eating category, though I have never been actually anorexic...or had to be hospitalized.

[with or without you]

Originally Posted by PTSDlovemycats

Thanks. I go days without eating and also purge a lot after eating. My T knows this and will make a pont of taking me for lunch or dinner with her to make sure thst I do have something to eat. She also doesn't like me going to the washroom when we are in a restaurant because she thinks that I will go make myself puke. She has followed me into the washroom once, even though I was just going to go pee. She wanted to be sure. I am still within my weight range however I also haven't had my period in over a year which she also knows about. She isn't a big fan of labels either, so....I don't know. That is where I am at right now. Anymore replies will be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!

I remember you talking about your "therapeutic lunches" with T. OMG I could never do that with T, not in a million years. I just want to see her in her office and nothing else.

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by with or without you

I remember you talking about your "therapeutic lunches" with T. OMG I could never do that with T, not in a million years. I just want to see her in her office and nothing else.

Thanks. It is actually really great when we go out to eat together.

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by poetgirl76

I was diagnosed with restrictive eating (in remission, said pdoc, although he also said, I am not so sure......), which means I can get controlling with my food and how and when I allow myself to eat.....I start watching calories too much or not eating enough or denying myself certain foods. I have to watch carefully that I not fall into those patterns, but just be moderate. I have also over-exercised, but haven't the energy to do that currently.
I have never purged, but I have binged on the odd occasion when depressed and suicidal. So I probably fall into a disordered eating category, though I have never been actually anorexic...or had to be hospitalized.

I have never been hospitalized either. For my eating that is...

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by dizgirl2011

Hey,

In a way eating disorders and disordered eating are the same thing - an unhealthy/unhelpful approach to food.

People sometimes think you have to have bulimia or annorexia to have an eating disorder, so they refer to them as such and call other types of unhealthy eating patterns as disordered eating or EDNOS as you said. Mainly when someone says you have disordered eating its usually means its not something that you need serious specific help with but that could be looked at so that you can try to make some better choices.

I have been bulimic and on the edge of being annorexia also and I would have said then that I had an eatin disorder. Now I am over weight, using food as comfort etc but being over weight would be more refered to as disordered eating i think...but at the end of the day its all pretty much the same thing lol

Thanks for you descriptions

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by karebear1

I've been told the same thing- and I know as much about it as you do! Good questions! I'm keeping my eye on the responses for sure. Thanks cats!

Me too! Hopefully w e will get some good information!

[BlessedRhiannon]

Originally Posted by poetgirl76

I was diagnosed with restrictive eating (in remission, said pdoc, although he also said, I am not so sure......), which means I can get controlling with my food and how and when I allow myself to eat.....I start watching calories too much or not eating enough or denying myself certain foods. I have to watch carefully that I not fall into those patterns, but just be moderate. I have also over-exercised, but haven't the energy to do that currently.
I have never purged, but I have binged on the odd occasion when depressed and suicidal. So I probably fall into a disordered eating category, though I have never been actually anorexic...or had to be hospitalized.

I do similar things, and have talked about it with my T. It's never been an official diagnosis for me. I was super restricitive about eating in high school...but I made sure that I ate enough to not raise any suspicions, and made sure that I never got too skinny. I know I fall in to the disordered eating category, and my T remembers to check on my eating habits every couple of weeks. I hadn't felt the urge torestrict food in years, and it suddenly cropped up this past year around Thanksgiving. It worried me enough that I talked to T about it, because I thought I was past that. Since then, it's been a bit of a struggle not to limit food. I've found that if I stick to a schedule for eating, and I have things planned out, I do much better. If I haven't been to the grocery store and don't have a plan, then I just stop eating.

[PTSDlovemycats]

BlessedRhiannon, I am the same way,.If I haven't been to the grocery store and there is no food in the house it doesn't even faze me. My T keeps telling me that I need to eat more. She wants me to try eating twice a day, She knows how much of a struggle it is for me to even eat once a day. If I have a sandwich that is a huge success. That is actually kinda sad that it is that difficult for me...

[dizgirl2011]

Originally Posted by PTSDlovemycats

Thanks. I go days without eating and also purge a lot after eating. My T knows this and will make a pont of taking me for lunch or dinner with her to make sure thst I do have something to eat. She also doesn't like me going to the washroom when we are in a restaurant because she thinks that I will go make myself puke. She has followed me into the washroom once, even though I was just going to go pee. She wanted to be sure. I am still within my weight range however I also haven't had my period in over a year which she also knows about. She isn't a big fan of labels either, so....I don't know. That is where I am at right now. Anymore replies will be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!

May T isnt into labels either, which is a bit annoying because even though im not either I find it easier to say I have BPD than going into a list of symptoms lol

Like you would most likely fit into the bulimia category since you purge and go through times of self starvation also. Most people don't actually know that bulimia isnt just about being sick, people who over exercise (frantically) to remove what they have eaten and people who take laxitives are also under the term bulimic. I was the being sick type. Its basically about eating but "getting rid" with bulimia and the self starvation for certain periods is sort of part of it.

But we could fit all eating that isnt classified as "normal" (whatever that is lol) as Disordered eating

I was on the edge of being underweight ( i totally looked it and worse) with extreme restrictive dieting at one point and told I couldnt get eating disorder help because I wasnt "bad enough" yet, even though people who seen me looked like they had seen a ghost....well more like a skeleton i guess

Its all very much about control and a coping mechanism though

[Dr.Muffin]

Originally Posted by PTSDlovemycats

My T recently told me that I have disordered eating...has anyone else been told this by their T? I guess I am wondering how much different it is between an eating disorder and what the difference is between disordered eating and EDNOS. I don't see my T again until Thursday...

usually, when i say disordered eating, i mean that a person has an unhealthy relationship with food. they use for comfort or self-punishment or things of that nature...its not just food/fuel, its something more and the person's eating very seldom has to do with hunger.

[SpiritRunner]

Originally Posted by Dr.Muffin

usually, when i say disordered eating, i mean that a person has an unhealthy relationship with food. they use for comfort or self-punishment or things of that nature...its not just food/fuel, its something more and the person's eating very seldom has to do with hunger.

my T says it's a controlling thing and a self-punishing, self-denial thing with me, too.....

[maggyjo]

I was told I am EDNOS. Unlike most people with eating disorders mine came on in adulthood. I have terrible anxiety all the time, so I wouldn't eat before I went out of the house for appts and such. After a while I was just eating less and less. I found out that restricting food gives me a calm and peaceful feeling and I am completely hooked. I also over exercise, because I am hooked on that high too. And if I restrict my food intake and mix in some sugar and caffeine I can throw myself into a manic stage that last about 12 hours.

My life feels totally out of control for me and this give me a sense of control and matches the feeling of wanting to disappear that I have inside.

90 percent of the time I feel like I am in control and it is ok, occasionally I look in the mirror or at the number on the scale and I get really scared.

Maggy Jo

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by poetgirl76

my T says it's a controlling thing and a self-punishing, self-denial thing with me, too.....

Mine says that it is about control and autonomy.

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by Dr.Muffin

usually, when i say disordered eating, i mean that a person has an unhealthy relationship with food. they use for comfort or self-punishment or things of that nature...its not just food/fuel, its something more and the person's eating very seldom has to do with hunger.

Thanks Dr.Muffin. My question for you now is when does it become an eating disorder? What changes??

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by dizgirl2011

May T isnt into labels either, which is a bit annoying because even though im not either I find it easier to say I have BPD than going into a list of symptoms lol

Mine too. I am lucky that I got Disordered eating out of her to go along with my "Borderline personality Tendencies" and PTSD...

[Dr.Muffin]

Originally Posted by PTSDlovemycats

Thanks Dr.Muffin. My question for you now is when does it become an eating disorder? What changes??

that would be based on DSM criteria....your eating may be disordered and your relationship with food may be dysfunctional....but diagnostic criteria are pretty concrete.

i think there is also an element of compulsiveness to the behavior and a constant feeling like you're not in control of it....but that is more subjective.

[PTSDlovemycats]

Thanks for your quick response!

[PTSDlovemycats]

I saw my T today. She said that I need to really try to stop vomiting because I am now vomiting blood. She said that this is because I now have a tear in my esophagus. -Sigh-

[lastyearisblank]

Ack!! Hope you can try and stop.

[Liam Grey]

Originally Posted by PTSDlovemycats

I saw my T today. She said that I need to really try to stop vomiting because I am now vomiting blood. She said that this is because I now have a tear in my esophagus. -Sigh-

Whoa that's bad to hear. I really hope you'll find a way to stop this!