[precious things]

Did you see someone who was an eating disorder specialist or just someone who does general therapy? What kinds of therapy have you had success ( even a little ) with?

[buttrfli42481]

I see two different Ts. One is an ED specialist and most of what we do is CBT. My other T is a trauma specialist and we are working on DBT and EMDR.

[eskielover]

I have found for me that DBT is about the best therapy all around. It focuses on awareness to everything & seeing the big picture in making decisions. Also part of the skills for distress is keeping one self healthy in sleeping & eating so that the mind & body can function at it's highest ability.

With awareness at least now I am aware when I am not eating.....before I would just get lost in what I was doing & not even realize I had gone several days with out eating....also helps try to keep the awareness of the body image out of the emotions & into reality......I have less issues with body image but stress makes me nauseous & being aware that I am NOT eating before too much weight is lost is important.

The 2 times when I was anorexic, it was just talk therapy & it did absolutely NOTHING but land me in the medical hospital on IV nutrition. Even the first time with the ED treatment center, it was all about talking.....& I also wasn't into any wellness with the level of depression & my will to not live at that time......but I don't think anything would have helped at that point.....so I don't really like to judge the help I did get.

i saw an e.d. therapist and dietician for years and it never did any good . it didnt get to the root of the problem.
now i see a trauma therapist, and the trauma therapy has gotten to the bottom of what actually caused my e.d. I made more progress in 3 months than i made in 7 years with the ed t.

[precious things]

Originally Posted by eskielover

The 2 times when I was anorexic, it was just talk therapy & it did absolutely NOTHING but land me in the medical hospital on IV nutrition. Even the first time with the ED treatment center, it was all about talking.....& I also wasn't into any wellness with the level of depression & my will to not live at that time......but I don't think anything would have helped at that point.....so I don't really like to judge the help I did get.

I have had this experience as well. When the anorexia spirals, talk therapy has never been enough to reverse it. Sigh, it is such a double-edge sword for me. I try to enter therapy when my eating disorder isn't at a crisis point, it tends to spiral when I start talking and it takes over the whole process to the point where I can't benefit from the talk therapy. I usually need to step away from therapy in order to stop the very self-destructive spiral. I just can't eliminate behaviors completely on my own, just good at bouncing myself back from the brink.

It is interesting for me to see what kinds of therapy have helped (and it does seem there is no one answer for anyone).

[Victoria'smom]

The thing that has seemed to help the most for me is getting my other illnesses under control.

Did you see someone who was an eating disorder specialist or just someone who does general therapy? What kinds of therapy have you had success ( even a little ) with? My T is a Clinical Psychologist. She tends to treat ED as an addiction and avoid it unless it's specifically needed to talk about. I've noticed my overall actions change but not day to day.

ETA: From the get go I told T that I'm not planing to give us my ED.

[avoice]

I had a ED specialist For like three years. That's when i realized i was not getting better because all the wains having to bring my lunch eat in front of her. That was after i had been in treatment. I realized that in order to get better was to do things on my own than when i dropped out. And i started getting better I started My ED in my 30des I faced that found out my husband affair. I totally lost it for 6 years.

[onlytime]

I've seen ED specialists, DBT therapists, and therapists who aren't specialists. I find for myself that there are certain things that ED specialists "get" that some general therapists don't, but finding the right person (really "clicking" with the person) is more important than their specialty.

Good luck!