Posted by nolegirl23 on June 18, 2007, at 19:04:02
In reply to Re: Mescape article about DSM-IV ED criteria, posted by Meri-Tuuli on June 8, 2007, at 13:54:10
I am so glad that somebody is actually looking at expanding the categories for anorexia, bulimia and BED. Throughout my life, I have vacilated between anorexia and bulimia. At certain times, I was dx'd as anorexic, it was an easy dx because I had all of the symptoms. Later on in life, I continued my anorexic tendencies, but every once a week I created my own personal binge/purge day. If I starved all week, than I got a whole day of bingeing and purging to look foreward to.
This was my behavior when I was admitted to inpatient last year. I knew that I had a serious problem, my life was falling apart, but when the docs at the hospital diagnosed me with ED-NOS, I felt as if my disease was not as valid as if I were diagnosed with either bulimia or anorexia. I felt as if I was crazy for even thinking that I was sick because I didn't even have a real diagnosis.
Now I know better, but I really enjoyed this article.
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