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Anyone here have experience with eating disorders?

UNCjigga

UNCjigga

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I'm curious if anyone here has had experience with this. Someone close to me was diagnosed 1-2 years ago (of course I only found out now) and its gotten so bad that docs can't do anything more and they're recommending a live-in clinic (i.e. an "institution".) Just wondering if anyone here has advice.
 
Unless you sharply distrust the doctors in question, it is probably a good idea to follow their recommendations.

Eating disorders are tough to treat and present a very real risk of death or permanent injury. Group therapy in a managed setting has a comparatively good cure rate(not as high as one would like; but higher than outpatient) and, failing that, will at least provide the sort of monitoring necessary to keep physical harm from malnutrition to a minimum.

I would, though, have a good look at the various live-in facilites. I imagine that some are better than others, and you'll want a good one.

I'm sorry to hear about this, though. Eating disorders are nasty and stubborn illnesses.
 
Ughhh...

I've had three women I'm very, very close to all go through eating disorders. My wife had it. My mother had it and it ended up taking her life. It really is a terrible thing.

If you have a doctor recommending a clinic, do it. It's almost a must in terms of gaining control over it-- willpower alone is simply not enough. We as a society literally spend BILLIONS of dollars a year convincing ur young women that they have to be rail thin in order to be attractive and have success in life. It's a very powerful and difficult message to overcome...
 
I agree. I have some very good friends who constantly struggle with eating disorders, and it's true that will power alone won't fix it. Follow the doctor's recommendations. They are specially trained to help patients deal with these sorts of disorders. The clinics can help quite a bit, but they won't cure the person. They just help them deal with urges and teach a routine lifestyle.
 
My sister has been bulimic for the past 2 years now and NOTHING has helped. Currently she is seeing a psychologist, a psychiatrist for meds, a family psychologist, and has been going to group therapy. They have been giving her anti-psychotics! Of course none of it has helped. This is all costing my parents thousands of dollars a month.

She should have been institutionalized a year ago but my parent's just can't afford it. The insurance won't cover ANY of it and many of these places cost $1000 a day, and she could have to be there for several months. I was talking to my dad today and it looks like they will have no choice but to bring her somewhere. My dad was practically in tears because it is going to ruin them financially. They will probably have to sell the house.

Eating disorders are a horrible, HORRIBLE disease. My sister has been slowly pulling our family apart. Aside from the huge financial strain she has already put on my parents her condition has practically destroyed my parent's marriage. She stresses out the entire family. She eats everything in the house then throws it up. My parent's can't even keep food in the house because she'll eat it.

It has gotten to the point that my sister steals money out of my mom's purse so that she can buy food to eat, just to throw it back up. She has tons of ice cream cartons and candy wrappers hidden around her room. Her behavior has been completely irratic. She sneaks out at night and disappears for hours on end, once for a few days! My parents had to get the police involved. Nothing she says makes any sense. Her sense of reality is completely warped. I tried talking to her before but it is impossible. I can't relate to anything she says and none of her "issues" make any sense to me. All of her thoughts are completely incoherent. It's like talking to a crazy person.

My parents don?t know what to do. They get into arguments about how to discipline her and how to help her. My mom is already working two jobs just to pay for her current medical bills. It?s all one big mess. I guess I am lucky that I went off to college or she probably would have driven me crazy too.
 
Originally posted by: Shawn
My sister has been bulimic for the past 2 years now and NOTHING has helped. Currently she is seeing a psychologist, a psychiatrist for meds, a family psychologist, and has been going to group therapy. They have been giving her anti-psychotics! Of course none of it has helped. This is all costing my parents thousands of dollars a month.

She should have been institutionalized a year ago but my parent's just can't afford it. The insurance won't cover ANY of it and many of these places cost $1000 a day, and she could have to be there for several months. I was talking to my dad today and it looks like they will have no choice but to bring her somewhere. My dad was practically in tears because it is going to ruin them financially. They will probably have to sell the house.

Eating disorders are a horrible, HORRIBLE disease. My sister has been slowly pulling our family apart. Aside from the huge financial strain she has already put on my parents her condition has practically destroyed my parent's marriage. She stresses out the entire family. She eats everything in the house then throws it up. My parent's can't even keep food in the house because she'll eat it.

It has gotten to the point that my sister steals money out of my mom's purse so that she can buy food to eat, just to throw it back up. She has tons of ice cream cartons and candy wrappers hidden around her room. Her behavior has been completely irratic. She sneaks out at night and disappears for hours on end, once for a few days! My parents had to get the police involved. Nothing she says makes any sense. Her sense of reality is completely warped. I tried talking to her before but it is impossible. I can't relate to anything she says and none of her "issues" make any sense to me. All of her thoughts are completely incoherent. It's like talking to a crazy person.

My parents don?t know what to do. They get into arguments about how to discipline her and how to help her. My mom is already working two jobs just to pay for her current medical bills. It?s all one big mess. I guess I am lucky that I went off to college or she probably would have driven me crazy too.
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get in a fight with your sister and get her to hit you. Then lock her ass up in jail for awhile = free treatment + free meds.
 
I honestly wonder sometimes about the willpower agrument; it is possible they have a very strong will to play this act for attention and that is why nothing is working. Therefore, they have alot of willpower, just misguided.
 
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