Eating disorder support

Get yourself into therapy. Eating disorders are maladaptive coping mechanisms for something larger, they will not go away until you've dealt with the source of the issue.

Hoping to get into therapy soon, unfortunately the waiting list I’m on is really long, and have been told I could be waiting another 40 weeks

Hey, sorry to hear what you're going through - EDs are nasty beasts which basically destroy every part of your life. I'm currently going through similar and trying to give up binge/purging. Feel free to join me and some other people going through the same thing (https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5983560). We're basically trying to help ourselves and stop binge/purging.

Do you know the type of therapy it is? Are you being monitored by anybody at the moment in terms of your physical health?

Been referred to clinical psychology after having CBT which didn’t work out, currently going to health checks at my GP for bloods, weight etc

That's good to hear. I'm wondering why they've not referred you to a specialist ED service? But yeah, unfortunately, specialist services in general seem to have long wait lists. Took me over a year to get seen by a specialist trauma psychologist.

You're not alone though. I'm diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, but intermittently I have issues with purging behaviour. If you need to talk to someone, my PM is open.

Yeh, they were going to put me on the list for an ED service, but I was already on another waiting list which I put on relating for other mental health issues, and didn’t want to be taken off that (which they said would happen if they referred me for ED). Thanks, it’s nice to hear I’m not alone

That makes sense. Do you have any support in your life from friends or family?

Not really, not really told any of my family or friends, I think my dad knows, but we don’t really talk about it, I guess he thinks it’s only been going on for a short time and it’ll go away. It’s just quite hard for me to speak to my family since they haven’t dealt with other issues I’ve had that well

I'd try and talk to whoever you trust the most, just so you know you have someone you can count on. It's so important in recovery. You've done a lot already though, by going and getting help in the first place. Well done!

Thanks I’m hoping I’ll be able to open up to someone about it soon.

Hi, I’ve been living with bulimia on and off for the past 5 years now, currently bulimia has started to slowly take over my life as I’ve been purging daily for about the past 6 months, which is the longest that a purging cycle has lasted for me without and gaps in between. I’m going to university this September and really want to try and stop, but I’m scared I won’t be able to. Having been in and out of mental health services for various issues, I don’t really feel like anything helped, and feel like access to mental health has been a very slow and draining process. Was hoping if anyone who has gone through a similar experience/is going through a similar experience, or just anyone who wants to, could offer any support or advice on trying to overcome eating disorders