Are these posts actually sent by someone suffering from an ed?

Im not trying to offend anyone here, but a vast majority of the help im anorexic posts i find a tad annoying. I have suffered from anorexia in the past and find some of the posts are really just from those with disordered eating, not an ed.

aggh i is confuddled!!!

thanx.

a lot of people, like myself, don't really know what they're experiencing (an ed, disordered eating, or something in between) so they are trying to get feedback from people like yourself who have experience. so i'm sorry if you find them annoying but they aren't trying to undermine what you experienced or make your feelings less significant, they are just trying to find out what's going on with them! i don't categorize myself as anorexic because i would need to lose 5 more lbs to have lost 15% of my weight and i haven't missed any periods... but i think about eating every hour of the day and it doesn't go away, so i know that is not normal. also, eating disorders kinda start somewhere.. for a lot of people they start from disordered eating, so wouldn't you want to help someone get better before it gets worse, and help them avoid what you went through?

Personally, I think more people on here suffer from EDNOS than anorexia or bulimia, which can be as serious as the other two. However, if you are uninformed on the subject, or have not seen a nutritionist, and realise you are undereating, the gut reaction is 'oh my god I have anorexia'.

I know I did not have anorexia. I had all the symptoms of anorexia, but I was not underweight. So no anorexia.  Same way one of the key diagnostic parts of anorexia is amehorrena (sp), ie a lack of periods, so if you have periods, 90% of the time, whether underweight or not, a doctor will not diagnose anorexia, but rather EDNOS.  

whats EDNOS?

&theyre just tryint to get help, just like others have question about weight loss/gain. we're all here to help

that is probably the most ignorant comment i have ever read on a forum.

maybe you aer just young and naive but anorexia takes many forms. many people suffer from the most apparent and horrible throws of anorexia and bulimia for like..a year, or less. then they get help. and they are better. but other people, like most of the ones on these boards have been back and forth and better and worse, inpatient and outpatient, thin and fat, always sad and hopeless. you know nothing of eating disorders, clearly, if you are to post something as ignorant as what you have. i am in college and have taken courses in political science. and this will connect dont worry. many people say dictatorships that appear to be democratic are not as bad as horrible dictatorships like those of totalitarian nations. but really, they are worse. like 'disordered eating' they have evolved from the rootof the problem to be things that can be concealable from the public, so as to prolong them and entrench them in the mind of the victim. EDNOS is likely to be with me for years, maybe even decades, because no one knows how badly it has seeped into my brain and daily thoughts. do not, for one moment, think you are superior to anyone with "EDNOS" or COE or orthorexia or bigorexia or any of the other disorders that do not fit neatly into the catagories of anorexia or bulimia. for your information i fit almost all the criteria for both of those disorders. please do not post things like that on here ever again, or you will get the wrath from people like me who rely on these boards, love to help people, and are suffering from years and years of a miserable relationship with their body and with food.

 

and EDNOS is Eating Disorder not Otherwise Specified, which describes most people, who do not fit into the catagory of anorexia or bulimia because like me they do not fast so they cannot be considered anorexic, or they purge their food but their binges are of normal portions of food unlike bulimics. try googling EDNOS for more info.

EDNOS - Eating disorder not otherwise specified.  Its a relatively new term, only about 5/6 years old, that is used to describe people who have ED tendencies without having all the symptoms of a specific disorder.  For example, I ate less than 500 calories a day for a long time, lost my period and too much weight in too little time, but was never underweight, so I cannot be regarded as anorexic.  Instead, I can be refered to as having EDNOS.

Original Post by oink420:

that is probably the most ignorant comment i have ever read on a forum.

maybe you aer just young and naive but anorexia takes many forms. many people suffer from the most apparent and horrible throws of anorexia and bulimia for like..a year, or less. then they get help. and they are better. but other people, like most of the ones on these boards have been back and forth and better and worse, inpatient and outpatient, thin and fat, always sad and hopeless. you know nothing of eating disorders, clearly, if you are to post something as ignorant as what you have. i am in college and have taken courses in political science. and this will connect dont worry. many people say dictatorships that appear to be democratic are not as bad as horrible dictatorships like those of totalitarian nations. but really, they are worse. like 'disordered eating' they have evolved from the rootof the problem to be things that can be concealable from the public, so as to prolong them and entrench them in the mind of the victim. EDNOS is likely to be with me for years, maybe even decades, because no one knows how badly it has seeped into my brain and daily thoughts. do not, for one moment, think you are superior to anyone with "EDNOS" or COE or orthorexia or bigorexia or any of the other disorders that do not fit neatly into the catagories of anorexia or bulimia. for your information i fit almost all the criteria for both of those disorders. please do not post things like that on here ever again, or you will get the wrath from people like me who rely on these boards, love to help people, and are suffering from years and years of a miserable relationship with their body and with food.

 

Who is this directed to? This post is long and makes no sense and is just really mean to whoever you're directing it to.

 

It gets really annoying on this site because so many girls seem to think it's "cool" to have disordered eating or an eating disorder. It also gets really troubling because so many girls talk about eating 200 calories a day, but then won't take anyone's advice. Eating disorders aren't something that should be diagnosed or treated in an online forum full of ordinary non-medical professionals.

That said, no one makes you read any of the posts here, so I just avoid them and hope that someone who knows the poster in real life cares enough to do something about it.

the post oink made was directed towards freywey.


the thing that freeway said that i dont think was appropriate was but a vast majority of the help im anorexic posts i find a tad annoying

i think that was completely unnecassary. many people who are posting those posts are struggling right now and its most likely their ed talking. ive been there.

the only thing to do is to support them and try to snap them out of it, becuase it really takes over your mind.

I think next time you think about it being "annoying" you should consider what they are going through. you should know becuase you claim youve 'suffered from anorexia in the past'. if you really have then you should know where these posters are coming from.

and you said most of these posters are struggling from disordered eating not an eating disorder.

umm...?
disordered eating=eating disorder

Original Post by liosa:

the post oink made was directed towards freywey.


the thing that freeway said that i dont think was appropriate was but a vast majority of the help im anorexic posts i find a tad annoying

i think that was completely unnecassary. many people who are posting those posts are struggling right now and its most likely their ed talking. ive been there.

the only thing to do is to support them and try to snap them out of it, becuase it really takes over your mind.

I think next time you think about it being "annoying" you should consider what they are going through. you should know becuase you claim youve 'suffered from anorexia in the past'. if you really have then you should know where these posters are coming from.

Well, as this is a website for people who want to be healthy, and a lot of these eating disordered posters post for attention and don't really take any advice, it does get annoying. I'm sorry there are people going through hard times with eating disorders. Maybe they should try to find eating disorder support forums. Here are a few that I found in one google search:

 http://chat.healthyplace.com/

http://www.pale-reflections.com/

Also, this seems like a site that would really act as a trigger. All the counting and restricting and exercising and watching every single calorie that goes into your body. I know that there have been many young women who have had doctors tell them NOT to come online here for that reason.

Calorie count is not a website that has moderators or posters with medical degrees. It's normal people, who are looking to lose/gain/maintain weight.

"umm...?
disordered eating=eating disorder"

Actually disordered eating=disordered eating and eating disorder=specific disorder where the person meets the dianostic requirements...

this website helped me.

Original Post by liosa:

and you said most of these posters are struggling from disordered eating not an eating disorder.

umm...?
disordered eating=eating disorder

there's a difference between disordered eating and eating disorder. an eating disorder is when you've been officially diagnosed or that you fit in all the criteria for an ED whereas disordered eating is somewhere in between, not a full-blown ED. Nonetheless, to the OP, people with disordered eating should not be brushed off easily JUST because they don't "technically" have a full-blown ED. Sometimes it can be just as serious if not more than people who have EDs. From your post I feel that you don't think people with disordered eating deserve as much attention as those with an ED. That, i think, is incredibly offensive. This is, afterall, what c-c is for. If you can prevent someone from having a full-blown ED, would you not do so, even if it is a "tad annoying"?

Well,I dont really want to get in the middle of this,but I feel like I need to say something.  I have had anorexia for around 3 years now I guess. I personally find this site to be a great support system because I can talk to other people who are going through the same things I am.  Where I live there are not support groups or anything for eating disorders.  Maybe it can get a little annoying at times for you, but I think a majority of the posts are legitimate.  It might seem like some people dont listen to advice, but because of the chemical imbalances, guilt and other factors, it makes it very difficult and sometimes even near impossible.  I think  a lot of people who are recovering are looking for reassurance and maybe just someone to talk to.

hgielrahteah:

okay well thanks for telling me I believe my disordered eating is trendy and cool, when my counselor would have you know that I think it is anything but. I developed my ways after my dad died and I had no other way to deal with the fact I lost him as a teenager. It was directed towards the poster who stated that people who are not "anorexic enough" to be answering peoples' queries on these boards are annoying her. I thought it was insulting. sorry if my post "made no sense" to you, I was not treating it like an essay for my Lit class. 

why are you on here hgielrehtaeh?

this is the only place many of us can come t vent about our feelngs and problems. I know for a fact there is no one where for me, where do you reccomend if not to the "eating disorder recovery forum"? I'm sorry but don't say things that are offensive and rude and try to tell me I do not belong here because I am not anorexic enough as the poster of this thread suggested or because I am not "normal enough" as you are suggesting. We talk about how we are improving and getting better. I was in a horrible cycle of relapse this year until i found the recovery forum in "Health and Support" section of this website, now I have gone a month without throwing up and feel better about myself every day. Stop trying to defend something that is a lost cause, we are not going to leave because this is 'triggering us', in fact, it helps keep me from relapsing. But thanks for the effort. 

i can relate to the "not being anorexic enough". I was never seriously underweight (though i did get the diagnosis) but i did and still have many "ed" tendancies, though at the moment i dont feel they are impeding my quality of life.

sorry if my post pissed anyone off, im kinda 50/50 recovered as i said so i still get kinda "jealous" and have wierd feelings to ed people are those "with disordered eating".

xxx

yeah same, i didnt want to make anyone mad its just so painful for people to tell me my problems and issues are nonexistent or not important. because that means that my recovery and strides forward dont exist either. its just really hurtful to hear that all of the pain and suffering that has marked the last 7 years of my life after my dad died are "not important enough" for this forum. really hurts.

Original Post by oink420:

EDNOS is likely to be with me for years, maybe even decades, because no one knows how badly it has seeped into my brain and daily thoughts.

 

 wow i 100% agree with you.. that's exactly how i feel.. i think that because i don't fit the criteria for anorexia i tell myself that it's not that bad.. and physically its not, i'm underweight but not dangerously underweight.. and i've realized that i think about food/eating almost every hour of the day and its crazy! i can't remember what life was like before when i didn't think about this