Anorexia help parents
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If she is unwilling to get help, her parents have only until age 18 to make her get help. She needs medical and psychiatric help. She is in critical condition. Anorexia is the highest death rate of all Mental Illnesses and for those between the ages of 15-24 Anorexia is 12X highest death rate for all other causes of death. If she passes out in your presence, call 911. If her parents are unwilling to get her help, call child protective services on them. You can call anonymously.
My Stepdad is always caling me ugly .. And when i look in the mirror i believe it sometimes, all my friends say i'm beautiful. But i don't feel Beautiful. i have a problem, I hardly ever eat anymore :( i starve myself. I'm 5'3 and 100 pounds and i'm scared that i'll become anorexic, When i don't eat i get headaches, I always carry Ibuprofen with me, i take atleast 2 or 3 a day, I just really need help ..
My friend has been diagnosed with anorexia. She is fifteen and eats less than 500 calories a day. Getting changed for PE her stomach is concave and her ribs stick out. I'm really worried about her and want to know if there's anything I can do to help her get better. Please help!
if you're feeling depressed, lonely, etc, what do you wish your parents would do to help you?
You need to see your doctor for a thorough check-up. If this is determined to be anxiety then it needs to be addressed right away. I don't understand your family disowning you, even it it were anorexia. Go to your school and talk to either a counselor or principal to get your parents involved. Regardless of why it's happening, they need to help and support you in every way, and therapy is needed to address your anxiety.
I've lived with anorexia for multiple years now, and recently I have also been having more frequent patterns of bulimia. I have finally realized that I don't want to live my life this way, as it has affected more than my physical health. My parents do not know, and we don't have the money for any formal treatment. So I'm wondering, what can I do to help get on the "road to recovery"?
Thankyou so much for the support and advice, the school nurse is trying to help me right now, but I am afraid of my condition worsening as my parents are force feeding me now and its as if the more they do that the worse my condition is getting as I decrease the amount of my food afterwards for some reason. Is that common in anorexia?
Yes you can have stomach pain along with many other symptoms. Anorexia and Anorexia Nervosa are actually two different things.. Anorexia is simply not eating, it doesn't necessarily mean you don't WANT to eat, just a lack of eating for whatever reason. Anorexia Nervosa (what people are usually talking about when they use the term Anorexia) is when you don't eat because you think you are fat, or you have a strong fear of gaining weight.
A related discussion, <a href="/posts/Eating-Disorders/Help-me-beat-anorexia-/show/1883835">Help me beat anorexia </a> was started.
I have had anorexia for about 6 years,and at the moment i weigh 41.2 kilos My parents and partner are concerned at the moment that i might need treatment in hospital. At the moment i feel confused about the situation and finding it hard to make up my mind, im 28 years old and am 161 cm tall. They think i have burnt myself out to a point where i can make my own decision. I feel so low that the things i used to i cannot do .
t know how to ask for help or if I even should ask for help. Asking for help would mean I would have to skip this semester of college and I really don't wanna do that. But if I don't ask for help I'm not sure I'd stay medically stable through May and then I might have to medically withdraw due to Anorexia. I'm so torn through all this. And on top of that, people think I've been doing well so I know I'd be letting them down too. Please help!
To get to the point, I've had an eating disorder for a few years, since I was almost 11, and now I'm 15. It's varied from anorexia to bulimia, but these past few years its centered around binging and purging. For the past few months, I've found blood in my vomit. Its a dark brown and it resembles coffee grounds. I've also been having sharp pains in my abdominal and chest, which usually don't last long at all. Lately, though, the chest pains have been lingering.
I've been suffering from anorexia for 2 years and a bit now and I begin to improve and then I drop back again it's an on going thing but lately I've been having the urges to just completely give up like I have no reason to live anymore because it's becoming too difficult. I've spoke to my parents but they think I'm just saying it and that it's phase I'm having and i'll come out of it soon.
Since you have tried speaking to your friend, the next step is speaking to adults. It’s helpful to get one of your parents onboard to help. If you are in school together or a group together, speaking to a counselor or leader can help. The goal is to alert her parents to some of the concerns and support professional consultation from an eating disorder therapist. An adult can work with you to inform her parents of her behaviors and symptoms.
How old is she? Is she old enough for her parents to admit her to help her?
If she is older and not willing to go then you can't really do anything but encourage her and tell her how beautiful she is. However most of the time someone dealing with self harm has other issues that she is mentally dealing with.
Best thing to do is try to get her to see a therapist that deals with eating disorders.
Dear “I need help!!!”,
It must be hard on you to care about your friend and see him do so much damage to himself. You have cause to be concerned. His lack of eating and vomiting could be life threatening.
You could say to him something to the effect, “I feel scared when I see you not eat all day and then vomit. I’m afraid you are damaging your body and could even die.” You could go on to say, “I’m really worried for you and I feel helpless, I want you to get help.
My 21 year old daughter is anorexic and in denial. I am trying deparately to reach out to her, to no avail. Her feet are swelled everyday. She eats a good breakfast and a salad for dinner. She has lost 30 lbs and wants me to stop her from eating. She tries to feed me all the time and has every symptom of anorexia. Please tell me how I can approach the situation. She is moody and doesn't want to be around anyone - very unlike what she was a year ago.
Thank you.
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