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So basically I've been extremely depressed, which started in November and got really bad around late December, early January. After I went to my GP and started medication and counselling things started to get better, but they took a sudden nosedive in mid-March I was at uni at the time, but I have been at home since being released from hospital. I am planning to go back to uni at the beginning of next term (April) and I will have to make an appointment to see my GP as soon as I go back to kind of discuss what the next step is in terms of therapy or whatever.
My issue is that I know a lot of my problems centre around food and binge-eating and I am not sure what kind of support to ask for? Should I tell my GP what it's about or ask for a referral to a Psychiatrist and tell them? Or wait until I get therapy and tell my therapist? Would this affect the kind of treatment that I would get and how?
I would really appreciate any advice and if any one knows what the likely referral would be. I'm just kinda confused as to what help is available and how best to access it.
Thanks.
Also, to franny227 if you're reading this, I read your message on my other thread about BED but for some reason I haven't been able to log in since and couldn't reply, so please don't think I'm ignoring you and hopefully the problem is resolved now! How have you been coping?
Posted on April 08, 2012 at 7:05 PM
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Hi misjiffmanaged,
Sorry I'm not really sure how to answer your question, I think it probably is possible to have a mixture of eds, or perhaps you just don't quite fit the criteria for bulimia? Many people are actually diagnosed with EDNOS, because they've just missed the boundary. It's easy to slip between the different disorders, basically because they are all centred around a preoccupation with food.
You said that you have recently been diagnosed with binge eating disorder, how did the consultation go for you? I think that I have it, but I am really scared to go to the GP about it because I feel like he won't believe me, or won't think it's serious, that I am just being lazy and greedy, making excuses. Did you already think you had this when you went in? What sort of questions did he/she ask and how did he come to that conclusion?
You don't have to answer any of this if you don't want to of course, but any help would be appreciated.
Thank You!
Louisy 
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:32 AM
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Thank you everyone for taking the time to talk to me.
With the depression and bingeing I'm not really sure if I can say that one causes the other, because they both feed into each other. I find it hard to stop thinking about food. When I overeat I feel low within myself which leads to me feeling more and more depressed - I then eat because I don't know any other way to deal with the way I am feeling. I just can't seem to break this cycle.
I don't think I am ready to tell anyone about all of my food issuess yet. I guess I'm just scared about what will happen, how people will react, that I will lose control of my life - which is stupid because I am not the one in control now, food is.
Thank you for listening. I don't feel quite so alone now. I hope that one day I will be able to beat this.
Posted on February 12, 2012 at 1:14 AM
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Hi, I'm new to here.
I think I have binge-eating disorder or compulsive overeating, whatever it is supposed to be called.
I am totally unable to control my food intake; it's like an addiction. I hate myself for it, but I can't seem to break this hold that food has over me. I am just thinking about it all the time and I can't stop eating. A lot of the time I'm not even enjoying doing it, but it's like a have to.
I'm 19 and I'm being treated my my GP and the university counselling service for depression, which has gotten me so low - but the thing is, I think it is the eating that is the problem, I'll never be able to get rid of the depression unless I can sort this.
I don't wan't to tell the GP or anyone about this because I feel like a fraud; like they'll think it's just an excuse for me being lazy and greedy, like it's not a real disorder because it's not as accepted as anorexia or bulimia. I'm so embarrassed. But I've tried to do this on my own and I can't.
I'm desperate. I hate myself so much for this, I hate the way I look, I hate that I'm so weak.
I just don't know what to do anymore.
Posted on February 04, 2012 at 9:13 PM
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