Tuesday - 06/09/09-Recovery Tuesday- Bea- Underweight, or Not?

how to handle not being at a classified 'anorexic' weight to get help.

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• freedom
• fighters
• anorexia
• bulimia
• mia
• ana
• skinny
• relapse
• recovery
• weight
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[WeRFreEDomFighters]

Discussing your own experiences here B is really essentially in helping people trust in your words. As always, you speak the truth and with strength. Much love Rache xoxo

[LeeLouOx]

My doctors say they can't offer treatment unless i'm like a BMI 13 or something. which is fcking stupid. especially the fact they are the ONLY docs for like 5 miles.

[WeRFreEDomFighters]

what the fuck? bmi of 13? that's CRAZY. that's like.. even below the anorexic weight requirement i do believe.

_bea

[decidetobeawesome]

are you sure you were 25 lbs underweight? Your bmi was 17.7, so you were technically only 5 pounds underweight. Maybe 25 lbs under your GOAL weight?

[evilboob666]

Wow, my BMI is about 15, and I'm going into a private inpatient unit with NHS funding for my bulimia. But I suppose that being involved with the Mental Health Services for the past 5 years (due to self harm, suicide attempts, EDs and BPD) has probably pushed this further than if I was just bulimic and seeing a GP for the first time...

[kateybug89]

I've been extremely underweight and in a hospital's ED unit and refed 5 times . My dr. and I both want to get me into a residential treatment center but my insurance denied me coverage. My Dr. wrote the whole letter sent them all my stats and they still refuse to budge. so right now I'm bouncing in and out of the hosp, living hell!

[silver18tiara]

YT keeps eating my comments! Oh well.

[veevee305]

FYI, being in the US doesn't help you get treatment. Private insurers are even worse than NHS. They are only out to get money, so if your treatment isn't "medically necessary" or you don't need a locked psych ward for treatment, then you don't get it. But I do understand the frustration of not getting treatment because you're not underweight. I have only been underweight once for a short time, but I have had my ED for almost three years.

[perfecti0n92]

Love this topic! I think it is really important and often a misconception. You can be, as you said bea, 'healthy and curvy' but still have the eating disorder mindset. Bulimics are often people in the normal-overweight range. Thank-you for shedding some light and making this great video!