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Could The Low Appetite Be A Eating Disorder?

Hi, am a 38 year old female and I would like to know if I may have an eating disorder. I am not underweight at all. I am 5 6 weigh 60kg!! I cudnt eat much less than i already do n cud quite happily stop eating altogether. Food bores me! i dont seem to beable to loose weight at all. when i do eat i immediately make myself sick, its getting to a stage where I dont really have to make myself sick anymore just having food in my tummy makes me vomit. I dont see it as being an eating disorder only more of a self harm as its the only thing I have control of in my life right now? i dont think its an eating disorder?
Mon, 31 Aug 2015
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THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED BY YOU ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF EATING DISORDER-BORDERLINE OR UNSPECIFIED.
1.DO U INDUCE VOMITING OR PURGE YOURSELF AFTER EATING...
2.ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM LOW SELF-ESTEEM
3.DO U FEEL U CAN REGAIN YOUR SELF-CONFIDENCE BY HAVING A CONTROL OVER YOUR EATING AND BODY WEIGHT
4.ARE U PREOCCUPIED WITH YOUR BODY-IMAGE AND DO U DREAD BECOMING FAT/ OBESE

IF THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS IS YES THEN YOU DO HAVE AN EATING DISORDER WHICH CAN EVOLVE SPECIFICALLY INTO BULIMIA OR ANOREXIA.KINDLY GET BACK TO ME OR ANY OTHER PSYCHIATRIST AFTER ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS WHICH WILL HELP IN ASCERTAINING YOUR DIAGNOSIS.

DR SMRITHI
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Could The Low Appetite Be A Eating Disorder?

THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED BY YOU ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF EATING DISORDER-BORDERLINE OR UNSPECIFIED. 1.DO U INDUCE VOMITING OR PURGE YOURSELF AFTER EATING... 2.ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM LOW SELF-ESTEEM 3.DO U FEEL U CAN REGAIN YOUR SELF-CONFIDENCE BY HAVING A CONTROL OVER YOUR EATING AND BODY WEIGHT 4.ARE U PREOCCUPIED WITH YOUR BODY-IMAGE AND DO U DREAD BECOMING FAT/ OBESE IF THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS IS YES THEN YOU DO HAVE AN EATING DISORDER WHICH CAN EVOLVE SPECIFICALLY INTO BULIMIA OR ANOREXIA.KINDLY GET BACK TO ME OR ANY OTHER PSYCHIATRIST AFTER ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS WHICH WILL HELP IN ASCERTAINING YOUR DIAGNOSIS. DR SMRITHI