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Suggest Treatment For Anorexic

Hi. My friend and I have a common friend who we believe is anorexic. He has lost a tremendous amount of weight since we have known him and both of us are extremely concerned. While drinking one night, friend A managed to get a confession from friend B that he was skipping meals and hated himself among other things. Since then, friend B is aware that friend A knows that he has an eating disorder of some kind. However, friend A told me about all of this because he didn t know what to do, all without friend B knowing it. Neither of us really know how to go about helping friend B . I would really like some advice if at all possible.
Thu, 11 Sep 2014
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Since your mutual friend (B) has confided in your friend (A), friend A should talk to him and find out more about what friend B is going through.
In my opinion, skipping meals, 'hating himself', loss of weight are symptoms that should not be ignored.
Friend A should gently get more information about of friend B and suggest that there may be a medical cause for how friend B is feeling or experiencing or behaving. It could be a nutritional or hormonal or some other medical problem.
If friend A can't get friend B to see a psychiatrist, at least he should persuade friend B to see a general practitioner.
You should not be involved at this stage because friend B may not like that what he said in confidence to friend A has been told to you.
I hope this answers your question.
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Suggest Treatment For Anorexic

Since your mutual friend (B) has confided in your friend (A), friend A should talk to him and find out more about what friend B is going through. In my opinion, skipping meals, hating himself , loss of weight are symptoms that should not be ignored. Friend A should gently get more information about of friend B and suggest that there may be a medical cause for how friend B is feeling or experiencing or behaving. It could be a nutritional or hormonal or some other medical problem. If friend A can t get friend B to see a psychiatrist, at least he should persuade friend B to see a general practitioner. You should not be involved at this stage because friend B may not like that what he said in confidence to friend A has been told to you. I hope this answers your question.