Doctors
What are they being taught in med school? Do they learn about nutrition and EDs???? I can't even tell you the number of doctors I've told my story to and none of them were ANY help whatsoever. Perhaps that's because I don't/didn't look like someone in a severe deficit??????? OR, they thought I was lying and/or underestimating my intake and overestimating my activity? When I would go in there with a situation such as eating 1000cals, exercising 2hrs/day, and weighing 183lbs and unable to drop anything, they would say things like, "It's hard, isn't it?" and move on. Or they'd tell me to just keep plugging away with what I was doing and eventually it would work. Or they'd say that's just how some bodies are and to live with it. ARGH. Could they honestly not see any red flags or problems there???
And then there's the time I decided to put myself in therapy. And this was with a therapist who supposedly specialized in EDs. The problem was, she had NO OPINION ABOUT ANYTHING. PERIOD. She asked a lot of questions and wanted to listen to me talk, but that was IT. No guidance whatsoever. That was a waste of time and didn't help at all. Maybe what I needed was a dietician... but I suppose there is good and awful in that arena, too.
Ok, I just wanted to get that off my chest. I know there are good docs out there, but not in my experience. And I've wasted so much time no thanks to them. HOWEVER, that being said I can't use it as an excuse to not take responsibility - ultimately I am completely responsible for my own actions. And I move forward from there......
Michelle
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