Symptoms and Challenges
The articles in this section look at all the symptoms and challenges that many experience when attempting to get an eating disorder into remission.
The recovery process is a significant upheaval to a damaged and brittle state. This is the case whether the behaviours for managing that misidentification of food as a threat originate from illness, genetic predisposition, trauma, abuse, and/or a diet. It could be it’s all, some, or none of those things. Whether the behaviours have existed for a few weeks or several decades, there is no part of the body or biological function that has not been impacted and likely damaged.
The general guideline when using HDRM in recovery is:
Have a treatment team that absolutely includes an MD and a qualified therapist.
Watchful waiting is the preferred approach to avoid further destabilization through intervention that creates more problems than it solves. Work with an MD that is comfortable with this philosophy, but will step in to protect you if the symptoms warrant immediate intervention.
Main Articles
These are categories that are most commonly sourced when someone is undergoing a recovery effort from an eating disorder.
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The most disturbing of the symptoms. Because the digestive system is going flat out but the energy deficit and damage throughout the body is enormous, a patient can be very full and very, very hungry.
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We tend to expect a lot of our bodies and being in recovery requires of us that we let the body set the pace.
Understanding Why Recovery Takes So Long
Time to Remission -
Edema, pain and exhaustion are all pronounced early in the recovery process and they all cause a lot off anxiety and distress.
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Dealing with physicians and therapists, let alone a broader treatment team can add to anxiety and confusion.
Meet the Treatment Team
Dear Doctor
Dear Therapist
Inpatient Underfeeding
Weigh-ins -
Approaching and eating the food goes to the heart of an eating disorder: the misidentification of food as a threat.
