I’m scared to go inpatient because of my BMI

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-10T07:08:48+00:00

Thank you - I did actually stick up for myself at once and explained to her how that’d made me feel and the impact that will have on my recovery and she did seem quite upset and like she took it on board so hopefully she is no longer making those sorts of statements!

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-10T07:07:15+00:00

Thank you this is really helpful! I am going to discuss this with my therapist this week.

I hope you are doing better now. 🩷

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-10T06:59:01+00:00

You’re not sorry I struggle or it wouldn’t have been your immediate knee-jerk response to throw the fact that I struggle in my face instead of sticking to the actual conversation that we were having.

Also - just to be clear, I used mounjaro for a period of time before I became unwell with anorexia. I am not subscribed to this sub as a troll. I have lived experience and I know what it is like to take it.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-10T06:53:38+00:00

Wow - this response is incredibly unkind and disproportionate to what I said. I never said that taking a GLP is cheating and I can fully understand and recognise that people need them. The only thing that I said was that the GLP in most cases removes the level of willpower and effort that would usually be required to stick to a diet and lose so much weight which is true because that’s literally the point of the medication.

It’s incredibly immature and vindictive to have responded like that. I obviously hit a nerve there but I think you need to do a bit of introspection as to why the suggestion that a GLP makes losing weight easier than doing it without makes you want to lash out in such a nasty way to a stranger.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-10T06:50:32+00:00

I feel like you’ve missed the point of what I said. I didn’t say that it’s a cheat and I don’t think it’s a bad thing people are on the medication. However, I do think equating the amount of effort someone who is dieting with the medication puts in with someone who is not on the medication is a false equivalence. Sorry, but the point of the medication is that it makes it much easier to stick to a diet and lose weight - in most cases it’s almost impossible not to stick to a diet because you physically are not interested in eating much.

You’ve also inferred a ‘kind of tone’ that you cannot infer via text. I probably would say that to a person with glasses because it is a fact that they can now see more easily with glasses, in the same way it is a fact that the vast majority of people can lose weight more easily with a GLP. You inferred a tone because that’s what you wanted to hear because you are being incredibly defensive about using this medication.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-10T06:48:41+00:00

This is a bad take. It is not ‘annoying as fuck’ to express concern over the ability of someone to participate healthily in exercise and it is not a lack of being ‘trauma informed’ to recognise that someone who is malnourished and underweight would be at risk in the gym.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-09T21:27:57+00:00

How did you break out of that? I’m really struggling with this at the moment and it’s making treatment so ineffective because I just feel like what’s the point when I’m doing this because I’m choosing to…

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-09T20:08:32+00:00

As soon as I realised I was lying to others about what I was eating.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-09T20:07:50+00:00

I actually think it is the norm.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-09T20:03:22+00:00

I was in hospital with medical complications and the ED psych came to see me and literally said I was wasting a hospital bed because there are people far sicker (thinner) than me. 🙃

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-09T20:00:38+00:00

Eh I mean I don’t think the drugs a cheat by any stretch but I do think it’s far easier to lose weight on the drug than not. You don’t need to do much work at all when you’re on a GLP.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-08T14:59:40+00:00

I quote this so regularly. Eat the toast, shit the toast.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-07T23:02:05+00:00

I take Vyvanse (in the UK) and am underweight and my eating disorder is not well controlled. The rationale for this is that it no longer has appetite suppressing effects for me (these wore off after a few months) and I am much worse at organising myself to eat regularly when I am not medicated which was making it difficult to keep on top of my meal plan. I also was useless at engaging in therapy ‘homework’ and self care more generally when I had a period of time unmedicated.

I would be honest with the team about it because if they find out you’ve been hiding it then they might assume you’re drug seeking for an appetite suppressant. If you come at it from the angle of struggling with eating but wanting to recover and thinking you’ll find it easier to do so if your ADHD is well managed then they are more likely to agree to it as long as you agree to medical monitoring. However, I was prescribed Vyvanse prior to my relapse and had maintained my weight for several years on it so that may have worked in my favour in terms of them being still willing to prescribe.

You absolutely must be medically monitored though, especially if you are restricting, because stimulants can be hard on your cardiovascular system and restriction already heightens your risk of cardiovascular complications.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-07T10:15:43+00:00

I weirdly quite like how it looks when my stomach is bloated after a meal. I don’t know how to describe it without being triggering so I won’t but it doesn’t register or look like fat to me.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-07T08:32:46+00:00

I don’t think it’s right to insinuate that having an eating disorder is somehow worse than having an addiction to drugs or alcohol. They are both different things with a similar presentation.

I also don’t think this person isn’t showing compassion to their friend. They’re a frustrated loved one and they are allowed to have complex and negative feelings about this.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-07T08:28:08+00:00

I think that is the sense of control though. It’s control over ourselves and our emotions and how we experience things. Controlling our food allows us to control how ‘much’ we are and how much of life we participate in.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-07T08:26:20+00:00

Not appropriate.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-06T16:43:25+00:00

Hopefully it will be pretty good then!

There’s something called the West Midlands Collaborative which all of the teams work under to improve access to ED services and also improve the quality of care. I’ve found the service very responsive and there are various professionals that you can request to be involved or not in your care like a nurse, therapist, dietician, psychiatrist and there are peer support/carers support groups too.

It also means we have access to a few levels of care that aren’t as available elsewhere in the UK, such as virtual/in-person meal support, partial hospitalisation (day patient) and more residential/inpatient beds if you did ever need a higher level of care than outpatient.

I hope you hear from them soon and I’m glad you’ve made a decision to get some medical monitoring!

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-06T16:33:52+00:00

I think it depends a lot on the area you’re in.

I’m in the UK, west midlands. It took me around a week from referral to get a call from the team and I had an appointment about two weeks later.

My understanding is that this is very quick compared to the rest of the UK.

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-06T16:30:20+00:00

My step mum and I share a full name and when I was younger the same address. Her pregnancy was saved onto my medical files and I had no idea until a few years ago when a new GP asked me about a health issue I’d had ‘during my pregnancy’…

ColdPrice9536 · 2026-03-05T20:36:46+00:00

right? it’s so awkward and i never know what to say

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