Are You or Someone You Love Struggling With an Eating Disorder?
Do you think about food all day long – what you will eat or not eat?
Do you plan what you are going to have for lunch before you have finished breakfast?
Do you obsess about your weight and how you look?
Do you sometimes get rid of your meals by purging, using laxatives, diet-pills, or other over-the-counter medications?
You are not alone. I’d like to help.
Friends and family may try to help, but they just don't understand much about eating disorders like Anorexia, Bulimia, or Binge Eating Disorder.
Often, talking to a therapist who specializes in treating eating disorders can help. I'd like to help.
Please don't go one more day.
You don't have to do this alone, call (949) 395-7161.
About Eating Disorders
Having an Eating Disorder is much more than just being on a diet.
An Eating Disorder is an illness that permeates all aspects of each sufferer's life, is caused by a variety of factors and influences, and has profound effects on the people suffering and their loved ones.
An eating disorder is marked by extremes, such as extreme reduction of food intake or extreme overeating, or feelings of extreme distress or concern about body weight or shape.
A person with an eating disorder may have started out just eating smaller or larger amounts of food than usual, but at some point, the urge to eat less or more spirals out of control.
The two main types of eating disorders are
anorexia nervosa and
bulimia nervosa. A third category is "eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS)," which includes several variations of eating disorders. Most of these disorders are similar to anorexia or bulimia but with slightly different characteristics. Binge-eating disorder, which has received increasing research and media attention in recent years, is one type of EDNOS.
When do eating disorders occur?
Eating disorders frequently appear during adolescence or young adulthood, but some reports indicate that they can develop during childhood or later in adulthood.
Women and girls are much more likely than males to develop an eating disorder. Men and boys account for an estimated 5 to 15 percent of patients with anorexia or bulimia and an estimated 35 percent of those with binge-eating disorder.
Eating disorders are treatable diseases
Treatment plans are often tailored to the patient's individual needs and may include medical care and monitoring; medications; nutritional counseling; and individual, group and/or family psychotherapy. Some patients may also need to be hospitalized to treat malnutrition or to gain weight, or for other reasons.
While eating disorders are serious, potentially life-threatening illnesses, there is help available and recovery is possible.
For more information, or to schedule an appointment, please call (949) 395-7161.
Recovery is posible.