Oh wow, I'm sorry you had to have someone ask you that! I think that was super insensitive of her. Do you want to go to treatment? Can you go another route instead of asking your doctor?

I think youu need to find another dr. quick if you are ready for treatment and if you are purging then you need help so go to every treatment center and talk to every dr. till some one answers. there shouldnt be a weight limit grrrrr. I'm sorry but if your ready for help then dont stop till you find it dont give up. (((hugs)))

Thanks :) I apreciate your support

a lot of people think of anorexia when they think of an eating disorder. explain to them what you are doing.

It's bad enough that insurance companies want to see us puking blood and having heart failure until we're admitted. Just fucked up that your Dr. adds insult to injury.

there is no weight requirement for bulimia. Do you binge and purge at least twice a week (for at least three months) because then you would make the cut and would valisate for a treatment program.

Im so sorry people have been crappy towards you. I hope you can find a different provider. The fact that your BMI was not "low enough" is total bull shit. Someone who needs to gain 50pounds, and someone who needs to gain 15 are both sick, and are both struggling with an eating disorder. Dont get me wrong, there are definately different severeity levels, but at the end of the day, an eating disorder is an eating disorder!!!! PLUS- ed's arent even about food or weight, its about control and coping, and many other things... It just gets manifested in our food/weight because its such an easy way for a human to control the situation. I remember when i went into treatment, I felt so huge, and i was worried I was not "sick enough". I told that to the doctor and he laughed at me! He was like "there is no such thing as sick enough- an ED is an ED". ya know? I felt i didnt deserve treatment, or that I needed to lose more weight before I started treatment, but its so not the case! I would encourage you to try contacting other eating disorder places. Keep in mind, if people are going to be crazy about your BMI not fitting the range-- DONT LET THAT CAUSE YOU SYMPTOMS!!! Your criteria might be more acurately diagnosed as EDNOS . ALSO,keep in mind VERY FEW people understand ED'S and most people are insenstive and unable to give encouraging perspective. Im sorry if this doesnt help! Im just dont want you to get discouraged. I was in your spot too! I DID NOT have a super low BMI and I was so worried I wouldnt get accepted. BUT... it just so happened the clinic I went to was awesome, and didnt care about that. If you need anything, let me know. KEEP PRESSING FORWARD! DONT LET STUPID PEOPLE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR RECOVERY!!!!

Wow, you need some new doctors! You don't have to be skinny to have an eating disorder. Especially if you're just starting out. I'm overweight but I'm getting a bit obsessed with losing it; the other day I only ate about 900 something calories. At my age, i should probably be eating AT LEAST 1200. I don't want my mom to find out, she'll make me eat more and I'll gain it all back. I think you're doctors are stupid! Let me know if you need anything!

my bmi is also in the 'normal' range and i also find that people don't seem to take my ED seriously because of this, even though i KNOW that i have a problem. that nurse just epitomises general feeling, but she should damn well know better. i can't believe she would say something so callous and downright horrible, i'm really sorry you had to hear that.
to an extent i'm self-helping, reading books and just talking to my one therapist as i don't feel as though i'm getting any support from most other people. the books are really good and give me solace a lot of the time.