EDNOS/eating disorder not otherwise specified....that means you have eating disorder behavior, but you don't fit in with a certain category, you're kind of all over the place...also BED/binge eating disorder.....i don't know that much about BED, but i have EDNOS so that's why i know so much about it

Everybodys eating disorder is a bit different. Sometimes its useful to put names to the disordered relationship with food and eating. Sometimes it isnt because many people never fit into a named category and feel that their eating patterns are less serious than if they matched a named disorder. As Valgal says, EDNOS is the term for all the disordered eating that cant fit into one of the categories that was first identified as a medical problem.

My own problem, chewing and spitting out food seems to have been recognised as an eating disorder only fairly recently. Ive also had phases that could be classed as anorexia and orthorexia (obsession about eating healthy/pure foods). It may be useful to have some names to throw around if youre looking for help. Of course doctors should take any eating disorder seriously.

There is also compulsive overeating, which is a little different than BED. Compulsive overeaters do have binges, but will also graze and snack all day, eating almost constantly.