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Forum: Eating Issues Support 19-04-2013, 12:24 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 375
Posted By Solar
TW - Being discharged from therapy before you are even close to recovered

I think my outpatient ED team are going to discharge me before I am even close to recovered, as I can’t do what they ask.

I am currently struggling with what is basically bulimia, after gaining...
Forum: Eating Issues Support 04-03-2013, 09:49 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 358
Posted By Solar
Meal plan full of binge foods

So I have had this meal plan for months now and haven't yet been able to follow it, partly due to the fear of gaining weight but its also down the fact that a large amount of the options are binge...
Forum: Eating Issues Support 28-02-2013, 06:07 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 477
Posted By Solar
For me it helps to remember that gaining weight...

For me it helps to remember that gaining weight doesn't mean weakness rather it is a demonstration of strength and determination. You are fighting against the need to lose weight in order to be...
Forum: Eating Issues Support 24-02-2013, 04:59 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 579
Posted By Solar
I't such a horrible cycle to be in. Perhaps start...

I't such a horrible cycle to be in. Perhaps start with forcing yourself to eat half an hour before you go to bed, that might be enough to settle you to begin with. Then you can work up to all other...
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 15-02-2013, 04:50 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,446
Posted By Solar
I am hoping that my GP can verify that I am...

I am hoping that my GP can verify that I am medically stable enough to drive. The letter suggests that that is possible. I think appealing is too much hassle and financially crippling.

My problem...
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 13-02-2013, 10:37 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,446
Posted By Solar
Thank you for all the replies. I am feeling a...

Thank you for all the replies.

I am feeling a bit calmer now as I think this situation can be rectified. Now I have read the letter properly it seems that it is possible for my GP to decide if I am...
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 13-02-2013, 03:39 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,446
Posted By Solar
Reapply, thats what I meant. I want to avoid any...

Reapply, thats what I meant. I want to avoid any legal stuff where possible. Do you know if you can back date those 3 months as I have been stable for that long?
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 13-02-2013, 02:17 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,446
Posted By Solar
I guess it is more of an assumption but based on...

I guess it is more of an assumption but based on the wording of the letter, 'decision based on a psychiatric diagnosis' and the fact I spoke to my GP yesterday and nothing was mentioned lead me to...
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 13-02-2013, 02:01 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,446
Posted By Solar
Driving license revoked because of bipolar

Has anyone had their driving license revoked due to bipolar disorder?

They simply saw a psychiatric diagnosis and revoked it. I don't know what to do? This was my one life line, one thing that I...
Forum: Eating Issues Support 23-01-2013, 08:18 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,835
Posted By Solar
That model thin 'perfection' which is...

That model thin 'perfection' which is maintainable and happiness bringing is a myth. You will reach 'conventional' thin and surpass it, there is always some part of your body that needs to be...
Forum: Eating Issues Support 22-01-2013, 11:17 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,835
Posted By Solar
As Snail said, laxatives have virtually no impact...

As Snail said, laxatives have virtually no impact on the calories absorbed. They work on the large intestine and colon where as calories are absorbed in the small intestine.

Any rapid loss of...
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 21-01-2013, 03:42 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 824
Posted By Solar
I am Bipolar and for me, I guess, it seems to...

I am Bipolar and for me, I guess, it seems to have such an individual pattern for each person it is hard to plan for or get a good grasp of. I have read some articles on it but they are so vague...
Forum: Eating Issues Support 21-01-2013, 01:51 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,129
Posted By Solar
For me, I have been with the ED services for...

For me, I have been with the ED services for anorexia for around 9-10 months. My experience of recovery has been rocky at best. In the grand scheme of things behaviour wise I would almost say I am...
Forum: Eating Issues Support 14-01-2013, 03:41 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 721
Posted By Solar
My dietician wrote me up a few meal plans several...

My dietician wrote me up a few meal plans several months back but I have never been able to achieve any of them. There just seems to be so much food on the page which panics me and I end up failing....
Forum: Eating Issues Support 14-01-2013, 09:27 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 721
Posted By Solar
Just me really. I can't cope with others...

Just me really. I can't cope with others interfering with my eating it just makes it 100x worse
Forum: Eating Issues Support 14-01-2013, 08:44 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 721
Posted By Solar
Not knowing what you can eat

Does anyone else have this problem?

Realistically I know the answer is anything but it doesn't feel like it. I swear that this is one of the main problems I have. I don’t know what I can eat...
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 14-01-2013, 08:16 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 596
Posted By Solar
I don't think it is tinnitus as it isn't a noise...

I don't think it is tinnitus as it isn't a noise exactly, its more like the black and white fuzziness you used to get on old tvs.

It does seem similar to what you guys have described which is...
Forum: Eating Issues Support 13-01-2013, 07:54 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 711
Posted By Solar
Hey I am Bipolar and also suffer with anorexia....

Hey

I am Bipolar and also suffer with anorexia. I was first put on Olanzapine and it caused me to gain so much weight that I went from possibly being sectioned because of my weight to weight...
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 13-01-2013, 07:45 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 596
Posted By Solar
Internal backgound noise

I'm sorry I am really bad at articulating what I am trying to explain.

It came out last week to my therapist that I have like a background noise in my head. It is like white noise or fuzziness. I...
Forum: Eating Issues Support 30-12-2012, 03:01 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 893
Posted By Solar
The best advice would be to get help. The only...

The best advice would be to get help. The only result of this is poor health. You won't look perfect you will look sick, people will be repulsed by the amount of bones showing. Ultimately the fact...
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 30-12-2012, 01:11 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 600
Posted By Solar
Thanks. It's the MH team that will be instigating...

Thanks. It's the MH team that will be instigating the whole thing so its more that side of things that I don't understand. I suppose deep down I am worried that they are going to send me inpatient at...
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 30-12-2012, 12:53 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 600
Posted By Solar
The nearest ED hospital to me ( one county away)...

The nearest ED hospital to me ( one county away) only accepts people under the weight limit or with dangerous bloods, I have neither.

I guess I am just scared of what they are going to do. It's...
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 30-12-2012, 12:26 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 600
Posted By Solar
No, they stupidly have a weight limit and I well...

No, they stupidly have a weight limit and I well exceed it now.
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 29-12-2012, 09:22 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 600
Posted By Solar
My Bipolar isn't great I guess but it's not too...

My Bipolar isn't great I guess but it's not too bad. I have been on Quetiapine for the last 3 months and it hasn't really done anything but made my depressive episode flat with no variation. I am now...
Forum: Mental Health Discussion and Support 29-12-2012, 09:06 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 600
Posted By Solar
Stalemate and resources

For the last 9 months I have been under both the eating disorder service for anorexia and the mental health team for Bipolar disorder. It has come out that they have been talking with each other and...
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