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Oh ffs I hate these people
I'm so sorry

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That sucks so much.

tbh, docs get very little in the way of mental health training, like a month in residency. Not an excuse, just a fact.

When I was spiraling, I was down 20 lb from the year before and told I'm doing a good job with my weight. 2 1/2 months later I ended up in ip. So, yeah, docs don't get it.

 

Damn, how many years have we been hearing "Doctors don't understand EDs" ?? Not just from clients, but from advocacy groups too. Here EDs are, with the highest mortality rate of any mental health issue, and yet doctors continue to remain clueless ?

Also the part about "First do no harm" and how doctors are supposed to be perceived as helpful by clients ?

I'm really sorry that you had such a discouraging experience, and that it seems to be part of a pattern. Not sure what you can do, but it might be possible for you to ask for a referral to a doctor who understands them more ? If the doctor you are seeing doesn't seem trained or helpful in regards to what you are dealing with, I don't believe that would be considered an unreasonable request. xx

 

I've never told anybody about my ED that I've had for over a year now and I don't think I ever will. People are cruel.

 

How is it possible that these people go through med school and still come out this uneducated about EDs.

Want to guess how much time is devoted to EDs in med school? Here's a hint: it was one class during psychosomatic course.

 

Here EDs are, with the highest mortality rate of any mental health issue, and yet doctors continue to remain clueless ?

I don't know how you guys think med school and training after med school work but...

... ENTs know about ENT diseases.

... Visceral surgeons know about visceral surgery.

... Radiologists know about radiology.

The only doctors educated about EDs are psychiatrists and the psychosomatic crowd. And even then eating disorders are a subspecialty.

 

well, if you look at the DSM criteria there is not one mention of "how much you should weigh to be diagnosed with bulimia"

Bulimia is diagnosed by behaviour not by weight.

That's a terrible doctor. Even if it's only one course during med school - being a decent human being should be standard.

Had the same experience. Was too fat for anorexia, too slim for bulimia, I feel like doctors don't want to have anything to do with EDs. That's what Psychiatrist are for or some bullshit they tell you.

 

Want to guess how much time is devoted to EDs in med school? Here's a hint: it was one class during psychosomatic course.

That's for Germany. It could be different in other countries

 

I highly doubt that but if you have different information, please post a link.

Of course we as an eating disordered population deem eating disorders as a very important topic. However, to the majority of the population it's most likely not.

 

In Australia even the training for psychiatrists is pretty dismal. I've experienced more than one psych say "I know nothing about EDs". Can you imagine if they said "I know nothing about mood disorders!?" Kills me.

OP I'm so sorry you had that experience. Like you said, weight is just one part of a very complex picture.

I wonder if we could organise to create change.org petitions in our own countries to demand better training for doctors?