-Tally-
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I've been having therapy for the weight thing via my GP (3 sessions) and was referred to weight management. They agreed that therapy would be the best course of treatment and referred me on to a specialist psychiatrist dealing with eating disorders after they diagnosed me with binge eating disorder.
I had my assessment with weight management last week and it went really well. I got a letter today saying that I had been discharged from them as I'm doing slimming world and don't fit the criteria as I am not currently binge eating. They said to put me on the waiting list was to assume that I would fail at slimming world and they didn't want to give me any negative reinforcements. If I start binge eating again they will reassess me and use the initial assessment date as my date for the waiting list, meaning I wouldn't lose my place in the queue.
Now I know I'm lucky in the sense that I'm pretty switched on to Slimming World at the mo and am holding my own and lost weight quite quickly BUT it kinda feels like cos I'm trying to help myself, I don't get their help too...which I absolutely believe would be hugely beneficial to me. So to get their help I have to be binging. I know others will need the place in the queue who haven't got a handle on things but it's just made me feel a bit fed up now. I have no intentions of stopping SW so I can't see me ever getting the therapy that I think I need to sort my head out. Just because I'm not binging, doesn't mean I'm all fixed.
Moan over...
On a more positive note, my kitchen is fitted and nearly finished, just awaiting decoration/tiles/new floor and I escaped the week unscathed with my healthy eating in tact, now I just have to get through my holiday next week and I'll be delighted
I had my assessment with weight management last week and it went really well. I got a letter today saying that I had been discharged from them as I'm doing slimming world and don't fit the criteria as I am not currently binge eating. They said to put me on the waiting list was to assume that I would fail at slimming world and they didn't want to give me any negative reinforcements. If I start binge eating again they will reassess me and use the initial assessment date as my date for the waiting list, meaning I wouldn't lose my place in the queue.
Now I know I'm lucky in the sense that I'm pretty switched on to Slimming World at the mo and am holding my own and lost weight quite quickly BUT it kinda feels like cos I'm trying to help myself, I don't get their help too...which I absolutely believe would be hugely beneficial to me. So to get their help I have to be binging. I know others will need the place in the queue who haven't got a handle on things but it's just made me feel a bit fed up now. I have no intentions of stopping SW so I can't see me ever getting the therapy that I think I need to sort my head out. Just because I'm not binging, doesn't mean I'm all fixed.
Moan over...
On a more positive note, my kitchen is fitted and nearly finished, just awaiting decoration/tiles/new floor and I escaped the week unscathed with my healthy eating in tact, now I just have to get through my holiday next week and I'll be delighted