Treating anorexia is a complex problem, which involves especially regaining physical health. That is the first step of the treatment, and after that step is accomplished, other treatment follows.
The parts of the anorexia treatment are involving especially the eating habits. Anorexic persons must try to follow a healthy eating plan. Their main objective must be to gain weight. When the body is in healthy condition, it is important to create a mental state that will help the patient, he or she must believe that are looking just fine, and must try to raise the self-esteem.
Following psychotherapy is an important step in treating anorexia. Therapy is essential because it helps to find out a person’s fears, concerns, and inner thoughts. The therapist is talking with the patient about that problems, and is trying to solve them.
There are different types of therapy:
-A therapy can be based on working with the thoughts that comprise eating and food. One of the main purposes is to find out exactly which is your relationship to food, and the therapist will ask you to analyze carefully your thoughts about food, will even suggest keeping a diet journal.
-Another type of therapy is using rewards and penalties in order to change the habit of self-starvation. Following the doctor’s recommendations will be rewarded with a small prize.
-Other types of therapy are analyzing patient’s social life, his emotions, finding out which are the factors that might have lead to anorexia, because there surely is something that provokes low self –esteem, bringing then anorexia.
-Group therapy is another method, in which the patient is allowed to talk to a supervised group, composed by persons having the same problem. Sharing thoughts, opinions to each other, feeling the support of other people helps anorexic patients raise their self-esteem and be more confident.
During the physical treatment of anorexia, the presence of a medical doctor is important, because he is monitoring your vital signs, is taking care of the hydratation level, and he is also evaluating the effects that anorexia made to your body.
Of course, you must get help from a dietician also, because he will take care of creating special meal plans, will include the proper number of calories so that you can gain weight, and achieve a healthy state.
Another thing that must be taken in consideration is self-medication. Drugs must be taken only if the doctor prescribes them, and you must be aware of the potential risk they have.
The doctor will recommend you drugs that treat depression, and the unrest that can cause anorexia and other drugs that help you to stop the obsessive behaviors.
If the problems caused by anorexia are severe, and they seem to become dangerous for your life, the doctor may decide to start anorexia treatment in a hospital or in a treatment center.
For more information about anorexia or even about pro anorexia please click this link http://www.anorexia-center.com/pro-anorexia.htm
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I have anorexia and been told today that i may ...
By: vicky | 07-08-2008
i have anorexia and been told today that i may have to go in hospital i have said no as i know it will mean a tube , can i be forced to go in agaist my will
Post-Anorexia Problems!!
By: Zeeze13 | 06-07-2008
I've been in recovery from anorexia for 4 months now. My nails are growing ok again and I'm at a perfect weight for my height. I eat great too. I have a 3 problems though. My hairline on the right side receded during the sickness and I'm taking pills to grow it back fast...will it grow back all way? My boobs are also not growing. I'm like a ...nearly A. It's bad. The biggest thing is my period. I haven't had in it over a year. I had anorexia for a year and half...when should it come back?! Please help!
Sarah Jesica Parker Anorexia?
By: MiniMo | 02-04-2008
Sarah Jessica Parker says she's an "eater" and lists all the things she's eaten in the last couple of days.I have a friend who swears she eats, but she takes one bite of something, and says she's not hungry anymore. Wouldn't it be more the quantities than what she's really eaten? I mean, she can say she's had steak, but has actually only ate like a half ounce.
My parents think im anorexic
By: herlihya03 | 22-03-2008
i dont know how to prove them wrong. My parents think im anorexic but its only because they never see me eat alot. When im at school i eat loads and then when i get home i sometimes dont feel as hungry and my parents have jumped straight to the conclusion that im not eating or im making myself sick because im anturally skinny. It doesnt help that i have a fast motabolism so i generally find it hard to put on weight and ive tried many times.i have told them that im not anorexic but they always keep track of what im eating. what should i do?
Recovery without IP?
By: OhmGirl | 02-03-2008
Do you believe it is possible to recover from a long-term eating disorder without a formal IOP or IP program?
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Are eating disorders as a phenomenon common to all cultures in a similar way?It seems that in the States we tend to blame TV and popular media, which only show us really thin women, but is there really a difference in places where TV is less common?
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