:confused: i haven't been diagnosed with an eating disorder yet but i know that i have it. to backtrack a bit, back about twenty years ago i was anorexic(not spelled right). on the other hand i am now obese. how does this happen? all i know is that these days all i want to do is eat. from morning till night all i think about is food. i can eat until i feel sick and of course that means that i'm putting on weight and feeling bad about what i am doing. i am not seeing a therapist at this time but i do see a phychiatrist for another problem. i don''t know if this is something that my phychiatrist can help me with or not. i haven't mentioned it to him yet. i am taking a medication that tends to make you gain weight, although i don't think that that is the problem, because i can plainly see that i'm just eating tooo much whether hungry or full. actually i don't even think i know what being hungry is like anymore. that is so pathetic. please somebody tell me what i should do. i really need all the help that i can get. i can't stand being this way.

You should definately mention this to your psychiatrist. They may want to recommend you to a regular therapist as well.

Do mention it to your psychiatrist. Also, is he the one prescribing the med that can cause an increased appetite? He might be willing to switch your meds. Some of those meds can be brutal on increasing the appetite. Case in point, Remeron. My first psychiatrist had the brilliant idea to put me on this med when I needed to gain weight without informing me that it causes a HUGE appetite increase in virtually all who take it. When I realized this (that I was never, ever full on this med no matter how much I ate), I just refused to take it (not the best plan of action as I really did need an antidepressant at that point as I was suicidal too). Are you in therapy? If not, I'd consider getting into therapy, particularly cognitive behavior therapy. I think it helped me overcome both my anorexia and major depression. Good luck!