At any given time, millions of Americans struggle with eating disorders. Revived Soul Medical P.C., with three Brooklyn, New York-based, locations in Midwood, Fort Greene, and Brighton Beach, offers compassionate, customized treatments and therapy to heal your eating disorder and repair your relationship with food. If an eating disorder interferes with your health, call Revived Soul Medical P.C. or make an appointment online today.
Eating disorders are mental health illnesses that manifest as distorted eating habits. Eating disorders often co-occur with other mental health conditions, such as anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and substance abuse. Anyone can develop an eating disorder, although adolescent and young women are the most likely group to experience one.
There are several types of eating disorders, with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder the most prevalent.
Anorexia nervosa is characterized by severely limited food intake, obsessive fear of being fat, and distorted body image. If you have anorexia, you may exercise obsessively, refuse to eat enough, or abuse laxatives to lose weight. Some of the complications of anorexia include:
Anorexia causes preoccupation with food, trouble eating in public, and a strong desire to control other aspects of your life or environment. The condition is diagnosed when you weigh at least 15% less than the normal healthy body weight for your height.
The hallmark behaviors of bulimia nervosa include binge eating followed by purging. During a binge, you consume food rapidly and without control. You may gulp down foods that you’ve identified as bad as quickly as possible without even tasting them. During your binge, you feel out of control, but when your binge ends, you purge your body by forcing yourself to vomit or abusing laxatives. You may repeat this cycle several times a week.
Bulimia can cause complications such as chronic sore throat, tooth damage, gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD), and severe dehydration.
Binge eating disorder is similar to bulimia, but you don’t purge after your binge. If you have binge eating disorder, you experience out-of-control eating at least once a week and suffer from feelings of shame, guilt, or depression afterward.
Revived Soul Medical P.C. provides treatments to address the negative thoughts and emotions that lead to your disordered eating. They may combine individual and group therapy with medication. They help you learn to cope with your feelings in a less destructive way than disordered eating and restore your relationship with food so you no longer see it as the enemy or a coping mechanism.
If you have an eating disorder, call Revived Soul Medical P.C. or make an appointment online today.