Diabulimia: The Scariest Eating Disorder...

DWED (Diabetics With Eating Disorders) main FAQ page is here: http://dwed.org.uk/about-us-faq/ - well worth reading. The statistics regarding Diabulimia deaths compared to Anorexia Nervosa, I didn’t include in this video, as I’m not entirely sure there isn’t a misprint, but it certainly makes it clear that T1ED/Diabulimia blows anorexia out of the water as the long-upheld ‘most dangerous psychiatric illness’. Certainly the friend I mentioned, who’s a member of the DWED team, has lost several friends to the disorder at this point, and they seem to die younger, and with far less warning, than the majority of non-diabetic EDers I’ve known...

The DWED support forum is here: http://dwed.org.uk/online-support/

BBC Three documentary, ‘The World’s Deadliest Eating Disorder’, is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSLjM6cZaTo

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I know nothing about the situation in the USA regarding T1ED/Diabulimia, and whether any specific treatment centres have been established, but I doubt it…although Diabulimia clearly *does* exist in the States, as I knew of a girl attempting recovery from it way back in 2002. As with all eating disorders and addictions though, I strongly urge any sufferer or family member *not* to be disheartened or defeated by a lack of ‘proper’ treatment – this institutionalised mentality the world increasingly suffers from is dangerous. Going to hospital, or rehab, is NOT a necessity for recovery, nor does going into hospital, or rehab, assure that you will recover. It doesn’t mean that you’re a lost cause, just because you can’t go inpatient at a suitable facility – so many ED’d people go round and round with treatment centres, especially in America, flying all over the damned country and playing with ponies at Remuda Ranch and all the rest of the crazy billion-dollar industry the US has built on the back of addiction, and honestly, their recovery rates are far from impressive.

Even if you go to the best hospital on Earth, one day they’ll release you. And you’ll go home – back to your life. Back to all the realities and problems that made you sick in the first place. At that point, the real work begins; as such, it’s really not any different to simply *start* from that point, minus the hospital, if you have to. There is SO much information online these days – EDs are about control; make that work for you. Concoct a realistic meal plan, find activities to fill the gap, to pull you out of the dark hole and back into the world, and find friends – be they IRL or online – to be your support group, your cheerleaders. And in the case of T1ED/Diabulimia, make sure you have a competent doctor, who you can be honest with, to monitor you and give you any advice they can.

Recovery without ‘help’ is possible – I did it; there was absolutely sod all treatment available in my area, despite being labelled 'extremely high risk' when I was assessed - no one gave a crap, because I was out of the catchment area for the one and only ED clinic in the county. As such, it was die or deal with it myself. And I’m stubborn :P

So, be stubborn. Don’t let the shitty, fucked up health service kill you with its laziness, its underfunding and desperate lack of empathy. Be stubborn – it works. It won’t be a smooth journey, but it never is, no matter what help is at hand. And now, we have the internet – whoever and wherever you are, people will walk you through it. Good luck C:

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