Change of therapy?

[summer]

Hello, I'm very pleased to find this help finally. I've been looking for help for 24yrs since we lost our child and I started eating compulsively. I've had very many years of general counselling but am wondering if I should be getting help from somebody trained in eating disorders. I'm overweight and bingeing almost every day and sometimes purging. It's been a real heartache and struggle and I try hard to overcome the problem. I suffer with bipolar which does not help as my mood is so up and down. I'm in my forties and my children have left home. I think of hardly anything else. Many years ago I was kept under review at an eating disorders clinic but they didn't take me on and I continued with the private counselling. I suppose they thought I wasn't 'bad' enough. Thank you for listening. Take care.

[ally1969]

I realize you posted this a while ago, but hopefully you are still reading this. Try a partial hospitalization program if there is one near you. My daughter is in one now, and although she too may not be considered bad enough to go to inpatient, the people at the partial program are great. The one she is at also has group therapy, which I think you should also try, you sound like you need the support of others who know what you are going through. Hope that helps a little, and good luck to you.