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Hey! Thanks for checking back, now today the topic that I'd like to talk to you a little bit about
something that I've been thinking about
and I've been hearing a lot of feedback about
which is great because it really makes me feel good to know that
you're watching
you're listening and I'm not alone just creating these videos and people think
it's really weird
so thanks for your feedback
and I've been hearing from a lot of you that you want me to address the EDNOS
diagnosis now for those of you who may not be
really used to the different acronyms I know we use a lot of acronyms especially
when it comes to different diagnosis
but, EDNOS stands for eating disorder
not otherwise specified
okay well that
sounds like a lot of things right that's really what it is it's kind of a bucket
to catch all when
we as
therapist, psychiatrist, maybe primary care doctors
when we see someone who is struggling with an eating disorder
and they don't quite fit the criteria for bulimia or a binge eating, or an anorexia
diagnosis they fall under EDNOS
that sounds like a lot of things right
why would they even create this
well when I'm calling an insurance company because you come to see me
and maybe sometimes you restrict you've lost a little weight
but then sometimes you binge
and you don't purge
than other times maybe months later you come to see me and you're bingeing and purging
only
okay, at that point you might meet the criteria for
bulimia but then
like months later you're restricting
you've dropped all the weight that you gained while you were in recovery because you have a
tough time
and then you're back
to anorexia
and that can get really confusing, right?
that's a lot of switching for my paper work at first that's a lot, right? so
we're gonna make it a little bit simpler EDNOS
so when I call the insurance company and I hope to get coverage
I give them what's going on what criteria you meet what criteria you don't meet
and why you fall into
that category
does that make sense? I hope that's
kind of clear
so really the only reason that we have any of these diagnosis is really for
from my purpose or standpoint it's it's for
coverage
for insurance and it also gives us a little bit of a treatment plan to work with
Okay, so you're struggling with this this sometimes this maybe you use laxatives maybe you don't
but it gives us a way to kind of settle in on something where we can work together we
can set goals knowing
what your struggles are
and what we hope to accomplish
So I hope that's clear and I know that a lot of you have wanted me to address this because I know a
lot of us fall under EDNOS because
eating disorders are shape shifters
they might start out as anorexia
then they turn into bulimia
and a lot of times I have patients that'll be
strictly one way they go into treatment they come out the complete opposite because
in treatment you were
either forced to follow a meal plan or they allowed you
to boost
they call it boosting when you don't want to finish a meal, they give you a
shake instead
all those different
things that they do in an inpatient facility
can change our eating disorders it starts
finding ways to get sneaky
and keep us locked in
I hope that clarifies
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