I’m very proud of something my daughter did—for herself—that
seems very healthy and forward-moving. She took herself to a psychiatrist to
see about her depression and other issues. She asked me for medical background
and history, and went to the doctor armed with information. They determined
that she has ADHD and a binge-eating
disorder. She's been prescribed medication, which she's now been on for a week. I look forward to seeing positive results of this treatment plan. I'm not a proponent of medication, but she needs help coping in this world, and I'm not able to help her properly.
She was actually diagnosed with ADHD as a young child and with an
eating disorder as a teenager, but it wasn’t fully explained to me. I thought
she was misunderstood and misdiagnosed, thinking that she wasn’t bulimic or
anorexic so couldn’t understand why was she part of their group sessions, but
she also fought receiving counseling for her problems. So overall, it was a disaster
at a cost of thousands of dollars. Until the past few years, BED wasn’t recognized
by the DSM5, which means treatment for it wasn’t covered by insurance.
