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Getting closer to 40 and physical health conditions are now starting
With the exception of being young and having childhood asmath I have never had to deal with problems related to physical things, it was just issues with my mental health that I put up with. I am actually surprised that I have put my body through so much punishment not to have anything physically go wrong is a big surprise.
It initially started with anomia, which first flagged up in November after my incident which concerned the doctors at the time but in a few days it actually went back to where I am normally; which is just under the normal level but not something that has ever been a concern.
Though with my eating disorder becoming active and wanting to take over that part of my life and push me to lose weight; the therapist at the eating disorder service that was looking after me told me that at the moment nutrition was not as important as making sure that I don’t lose any weight. So it became a daily battel to force myself to eat, I had to take medication for anxiety to enable me to do that.
It was then a battel to make sure I got enough calories as I needed to keep my weight stable, so it resulted in me developing a list of safe foods, like I would normally do when this happens, but this time it was a list that ensured I was eating at least 1500 calories to keep things…