can anyone help me?

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Registered: 10-17-2006
can anyone help me?
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Tue, 10-17-2006 - 11:28pm
i need help, i hate to admit it but i do. everywhere i turn i'm apologised to politely with no other direction or help as i have no insurance. i am 28, 5"7, weigh 103 llbs, have been hospitalised with heart arrythmia, i have low blood pressure - 78/61, and have suffered with eating disorders since i was 13. i have asked many inpatient treatment centers for help, but with lack of money and insurance i'm scared this bloody thing is going to kill me. how pathetic. if ANYONE has any helful advice on where to get REAL help please contact me. i don't want sympathy or cheerful chit chats, sorry to sound bitchy but i'm scared and desperate and don't want to have to deal with anyone elses problems as i obviously can't deal with my own. please...somebody must have some helpful hints...anybody? i don't want to die from this thing. thank you for taking the time to listen to me, i hope all of you out there are doing much better than me and are on the road to recovery, for those of you who aren't my thoughts are with you and lets hope the next corner we all turn will help us. xox
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Registered: 09-06-2005
Fri, 10-20-2006 - 3:17pm

Welcome to the ED board, princessenglish, and hello!


There are mental health centers and therapists that operate on a sliding fee scale, the one I go to does ... please keep looking, calling, asking, there has to be something out there for you.

 

 

~Diana~

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Registered: 10-17-2006
Sat, 10-21-2006 - 1:16pm
thank you for your response, u were the only one! maybe i scared people off...which i didn't mean to do!!! i am alone and working as a waitress trying to juggle 2 jobs right now after a long time of bad paying jobs. i have tried the sliding scale but all the therapists have wanted me to pass a health check b4 seing me which i would fail...so they refuse to see me! they tell me i have to go to in-patient which is outragously expensive without insurance...i'm in nowhere land. i have lived on my own since i was 15...so i'm not close with my mum, not that she is any situation to help but she also thinks that eating disorders are bogus...nice lady. i will look at the website that u suggested, and thank you again for responding. hope your day is full of smiles :).x
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Registered: 09-06-2005
Sat, 10-21-2006 - 8:12pm

Hi there,


As far as being the "only" one to respond, please don't take that as nobody else cares.

 

 

~Diana~

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Registered: 10-17-2006
Sun, 10-22-2006 - 11:19am
i know i would fail the physical, my blood pressure is 78/61, my heart beat is abnormal, i weigh 100 llbs and am 5"7, my potassium levels are very low etc etc etc. just talking to therapists in my area and telling them these stats and they tell me i would fail n therefore they can't c me and i need to be hospitalized. i finally had the courage to ask my boyfriend for help and we can't find any anywhere. it has put a strain on our relationship and i might be losing him 2. i'm beginning to not care as there seems to be no help anywhere. i can't even afford help. so i am sorry if i have wasted your time. good luck to you, may u continue on bravely and come out stronger on the other side :).