What Happens When You Include Your Eating Disorder On A Medical Intake Form
If you have an eating disorder, every doctor you meet needs to know about it. The doctors don’t always know that, though.
You are visiting the doctor today, and every time you visit a doctor for any reason, you’re never sure if it’s the type of medical issue that will require your providers to have background knowledge of your eating disorder (ED). That statement is true, and, well, it isn’t. You know by this point that the varied and wide-reaching symptoms, triggers, and consequences related to eating disorders mean that your ED is relevant and important medical knowledge no matter the circumstance. Your ED specialists have made this clear to you over the years, and you understand them and trust what they know in this regard. You know that every doctor with whom you meet needs to know about your eating disorder and factor it into your treatment.
The doctors don’t always know that, though. It has been said, better, and by smarter and more well-researched people, that there is sometimes a problem in the medical field where medical professionals stare right through the patient without seeing them, treating symptoms or statistics rather than a living person. And this issue, of intelligent and highly experienced…
