Anorexia Treatment and Recovery

Some women count calories, or maybe eat a little less so they can fit into that nice dress for a friend's upcoming wedding. But this focus on weight control can lead to outright self-starvation, a deadly condition known as anorexia. If you or someone you love is suffering from anorexia, call Treatment Solutions Network at 877-417-6237 before it's too late.

Anorexia is deadly

Drug Abuse Treatment centers Here's why anorexia treatment is not something that can be put off until tomorrow: 20 percent of people with anorexia will eventually die from the disease, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. For anorexics who don't seek treatment, there may not BE a tomorrow.

But with the caring, experienced treatment available at our facilities, anorexia sufferers can indeed conquer their disease. All it takes is a phone call to one of our specialists, and we'll handle the rest. Our free referral service can find you the eating disorders treatment program that best fits your needs. We'll also make sure the anorexia recovery program is a good match for your health insurance. As a medically-recognized mental illness, anorexia treatment is frequently covered by insurance.

Don't let yourself, or your loved one, waste away

Left untreated, anorexia leads to serious health consequences, including:

Abnormally slow heart rate and low blood pressure, which means that the heart muscle is changing. The risk for heart failure rises as heart rate and blood pressure sink lower and lower.
Reduction in bone density (osteoporosis). This causes dry, brittle bones.
Muscle loss and weakness.
Severe dehydration, which can result in kidney failure.
Dry hair and skin. Hair loss is common among anorexics.

How do I know if I, or someone I know, has anorexia?

If you suspect anorexia, then chances are you or your loved one has recently experienced dramatic weight loss or is noticeably underweight. Anorexics are usually at least 15 percent below the standard body weight for someone their age, build and height. Call us today at 877-417-7237 for more information on anorexia symptoms.

Other warning signs of anorexia include:

Preoccupation with weight, food, calories, fat grams, and dieting.
Refusal to eat certain foods, progressing to restrictions against whole categories of food (for example, no carbohydrates).
Frequent comments about feeling "fat" or overweight, despite weight loss.
Denial of hunger.
Development of "food rituals" such as eating foods in certain orders, excessive chewing, or rearranging food on a plate.
Excessive, rigid, exercise regimen - despite weather, fatigue, illness, or injury. There is a constant need to "burn calories."
Withdrawal from usual friends and activities.

Anorexia frequently affects young women

Through found in all ages and both genders, anorexia is most frequently a problem for young women. Women in general often feel more pressure from society to be thin, and for teenaged girls - who are also experiencing the normal insecurities of adolescence - it is easy to become too obsessed with losing weight.

About 90 to 95 percent of anorexia sufferers are women, according to the American Psychiatric Association. While the disease often begins in adolescence, without anorexia treatment it can continue well into adulthood.

The dangers of prolonged anorexia

Linda Ward is a Colorado women recovering from anorexia - and she's in her fifties. With a height of 5-foot-5, Ward has weighed as little as 71 pounds - closer to the weight of an 11-year-old girl than a 56-year-old woman.

When Ward felt fat, she didn't allow food down her throat. She chewed it and spit it out - so fiercely that blood blisters covered the inside of her mouth.

Now in anorexia recovery, Ward - for one of the first times in her life - doesn't know exactly how much she weighs. Though anorexia treatment hasn't left her instantly cured, Ward is ecstatic over how much progress she's made.

In fact, she smiled as she told the Denver Post about how she ate a turkey sandwich, potato chips, and a Fudgsicle on her first night on her own after treatment - even though she wasn't hungry.

"Usually, the eating-disorder voice says you can skip dinner this one time," she said. "That's a lie. Eating-disorder voice lies."

Don't let you or your loved one listen to that eating-disorder voice any longer. It can be FATAL. Call Treatment Solutions Network today 877-417-6237.

No matter your insurance, be it Cigna, Aetna, Humana, Blue Cross / Blue Shield (BCBS), Assurant, Unicare, United Health Care, Anthem, Carefirst, Asuris Northwest Health, Golden Rule, Celtic Insurance, Fortis, Health Net, Kaiser, Vista, Shelter, Wellpoint, Tri Care, Accordia or even Medicare, and state insurance - we can help you find an anorexia treatment center. We also offer many affordable self pay options as well as luxury anorexia treatment