instruction: hi doctor I am a 21 year old female 129 14 labs over a year ago I was diagnosed with anorexia eating disorder by my initial counselor and I have been under recovery for the same for over a year during the course of my recovery I had to change my therapist the new therapist recently during one of our session told me that I do not have anorexia but just an eating disorder however all my symptoms are that of anorexia restricting food intake starving and inducing vomiting I have lost my weight from 73 keg to 58 keg I have been confused immensely since then regarding what illness do I really have my query is can a person show symptoms of anorexia but not be anorexic can they just have an eating disorder what is that even supposed to mean I have also been diagnosed with ptsd depression mild anxiety I am currently on flunile 50 my spenzo my
output: hello anorexia is a type of eating disorder where the weight is 85 or below the normal range in addition to eating disorder symptoms like restricted food intake self induced vomiting menstrual disturbances etc the body weight has to be 15 below normal to diagnose anorexia nervosa based on your reported weight and height your body weight and mi body mass index fall within the normal range perhaps that is why your counselor may have said it is an eating disorder and not anorexia nervosa irrespective of this technicality it is important to get appropriate treatment to address the eating disorder cognition and behavior which is important if you are still having self induced vomiting discuss with your counselor doctor about having a blood test and physical examination to ascertain your physical health status I hope this helps