Family says I'm to thin, should i get help? is it anorexia?

Question

I posted another question regarding my weight to get peoples opinions on what they thought (see below) and overwhelmingly the answers are directing me towards professional help.

I don’t think I’m anorexic, I don’t purge I’m just not hungry, I do eat during the day but I guess not as much as normal people do, I can eat 1 small meal like a sandwich or a can or soup then be done, I sometimes eat something small later on in the day like 6 bites of whatever then I’m done. I know there is something wrong with me since everyone around me is telling me I’m to skinny and need to put weight on. So 1 of my questions is is that a sign of anorexia? I have research anorexia and I see the pictures, I look nothing like them, I’m not skin and bones like the girls in the pictures and I feel the only thing I relate to is them seeing themselves as these very large woman when in fact there very skinny.

. If everyone in my family tells me I’m to skinny including my BF and I don’t see it at all does this mean I’m anorexic? You can read below and see my original question. That’s to you all.

i’m 5'2 25 yrs old .I was 93 pounds before I got pregnant 9 years ago, I gained 63 pounds and was a size 12 and weighed 146 for 6 years after I had my child. All of the sudden about 3 years ago I just started to drop weight. I lost 30 pounds in 8 weeks. I have maintained it until recently where I am now at 101 and my family is worried about me but I feel fine. every time I see my dad or my mom they tell me I need to put on weight cause I’m skin and bones and I have come to realize that when someone tells you your to skinny is just as bad as someone telling you your chunky or fat since I have been at both ends. I have went to my dr and he told me that I’m underweight and my pelvic bones are sticking out so he gave me birth control pills to increase my appetite which I stopped taking cause of the side effects. The man I’m dating for the past 2 months even tells me I need to put on weight and its something he has to get used to cause he has never been with anyone so skinny.

i think I look fine and feel fine. I was in an abusive relationship for 10 yrs in which I was told I was fat and chunky and I know this has a lot to do with it but I left this man over a year ago. I have to admit that when I look in the mirror I see the same girl that was a size 12 and 146 pounds. I don’t think I have an eating disorder just a self image problem in which I have been working on it but I just find food disgusting sometimes and I hate the feeling of being full. I can east a hot pocket and feel stuffed for the whole day. If anyone has experienced this or has any input I would greatly appreciate since my family finds my weight to be a problem and so does my pocket book considering I have to buy new clothes cause in the past month I have lossed 10lbs and in a size 3 which is starting to be loose. I feel healthy but bruise easily and besides that there are no other side effects

my dramatic weight loss was 3 years ago, i have been 115-120 for 2 years and just started losing weight gradually 4 or 5 months ago. i was steady at 106 for 3 months then recently lost 5 lbs in 2 or 3 weeks. the dr has not done any testing cause i guess since i tell him i feel fine.

Answer 1

it could be that but i know a girl who is kind of the same and i have no clue if she is anorexic or not go see a different doctor

Answer 2

I would see another doctor to find out why your weight is dropping.

What you told us here are signs of anorexia, but..

There could be some other medical condition involved that is causing your weight to drop without explanation. Get to another doctor for a complete blood workup and tests. Something is being missed here. The doctor is missing something.

Answer 3

You sound anorexic to me. If you don't see how skinny you are, and only eat a very little each day, you are anorexic. try eating a normal meal. If you can't do it because you might get fat, get help.

Answer 4

another reason for losing weight is hyperthyroidism, if you go see a doctor he's gonna give you some medication and it will go back to normal