Bulimia is bulimia is bulimia?

[icanseenow]

We all know that a lot of people go through times of bulimia, overeating and anorexia in turns and that the lines between eating disorders blur a lot of the times. However, I suddenly find myself thinking "am I really bulimic at all?" since learning that I've got a metabolic disorder and can't lose weight normally/quickly/hardly at all

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[head_ology]

I see a GP, a psychologist+psychiatrist at the mental health services, and a doctor and occasionally a psychiatrist at the eating disorders service. Both the community mental health and eating disorders have me as anorexia nervosa b/p type, but for some reason my GP always puts my eating disorder down as atypical bulimia nervosa. It confuses me. Personally I think I would find it easier to get treatment if I was either a normal weight bulimic or a restricting anorexic because of how the eating disorders service works where I live.

[head_ology]

although I should add that the treatment I'd receive as a bulimic would probably be minimal like maybe group therapy or something.