The realities of eating disorders
Posted on Friday, November 14, 2008 at 7:53pm
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I’ve been quite sad all day even though I’ve been really busy with visits and such. A constituent of mine who is only a year younger than me, died of an eating disorder today in Bridgend. I am frustrated that systems were not in place ten years ago, or now even, to address this situation effectively. I want to take this opportunity to send my regards to the family, and support them in any way possible during this difficult time.
I know that we have money in the new budget round for eating disorders and I am truly thankful for this development, but there is such a long way to go. Knowing that people are dying of this illness uneccesarily so is my motivation for progress.
A delegation of the cross party group are meeting with Edwina Hart on Monday, and the mother of my constituent has asked that we read an email that she has written concerning her daughter at the meeting- about her determination to ensure that she will not be a statistic. I hope that the cross party group can continue our hard work, and be motivated by the way in which the carers and families of those with an eating disorder are behind our efforts one hundred per cent.
Thanks for the information on eating disorders. It’s great that your doing all of that!
We recently wrote an article (http://brainblogger.com/2008/11/10/alzheimers-drug-to-treat-binge-eating-disorder/ ) on the newest treatment for binge eating at Brain Blogger (http://brainblogger.com/ ). The drug, Memantine (Namenda), has been approved to treat Alzheimer’s, but it may be able to treat something else: binge eating. But how can it treat it when Alzheimer’s is not at all connected to binge eating?
We would like to read your comments on our article. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kelly