What to do about amenorrhea caused by anorexia nervosa?

When people deliberately control their diet for a long time, they are likely to develop anorexia nervosa. Anorexia can cause a lot of harm to your health. Some women may also experience amenorrhea, weight loss, etc. due to long-term anorexia. When amenorrhea is caused by anorexia nervosa, it is best to take the following methods to regulate it in daily life.

1. Supplement nutrition and correct malnutrition. Severe malnutrition can be life-threatening. Therefore, emergency rescue treatment is necessary. If the patient refuses treatment, he or she should be persuaded or forced to be hospitalized to save his or her life. Since the patient has not eaten for a long time and his gastrointestinal function is extremely weak, his food intake should start with soft food, small amounts, and multiple times and gradually increase. Nasogastric feeding can be given if necessary.

2. Please seek psychotherapy from an experienced psychologist. It includes relieving patients' psychological stress, helping them to objectively understand the environment and themselves, and learning how to handle and cope with various life events. Specifically, cognitive therapy, behavioral correction therapy and family therapy can be used.

3. Use antipsychotic drugs in combination with treatment. If you are depressed, you can use antidepressants; if you are anxious, you often use tranquilizers.

4. Correct your wrong perceptions and find ways to regulate your own psychology. First of all, we must realize that relying on "eating" is not the solution to the problem, and correct our misunderstandings, such as "I can only relieve stress by eating", "others say I am fat, I must go on a diet", etc. Learn and apply relevant psychological adjustment methods, such as transfer, rationalization, sublimation, etc. to resolve psychological stress and worries.

5. Adjust your eating habits and control your eating behavior. a. Use the method of keeping a food diary - first make a diet plan for yourself, including when to eat, what to eat, how much to eat, etc. Eat three meals a day with balanced nutrition, and avoid snacks or high-fat, high-sugar foods between meals. Then, every time you finish eating, you should keep a record; before eating next time, you should look at the record to see what food you have eaten and what food you can still eat, so as to control your eating behavior. b. Use the method of supervision by others - try to eat with family or friends, and control your eating behavior with the help and supervision of others. c. Use the method of diverting attention - when you want to eat outside the specified time, you can do some activities that you are more interested in or do sports, etc. After a period of effort, good eating habits will gradually be established.

Therefore, it is best not to deliberately control your diet for a long time. If you want to maintain your body shape, you can achieve it by reasonably adjusting your diet structure and combining it with some moderate exercise. When anorexia nervosa occurs, one should try to overcome the aversion to people and things psychologically, and then use some medications for effective treatment.