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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder common in young adolescent women who have a vague attitude towards their weight and body image. They intentionally starve themselves which cause tremendous weight loss. A study shows that about 40 percent of anorexic patients have the same signs or symptoms of OCD. Studies shows that obsessive compulsive disorder is normally observe in patients with anorexia and also anorexia nervosa is usually observe in patients with OCD with the same assessment. Anorexic individuals have developed this eating disorder after they were diagnosed with OCD. The obsessive thoughts are frequent and recurring which is sometimes consist of fears. Food and weight become the obsession. Anorexic patients have obsessive manners when it comes to food intake. They deny the feeling of hunger for the fear to become fat even their weight has dropped alarmingly to dangerous level. They lose weight rapidly and even it is very obvious how thin they are, they will claim that are overweight or which part of their body that are too fat for them. The obsessive thoughts or ideas lead them to ritualistic actions that they usually do even though it adheres the activities of their normal life. They have the frequent habit to check themselves into the mirror and scrutinize their body image. Together with obsession of food is obsession in control: control of weight, control of appetite, control of thoughts and ideas, and a habit to control their environment. Compulsiveness is eating a ritual which is refusing to eat in front of other people. They may also follow a strict exercise routine to lose weight. This excessive exercise routine is done in exact counting at the exact same time every day. They will calculate the calories in all foods they eat and measure them exactly portion size. These obsessive thoughts and compulsions when come together with desire to lose weight leads to disorder of anorexia. Aside from obsession with food and a focus on control, there are comparison between obsessive compulsive disorder and eating disorder on how they behave, also their character traits and personality structure. Distinctive behavior features includes thorough attention to detail, perfectionism, control to extreme cleanliness and orderliness, and to control the food they eat, as well as negativism as they refuse to eat. They tend to refuse to accept the help of other people who are convincing them to eat a healthy and nutritious diet. Researchers believed that chemical imbalance in serotonin and hormone vasopressin in the brain are linked to OCD and in patients with eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa is a disorder that needs medical treatment and the best way to treat this disorder when it is recognized during early stage. It is very important that people with OCD are aware of the possibility for having eating disorder so they can take necessary precautions and learn to be familiar with the signs that can lead to become anorexic. And have a professional help if necessary. For more transforming strategies for ADHD, visit http://askdoctorjohn.info/
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