Does this sound like an eating disorder?

I became obsessive about what I ate a year ago, maybe a year and a half ago. I cut out junk food, fruits, cakes, pies, ice cream, cereal, oatmeal, fish, all fast food, packaged foods, etc. Basically anything I don’t make myself, I won’t eat. I’m not worried about the calories, or gaining weight- I’m just terrified something will happen if I eat certain foods (and there’s no reason or rhyme- I have a small “safe list” of foods, and sometimes I’m even afraid to eat THOSE!)

I can sit in front of a food and WANT to eat it so badly and just sit there for hours and cry, and I won't. I'm stressed every minute of every day, it's a constant thing. And if I do get so hungry I need to eat (binge, usually), I try to do it during the day, after rush hour--so if something terrible happens, I can get to the hospital/the ambulance can get to me easily.

. I sometimes take food into my room and hide or throw it out, so no one notices I’m not eating.
. I sometimes binge (when I’m feeling anxious and don’t trust a/any food, for whatever reason), but have never purged.
. I sometimes go for so long without eating, because I'm terrified something bad will happen, I either a) binge or b) suffer from episodes of low blood sugar.
. I'm even afraid of HEALTHY foods.
. I'm actually overweight, although I've lost 30lb through diet and exercise.

Does this sound like what any of you are going through, or have gone through? Who do I talk to? (doctor, therapist) Clearly, it's "disordered" eating, but I wonder if it's a legit eating disorder, or something else.

[healthgal42]

hi i read your post and i would love to chat with you sometime. i have had an eating disorder since i was 12 years old and finally physically recovered when i was about 19. i lost alot of my fun teen years because of all of it and if i could get those days back i would. listen i know what you are talking about with the food issues. i dont count calories but i have trigger fooods that i cant eat because i am afraid of getting fatter. my taboo foods are mostly carbs. the baked goods, the bagels and muffins. i eat bagels once in awhile but feel sinful for doing it. as for you storing or bringing and hiding food yes that is a classic symptom of an ed.  i understand that you dont like eating processed foods or packaged foods. i am also this way. when i was in my 20s i made up for lost time in my teen years and drank heavily, ate poorly but also purged after wards and did more harm to myself. i finally cleaned it up and may have a drink here or there once or twice a mnth. i dont eat processed foods ( though i eat tuna) but i cant tolerate the crap they make things with. i am going to see a nutritionalist soon to help me beat the fear of eating healthy carbs and not fear the fear i have. i also need to tackle the fear with my therapist. it takes alot out of you but maybe we can work on it together. remember one thing when you starve your body you are shutting your metabolism down and you will store fat and weight because what your body needs is energy to survive and it will store whatever you eat when you eat and you will gain weight. hope to hear back from you and take one step at a time