need advice about my daughters anorexia

[hopeful4us]

My daughter is 16 and has had a eating disorder for quite a while now, She has been eating about 500 calories a day in fear of gaining wieght. She is so  so thin it scares me. She has been telling me lately that she wants to eat but she cant seem to make herself do it. She sees herself in the mirror as being overwieght when like i said she is scary skinny. I am so excited that she is realizing that she has a problem. She has asked me to help her. I want to do the right thing for her. I am concerned as to whether I should get therapy counciling for her or should i take her to a nutritionist to help her get back to the right way of eating and at a safe pace. Also should she be excercising right away or should she wait a bit to begin? She is anxious to excersice but i have heard that she shouldnt start right away. I am looking for any advice or input that anyone might have. I dont want to steer her in the wrong direction.

[blonde21]

i knw what u are going thru i started annorexia (anorexia) at age 14!!! and had a problem with eating at dinner because of anxiety at the age of 12 so i started very young i almost died of it at 14 was put inpatient at Rush' hospital in chicago. get her into a clinic ASAP or she can die from this. i got bulimia after wards for 5-6yrs and now at 19 was near death from laxative abuse and eating less and a stripper as well. i have had it rough and now i am 22yrs old and i think of Food all day long and how much i am eating etc and when im eating. it is a disease that will be with her for a long time yet u need to get her help with a doctor and maybe inpatient and they will makeher gain weight and get her head on right!! please get her help asap or your daughter can die from anorexia!!!! do not let her EXcersie more than 2 times a week if that. i was working ut every day too and eating hardly anything to stay on. so please get her in patient where they wont let u do nothing to harm your daughter look up rush eeating disorder clinic and call them. you have to do it before it is too late!