Question : How do i fight treatment for an eating disorder? can i? i’m 17?
my doctor advised that i be transfered to inpatient treatment after an unsuccessful outpatient treatment for an eating disorder.
i feel that i could change on my own and have told them. also, i personally think it’s none of their business- i’m not dying. how can i get out of treatment? as a 17 year old, do I have any rights?
inpatient eating disorder treatment

Best answer:

Answer by ChiMom
If outpatient treatment is not working, then you need inpatient to save your life and put a halt on this eating disorder before you do any more serious damage to your body.
You can’t change on your own–you admitted that outpatient is not working.

It is your doctor’s business–in fact he/she is legally bound to help you. Doctors are sued all the time for ‘not’ treating their patient to the best of their ability.
People care and that is why they want you to get well and be healthy .
It is more than changing the compulsive behaviour–it is getting to the root of the problem–the things that have caused the disorder–and dealing with that.