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[quote=Anonymous]Physician here. She certainly wouldn’t be the first doctor with an eating disorder. Medicine tends to attract people, who are competitive, obsessive and highly perfectionistic. My answer would depend on where she is in terms of her recovery process and application process (has she completed undergrad, pre-med courses, taken the MCAT, done any research or volunteering). Assuming she gets in, I would recommend she aim for a school close to home where she has the full support of her family and mental health team or can easily get a higher level of care, should she have a relapse of the ED. Then after med school, she has to make it through residency, which can be very grueling, depending on the specialty, with not a lot of time for self-care. I’ve seen people make it through med school but end up with severe mental health issues during residency and even fellowship, all triggered by the stress of it all. Finally, does she have other co-occurring disorders, such as anxiety, depression, ADHD? These in combination with the ED can make the medical field extremely difficult, though not impossible.
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