I brought this up the other day with the therapist I have been seeing and we are going to work on a plan. I knew she specializes in general anxiety, but found out she also has experience working with eating disorders. In the past I've felt like she discounted my reaction last year as a panic attack, which I am even still open to considering even though I don't believe that it was, but felt somewhat slighted by her confidence that it was likely something else. This was the first time I felt somewhat validated and felt like she truly believed that it was anaphylaxis/severe asthma, etc. We came to the agreement that it doesn't matter at this point to pin down the precise underlying mechanisms because at the end of the day I am not eating and that is by far the most critical factor right this very minute. At the same time, she thinks the treatment structure for traditional EDs can be effective in the meantime with the baby steps to just get some food into my body while we look at the anxiety concurrently. I will probably go back to the dietitian eventually to have her balance the menu properly, but first I need to just get through the first part. It sounds so simple, yet I have been struggling and failing miserably for the last year. We shall see, but for now I am working on scraping up enough courage to face this straight-on. I don't necessarily feel like getting slapped with more labels, but I guess it is what it is, labelled or not.
I apologize if my replies are somewhat scattered, but unfortunately that seems to be all I can manage these days. Thank you for all the feedback and support.