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My daughter will be a senior this year. In the past 3 months I have noticed an alarming change in her eating. She used to eat a lot at dinner. She is also an athelete so she burned most of it off. She was a size 6 but very muscular due to sports.
Over the last 3 months she has had a couple of episodes of throwing up. Each time we heard her in the bathroom at about 5 in the morning. She threw up 6 or 7 times over the next 24 hours and then was fine. I took her to the doctor and they found nothing wrong. They told her she probably just had a sensitive stomach and to watch the greasy foods etc.
Now she hardly eats. Last night we had spaghetti and meatballs. She ate one meatball and about 5 strands of spaghetti. I have noticed her portions getting smaller and smaller. She says she just isn't hungry. She doesn't eat breakfast and I rarely see her eat lunch either. When she does it is never much. She has gone from a size 6 to a size 4 and the 4's are getting baggy.
Not sure if I should be concerned or not. The doctor's have found nothing and she swears there's nothing going on she just doesn't have much of an appetite and that when she eats a lot she feels sick.
Try making nutritious smoothies for her, especially for breakfast. Going to school on an empty stomach is bad for her. How can her brain work properly without fuel?
Good luck!
Are you sure someone is not giving her Adderall?
Would your Dr take blood to test for it?
They have done complete blood work up on her and found nothing. No drugs, she's not pregnant, nothing in her blood work was out of wack. I know this kid pretty well and while I will admit that no parent knows everything their teenager does, I don't think it's any sort of drug. She is against all drug use including alcohol and has stopped being friends with several girls who started drinking. My ex husband (her father) is an addict and she is very vocal on the fact that she will never end up like that. It's just not her thing.
Try making nutritious smoothies for her, especially for breakfast. Going to school on an empty stomach is bad for her. How can her brain work properly without fuel?
Good luck!
Tried it. I have even bought protien shakes and the like thinking she could just drink her breakfast. She says she can't eat in the morning. When she does she throws it up. She takes a banana to school and usually has that around 9 or 10 in the morning. Of course that was when school was in session. (We go back on the 25th) Over summer she hasn't eaten anything that I am aware of for breakfast even though I have provided very healthy foods for the house. We don't fry anything at home and try to eat healthy at all meals. I am trying not to hover or gripe at her about the eating thing but am getting a little worried about it as it's not getting better.
Okay these sound like signs I would be getting this girl to a dr . could be something going on with her friends , them not eating and she wants to fit in with them . this is dangerous and she needs to be made aware of it from a dr . I would definately get this girl to a dr . sounds like the sounds of starting anorexia . yes def something to be worried about .
It sounds like a classic case, and it one of the most difficult of all psycological conditilns to treat. Read all you can about it and try to find support groups.
Okay these sound like signs I would be getting this girl to a dr . could be something going on with her friends , them not eating and she wants to fit in with them . this is dangerous and she needs to be made aware of it from a dr . I would definately get this girl to a dr . sounds like the sounds of starting anorexia . yes def something to be worried about .
We have been twice, plus a trip to the ER because she was dehydrated. Spent 12 hours putting fluid in her and searching for an answer. They have done an MRI, upper and lower GI series, blood work, even sent a psychologist in to talk to her with me out of the room. She has great friends, a nice boyfriend, good social life, she is active in school. No other warning signs except for not being able to eat. I have worried about anorexia myself but she doesn't seem to have a problem with the way she looks. I don't think it's a wanting to be thin thing. I think she just gets sick when she eats a lot. I don't know why and the doctors don't either and it's really starting to scare me.
My daughter will be a senior this year. In the past 3 months I have noticed an alarming change in her eating. She used to eat a lot at dinner. She is also an athelete so she burned most of it off. She was a size 6 but very muscular due to sports.
Over the last 3 months she has had a couple of episodes of throwing up. Each time we heard her in the bathroom at about 5 in the morning. She threw up 6 or 7 times over the next 24 hours and then was fine. I took her to the doctor and they found nothing wrong. They told her she probably just had a sensitive stomach and to watch the greasy foods etc.
Now she hardly eats. Last night we had spaghetti and meatballs. She ate one meatball and about 5 strands of spaghetti. I have noticed her portions getting smaller and smaller. She says she just isn't hungry. She doesn't eat breakfast and I rarely see her eat lunch either. When she does it is never much. She has gone from a size 6 to a size 4 and the 4's are getting baggy.
Not sure if I should be concerned or not. The doctor's have found nothing and she swears there's nothing going on she just doesn't have much of an appetite and that when she eats a lot she feels sick.
Your daughter has something wrong. You are correct, there are red flag warnings here. If her pediatrician won't listen, find another that will.
I would rule out a medical cause first before jumping to an eating disorder.
When that is done and if everything is medically ok, then you need to suspect an eating disorder and confront it head on. Get her in treatment, the sooner the better.
We have been twice, plus a trip to the ER because she was dehydrated. Spent 12 hours putting fluid in her and searching for an answer. They have done an MRI, upper and lower GI series, blood work, even sent a psychologist in to talk to her with me out of the room. She has great friends, a nice boyfriend, good social life, she is active in school. No other warning signs except for not being able to eat. I have worried about anorexia myself but she doesn't seem to have a problem with the way she looks. I don't think it's a wanting to be thin thing. I think she just gets sick when she eats a lot. I don't know why and the doctors don't either and it's really starting to scare me.
I posted before I read this...how about a food allergy? Celiac disease?
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