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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. She is 5.

[b]Those of you suggesting it's ARFID -- can this be diagnosed even if she is a healthy weight and following a healthy growth pattern?[/b] She's never been underweight (or overweight -- always just right at the 50% target for weight/height) and has no signs of anemia or malnutrition. She definitely has signs of anxiety around meals/food though. And the symptom about "vague complaints about digestive issues" is spot on. She often talks about her stomach hurting but there's never any clear cause except occasionally needing to go to the bathroom. But yeah, I hear "my tummy hurts" probably 4 or 5 days a week.

I will talk to the pediatrician about this, but just out of curiosity, what does treatment for ARFID look like? Is it something you medicate or is it just behavioral therapy? Just wondering if there are things I could now that could help, in case it takes a while to get a diagnosis or we don't get one. I'm definitely at a point of desperation.[/quote]

NP. Yes.

OP, go back and look at the DSM-V diagnostic criteria for ARFID from the first lin. Note the part about "associated with one (or more) of the following:"

"Marked interference with psychosocial functioning" satisfies the criteria.[/quote]

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