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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you know it’s not the “typical” tween pushback or Debbie downer stuff and a real mental issue?

Our tall and slightly overweight 6th grader chooses to wallow around on her Chromebook or Apple Watch or nothing after school and on weekends, way too much. Her basketball schedule - in which her conditioning has fallen off a cliff- isn’t daily. Her public school is mildly engaging. Her friends are all half a foot shorter than her and do other sports or activities or have local extended family to keep busy.

This year there’s been lots of crying, impulse eating, saying she hates her life, hates her fat body, etc.  She has mild adhd from a 4th grade test- that, Asd and impulse eating run with my husband and his side of family. She gets another test in June. The dislikes that too and lashes out. I’m basically a single parent, husband just works and hides away from everyone and everything, or makes things worse.

What are next steps? We go over nutrition, being active, drive her to the ymca, are cutting out carbs and sweets from the entire house. She says No to returning to swimming or trying rowing. She quit soccer and since then got quite out of cardio shape due to overeating and lack of activity. [/quote]

When exactly is her next neuropsych exam? Can you bump it up? 
Definitely keep a logbook of episodes, triggers, dysregulations. [/quote]

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