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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please consider an SSRI medication for anxiety. Anxiety can cause a lack of appetite in itself. I find it nearly impossible to eat or desire food when I’m anxious. An SSRI can relax the mind and gut enough to desire food. Anxiety can also make for extremely difficult and contribute to homework taking forever. If you treat the anxiety you may just find that it resolves the growth issue and eases the school issues.[/quote]

Yes, I'm open to trying SSRI's when we get to that point.  I don't know how we will actually get her to take the pills though.  We have been unsuccessful in getting her to even take a single vitamin pill.  She even refused gummies.  I think we may have the world's most stubborn child - it is so frustrating on all levels. [/quote]

"When we get to that point"? Your daughter is in a mental and physical health spiral already. What more do you need to get to that point?[/quote]
This! A child psychiatrist diagnosed her with anxiety 3 years ago and you say she definitely still has anxiety, but you don’t medicate her and you have dodged answering whether she’s in therapy. No wonder she’s struggling with mental health to the point that it’s impacting her daily functioning and physical health! The poor child needs treatment. If she also has ADHD on top of that, she’s completely dysregulated.

She already has a diagnosis of anxiety. Don’t wait to start medication and therapy. Call the child psychiatrist she saw 3 years ago and make an appointment. Do it today. Then log on to your health insurance company’s website and look for therapists who are near you and in-network. From those, make a list of the ones who see children and have experience with anxiety and ADHD. Once you have a few names, you can look them up on Psychology Today, read their bios, see their photos. Start calling to see who has an opening. When you find somebody with availability, start the intake process. It all takes time. Get on it today.[/quote]

We only had an intake appointment with the child psychologist.  They did not meet with our daughter or diagnose her, only said "it sounds like anxiety to me"  At the time, DH was very much against intervening, apart from providing something like EF coaching. It was tough even getting him to agree to see the psychologist.  He had very strong feelings on it, so we compromised and said we would wait and see if she would eventually adjust.  [/quote]

Your husband needs to know that eating disorders are the most deadly mental illness, with a survival rate similar to leukemia.   If he wouldn't delay testing to wait and see if your daughter recovered on her own when she had symptoms of leukemia, then he shouldn't now.  I know that's blunt, but this isn't something where waiting and seeing is a safe approach.

I'm not saying that this is an eating disorder, but the possibility is there.  You owe it to your daughter to explore a diagnosis and treatment now.  [/quote]

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