Reply to Alarmingly underweight tween

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "Alarmingly underweight tween"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]My 13 year old has a complicated eating disorder and I want to share what I’ve learned.

1. Please read about ARFID. It is just dangerous as anorexia but has different causes.
2. A malnourished brain is not a logical brain. Malnourishment is likely also the cause of the occasional weakness or dizziness. Please take that seriously.
3. Therapy may not work on a malnourished brain. Weight restoration (or healthy weight achievement) comes first. Then the nourished brain can respond to therapy. 
4. Please read about the Minnesota Study. Healthy men were malnourished and THEN they developed issues around eating.
5. I would get a second opinion from a GI who could diagnose failure to thrive. With a BMI that low, our GI would likely admit to the hospital for feeding on the spot.
6. F.E.A.S.T. is online and a great resource. 
7. Stop thinking about this as does she or does she not have anorexia. She does not eat enough, in absence of a defined health issue, which means that for whatever reason, her eating is disordered.
8. Therapists aren’t perfect. I spent a lot of money on a therapist who said DD definitely didn’t have an eating disorder. Months later, we are seeing a wonderful nutritionist at Prosperity. DD has opened up to her. Turns out she was lying to the therapist and has been restricting her eating (and sneaking into my bathroom to weigh herself many times per day) since last summer.

But again, a malnourished brain isn’t logical. Please be the parent who takes control of her daughter’s health. She is a child. But in is great, but this is not her decision. Frankly, it’s unfair to her to put the responsibility/burden on her.

Wishing you strength. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics