help for my daughter

[MartinWalter]

Hi,

my ten year old daughter got sick two months ago and stopped eating.

The local GP's said that she had a virus and would start eating once she got over it.

She's now in hospital on a nasal-gastric tube and will eat when made too but not enough to maintain her weight without the drip.

She's an active kid, who loves playing soccer and swimming. she doesn't want to be thin (she already is) she just wants to be healthy so that she can play. She's a little tom-boy and is not image conscious at all.

Her problem is that she just hates food, so its a chore to eat. And as soon as she does she complains about feeling full, "I'm going to burst Dad". She doesn't feel hungry when she doesn't eat either.

She's in hospital but they've got no idea why she doesn't want to eat and don't seem to think that finding out why is part of the short term solution; they just want to feed her so she's physically healthy. Naturally she feels miserable with all this.

She's always got on well with me, and now prefers me to the the extent that she resents others when I'm around, including her mum. This is not too good. She is much more intraverted than normally, but is getting a bit better.

Does anyone know what might be wrong with her, or where I can get some information about her condition.

thanks in advance
Martin

 

[rasis]

Hello Martin!
i do not want to speculate because everything i know is out off own experiences...

Parts of your describtion sound like a disturbance of her body sheme...
(

Her problem is that ...

till

she doesn't eat either

) as you find by anorexia.
But you also said that she didn't want to be thin... which could spoke against that.

Has you daughter already visited a psychiatrist (or somebody like this)?

I wish that you will soon find a solution!

PS: excuse my awful english... i hope you are nevertheless able to understand me...

 

[MartinWalter]

thanks rasis. I don't think its anorexia nervosa, but the doctors and I don't know exactly what is causing the problem either. We're trying to organise a psychiatrist through the hospital - if that doesn't work we'll be trying to get a referral to a hospital in Sydney that has a specialist eating disorders program. Martin

 

[texannurse]

I don't have any answers, but I will be praying for you. I hope you are able to get her the help she needs.
TN

 

[ForAMomentIWillFly]

Some people can have PTSD related to eating. It's more rare than the generalized "I dont want to be fat" image, but it DOES occur.