I am so sorry you have to deal with this problem with your daughter. It's a fear I have with my D of eight. She started being looks conscious years ago - she loves dressing up and already gives me advice on what to wear etc!
I am sorry I can't be of much help to you as I have no direct experience of the problem, thank goodness.
I am swamped by my own situation at the moment and hardly post on other threads...
I know a legal separation is not the end of the world, but it sure HURTS
Livnlearn
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates
Went to the nutritionist with D yesterday - a woman with many years experience working with anorexics. She weighed D (first time in a week and a half since all this was discovered) - she only weighs 98 lbs.
Nutritionist had D make an agreement about what she would eat - in terms of what she thought she might be able to tolerate without vomiting - for the next three days. My job is to help her control the urge to vomit. So far we have made it almost 24 hours without D vomiting - but this has required me sleeping in her room with her and spending pretty much every moment with her. She's really struggling with the obsessive thoughts, but at least she's willing to tell me about them and let me help her - I know I'm way ahead of the game compared to most people in this sitch.
I'm functioning on very little sleep, since I had to stay up past her last night, and she was having a lot of trouble falling asleep. We rented a couple of movies yesterday and watched them - without a doubt, the two worst movies I've seen in a long time. Le Divorce and Gigli - don't even bother out of curiosity's sake.
Today she has a party to attend and I guess I will have to chaperone her there - she won't like it, but those are the breaks. She's eating less than 1,000 calories a day, but the nutritionist thinks if we can break the cycle of vomiting, that's more important at this point.
My H is so distraught over all this, poor guy. I know he's relying on me to be the strong one here, and me? I'm relying on all you guys
She really is so fortunate to have you!!! I'm glad you caught it early, I can't even imagine if this had gone on for years - how much more worse it could have been.
Hi , My son has OCD's.they were triggered by a bout of strep throat.strep can cause a person who has a family history of ocd's.So If you are sure your child has ocd's it is very important to make sure that she get's checked for every sore throat.It can make it worse withevery bout of strep.Most people are not told that strep can trigger ocd's.So ask you doctor if you should watch out for this. I also fought anoreia as a teen.I never new there was a connection.But I can see how that could be. I fought from the age of 16 to the age of 18.It was a hard battle.My family could not do it for me.they did there best to control it. But in the end it was my battle.I can tell you love your daughter.You will be able to see her through this. Please if you can not get her to eat.Get her to take a calcium supplement.And Vitimin D.if you can. I have bone loss. I have ostiopinia the beginning of ostoprosis.And Iam only 39.This is a very tough thing to battle. But withthe love and support you are giving her she will come out of this ok. Briget
The grass is always greener over the septic tank... Erma Bombeck
Treat hate with Love... DR. Martin Luther King
Thanks Briget - Yes, actually I know all about the strep throat OCD connection - I read Dr. Swedo's first paper on it years ago and have always been interested in her work (I'm a family physician). Coincidentally, one of my classmates and friends from medical school, who lives nearby, is an expert researcher in the field of PANDAS too, so I spoke with him about this. There is no history of strep in the household, though, and no waxing and waning course. My friend said other infections, like viral infections, can probably trigger it too, and didn't feel there was much percentage in pursuing further testing in that regard at the moment.
Yes, D is on calcium and vitamin D and they are discussing putting her on BCPs to preserve her bone density, although the studies on that are iffie.
Did your son's OCD respond to antibiotics or steroids?
D has been having a rough time this weekend, and found herself constantly wanting to put something in her mouth since she wasn't gagging herself. She started chewing on a ring, which scraped horribly on her teeth. Worried about her dental enamel, I took the ring away, and she tried sucking her thumb instead. This soothed her, but it was a habit she had a hard time breaking, and the orthodontist is still working on correcting her overbite, so i wanted to find something else for her to suck on. I hit on the idea of buying a big box of lollipops - yes, she'll have to be careful to brush her teeth frequently - but I think she got an extra 300 calories in lollipops alone yesterday At this point, I'll take any calories I can get into her.
Poor baby was teary last night, and having a discussion with us about how she hates her face and her appearance - mind you now, this is a girl that has total strangers blurt out how beautiful she is. A girl who was always really self-confident. This disease is just so strange. It really shook my H up, but I reminded him, it's like a WAS saying they never loved you - just because they believe it at the time, doesn't mean that's really how they felt in the past.
I've not posted to you before... hardly feel I can offer advice or support. I'm amazed by you.
You seem to have an excellent handle on your Ds situation and how to help her. It must be difficult to be blindsided by that. My blessings to you and your family.
I hope this is not an imposition to ask, but I noticed similarities in our sitches from your older posts (depression, thyroid in particular). If you have time to stop by, I would love to get your wise perspective on my sitch, esp. dealing with my H's depression.
