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<blockquote data-quote="janebrain" data-source="post: 234813" data-attributes="member: 3208"><p>Hi All,</p><p>well, I took easy child/difficult child 2 to her pediatrician yesterday and she had lost 7 lbs--she is 89 lbs now and is 5'3" tall with a small frame. I just hadn't realized she was losing so much! She ought to weigh about 100 lbs.</p><p></p><p>The dr. thinks she has gastritis or possibly irritable bowel syndrome. She did say that a person who is basically starving like dtr is will become more anxious. She thinks dtr is in a vicious cycle where it hurts to eat so she doesn't eat and then she becomes even more anxious and everything is just in a downward spiral. </p><p></p><p>So, she started her on Prevacid and a fiber supplement and she is to eat 3 meals a day even if it is just a couple of crackers. She is to drink Carnation Instant Breakfast (which she loves) to supplement her food and eat a yogurt a day with the probiotics. She already felt some better last night after taking the Prevacid and drinking an instant breakfast. She said her stomach was just feeling a dull ache rather than the sharp pains she usually feels after eating.</p><p></p><p>Also, we got the names of a couple of nutritionists that the pediatrician would like her to see so she can learn how to recognize hunger signals and just learn to have a better relationship with food. She told the dr. how sometimes she binge eats and then she won't eat anything for several days. The dr. says she doesn't think she has an eating disorder but she does have disordered eating and the nutritionist should be able to help with that.</p><p></p><p>easy child/difficult child 2 seems relieved to have gone to the doctor and she is willing to do everything she is supposed to do. The doctor said these measures might not make everything totally better but should stop the downward spiral. She reassured easy child/difficult child 2 that they won't let her die.</p><p></p><p>I just feel bad that it took me so long to really sit up and take notice and take her to the dr. I think I have been preoccupied with my own stuff--just had shoulder surgery 10 days ago, and have been letting other things slide.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for all the help, I'll keep you posted!</p><p></p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="janebrain, post: 234813, member: 3208"] Hi All, well, I took easy child/difficult child 2 to her pediatrician yesterday and she had lost 7 lbs--she is 89 lbs now and is 5'3" tall with a small frame. I just hadn't realized she was losing so much! She ought to weigh about 100 lbs. The dr. thinks she has gastritis or possibly irritable bowel syndrome. She did say that a person who is basically starving like dtr is will become more anxious. She thinks dtr is in a vicious cycle where it hurts to eat so she doesn't eat and then she becomes even more anxious and everything is just in a downward spiral. So, she started her on Prevacid and a fiber supplement and she is to eat 3 meals a day even if it is just a couple of crackers. She is to drink Carnation Instant Breakfast (which she loves) to supplement her food and eat a yogurt a day with the probiotics. She already felt some better last night after taking the Prevacid and drinking an instant breakfast. She said her stomach was just feeling a dull ache rather than the sharp pains she usually feels after eating. Also, we got the names of a couple of nutritionists that the pediatrician would like her to see so she can learn how to recognize hunger signals and just learn to have a better relationship with food. She told the dr. how sometimes she binge eats and then she won't eat anything for several days. The dr. says she doesn't think she has an eating disorder but she does have disordered eating and the nutritionist should be able to help with that. easy child/difficult child 2 seems relieved to have gone to the doctor and she is willing to do everything she is supposed to do. The doctor said these measures might not make everything totally better but should stop the downward spiral. She reassured easy child/difficult child 2 that they won't let her die. I just feel bad that it took me so long to really sit up and take notice and take her to the dr. I think I have been preoccupied with my own stuff--just had shoulder surgery 10 days ago, and have been letting other things slide. Thanks for all the help, I'll keep you posted! Jane [/QUOTE]
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