When my daughter gets over excited she's sick?

Question

My daughter is 8yrs now but since she's been little everytime she gets wound up or over excited she's vomits and it can last for up to 7 days. We've had her at the hospital but they said she will grow out of it. Any ideas.

Answer 1

Firstly, ask whether this could be cyclic vomiting syndrome. Here is a link to a web page about cyclic vomiting:

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/cvs/index.htm

What your daughter has does sound a bit like this, try and find out if this could be the problem. If it is not, and the doctors disagree, then......

This may sound odd, but I think a good hypnotherapist might be able to help your daughter. Since it has been going on so long and there is no medical explanation, it could be that it has actually become like a reflex reaction - she has 'learned' that exctiement = vomiting. I'm not saying she is at fault at all, but the mind works in strange ways, and it seems that subconsiously, she associates any type of stimulation with vomiting. I think a hypnotherapist would be able to help her 'undo' that association, and replace it with positive feelings.

I have personal experience of hypnotherapy, it is completely safe, and very effective. It is possible that she could be cured in around 4 or 5 sessions, even less. Please consider giving it a try, it certainly can't do any harm, and I believe it could really help. Best wishes.

Answer 2

I was exactly the same - christmas, birthdays, holidays etc. were usually the worst, but it could even be much smaller things. It's not an attention seeking thing - I could be sick and sort it out without people even knowing - it was pretty embarassing really and I preferred them not to know as I got older. It's just the body's reaction to that situation. As the hospital said, I did pretty much grow out of it, around the age of 10 I think - I certainly got better at coping, and learning to calm myself down. What worked for me was to sit somewhere quiet on my own if possible, drink water but not eat anything, and just do something like read or watch a video, something simple that would occupy my mind, and gradually I was able to overcome the nausea. My parents also found that, if we were going away somewhere, giving me my travel sickness pills early could help (I also got very ill on journeys), as these contain mild anti-emetic drugs and can help reduce the urge to vomit. I'm sorry I can't offer you a solution, but in my experience it won't last for ever, although I appreciate what a problem it can be (I missed a lot of christmases!). At 8, your daughter should be reaching the stage where she can start to work out what helps and what makes her feel worse, and if she starts to feel sick, to start trying to control that feeling. Good luck, and don't despair!

Answer 3

Since I really doubt that she likes vomiting she would probably be more than willing to try just about anything reasonable one could ask of an 8 year old. You might want to try to work with her to try to learn how to stay calm even though I know that is very hard to do for an 8 year old but since at 8 she knows that her getting excited will make her vomit she would probably at least give it a try. I would try and teach her when she starts to feel real excited to stop and concentrate on breathing slow and trying to relax. She might even try rubbing her fingertips on her tummy to help relax it. What I am more than postive is happening with her is when she gets excited her tummy muscles contract and tighten on her tummy and where else is the food that she has eaten going to go but out the same place it went in at. If she can learn to control her muscles it just might help . The reason why I say all this is because when I was about the same age , no in fact I was the same age my sisters father would come home drunk and start loud talking which of course would upset me and i could feel my tummy tighten and then here it would come. I would try to make it to the bathroom but found it easier to keep a pail in my room until my mother finally left his sorry you know what. I dont care about getting any points so even if you pick another answer that is perfectly fine but give what i say a try it just might help your little one. or ask her if she feels her tummy tighten when she gets excitied or before she vomits. It wont hurt to ask her.

Answer 4

Make her life really boring! I think the Dr is right and she will grow out of it..... if... you stop making a big deal about it. When she pukes, clean it up without making any sympathetic sounds, treat it as you would her sneezing, don't let her see how worried it makes you or you could find yourself with a young lady who vomits for attention all her life, and as well as being damaging to her body, it is a really unattractive trait. (I had a friend who would faint if she didn't get her own way, she "grew" out of it when we all just walked off and left her to it!)

Answer 5

Try and keep things calmer ... don't allow her to get into situations where she gets so out of control she gets sick!! Its lack of control really. She needs to understand that that she can enjoy things, but there comes a time when she needs to balance things out and quieten down. This is something you should have enforced sometime ago. Little one's can get over excited at the slightest thing, and as a parent it is up to you to teach them to relax! as she got older she would stop herself getting anymore excited by getting sick! She needs to learn control! So you need to recognise when she is getting a little beyond the point of excited and try and distract her attention to something else!

Answer 6

My son gets nose bleeds during excited times. My advise is to not make a big deal out of it. If you do, then she will know this is a way to get your attention.

Answer 7

Ask Dr. Gregory House :) he knows everything. Just kidding.. maybe the doctor's right..? Just watch over her, and keep a barf bag in handy.

Answer 8

Ginger biscuits

Break the routine

Wait and see
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Answer 9

BLOOMING NORA THATS A NUTTY ONE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH . WONT EVEN ATTEMPT TO GIVE ADVICE . HOPE SHE GETS RID SOON THOUGH

Answer 10

Stop feeding her strychnine.