2007-07-31 12:03:39 · 2 answers · asked by Hope E 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
There can be a lot more to the eating issue than simple anxiety. Best to have this one checked out by a Dr or Counselor right off at the start, before taking on a lot of ideas and unnecessary concerns in the wrong direction.
My daughter has all sorts of mysterious symptoms that went undiagnosed from about the time she was 7 until she was 15. It was truly from a psychological disorder. As she was properly addressed, eventually she learned how to handle the causes of numerous symptoms,- including the inability to eat - and the rest just disappeared. Be sure to have her treated by a female well experienced in adolescent issues. ( as kids think and respond in a little different way than adults do, including some of the medications used for this type of symptom)
2007-07-31 12:28:59 · answer #1 · answered by Hope 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you certain that the problem is just that they don't want to eat? When I was 10, I had such bad anxiety that my throat actually got really tight and I couldn't eat (I ended up weighing only 70 pounds after a month or so of that), so don't assume the problem is what they do or don't want to do.
2007-07-31 19:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by Lycanthrope777 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋