Re: side conversation re. vomiting fear

[Guest guest]

Hi Dina,

My daughter, now 19, started with debilitating fear of vomiting -

starting at age 6 or so.

She continued to eat, but limited food and developed rituals around food.

ie. pouring milk, one drop, then the rest also, could never accept any

gestures that went from the feet upward (ie. the direction of vomiting..)

She had only vomited once.. it was the fear, not the experience...

(at one point, I bought her a small stone carved bear, one of the indian

totem symbols, with an arrow that pointed in. I tried so many things..

she was not medicated until 17. She is okay now ; in college, but still

struggling.(currently switching from lexapro to zoloft)

best,

Alice

> Hi Colleen--just a question. Did they treat him with any meds after

> taking him off Celexa while he was inpatient last year? Or was it just

> therapy? I see that it helped him for about 6 mos. Did the thoughts go

> away entirely or was he better able to manage them?

>

> My DD (12) has obsessive thoughts about vomiting. They are

> debilitating. We never got to therapy because she was hospitalized and

> it was life threatening (couldn't eat for fear of vomiting) so she's

> been on meds for 5 years. She's had ups and downs and a couple of med.

> changes, but when her meds are working well, she doesn't have any bad

> thoughts for weeks and then maybe a mild one that goes away quickly.

> It's not the continual thoughts she has without medication. She is a

> happy, normally functioning 7th grader.

>

> I hope whatever you decide helps him soon. I can only imagine what our

> kids suffer with this barrage of thoughts all day long.

>

> Take care,

> Dina

>

[Guest guest]

Alice,

Nice to see she made it to college! Our hope here as well. Sorry she

is still struggling.

Dina

[Guest guest]

Hi Dina,

thank you for your kind wishes; it is very helpful to have a deeper and

better understanding of my child, even now. My daughter called today

because it is the first three days of classes and there are changes and

she is, of course, anxious.

I think there is much work to be done within her and between us to

understand what is ocd and what is not.

this semester she has bio chem AND microbiology.. very intimidating

for her. She makes use of the disability services center, but they are

making her take a public speaking class. (something that was expressly

considered wrong in her 504 plan) *sigh* it's a never ending job of

advocacy and connection and understanding...

Alice

> Alice,

>

> Nice to see she made it to college! Our hope here as well. Sorry she

> is still struggling.

>

> Dina

>