Help, I'm freaking out!

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Hi everyone, I need input and advice. My daughter, apserger's

syndrome, age 13, SCD since 9:15-2007. This week it's been very very

weird. She started refusing to eat bananas, saying that she needs to

kill off some yeast. She was wanting to be very weird and restrict

her SCD diet in all sorts of ways. She's been acting irrationa, but

is unable to tell me specifically what is going on with her,

physicallyl. She's totally spaced out all week, has gotten NO school

work done, and had a hard time believing today that it's already

Saturday (thought it should be Thursday), is acting all twitchy, and

shivering. She's been wetting herself during sleep and just now

awake as well. Totally spacey, staring at the walls alot, and I

keep having to repeat information and she acts like she's never heard

it before. She's acting very afraid and I'm also getting afraid.

I'm a little bit freaked out. Is this yeast die-off? We don't have

a supportive doctor at all, and she's not currently on any

medications or supplements...just SCD and goat yogurt.

Her diet in the past couple of days included: chicken soup with

carrot and garlic, eggs, fish, acorn squash, homemade mayo, broccoli,

onion, tuna, applesauce (granny smith), 1 portion of stewed prunes

yesterday and avocado.

I've been having to watch her eat. She's been almost refusing to

eat, or taking an over hour to eat one bowl of soup. Just picking at

her food, and being totally irrational, saying things like: " I have

to let this bite digest before I can eat another bite. "

As far as I know she's not had any dietary infractions. (Possibly

the Organic Turkey from Thanksgiving? I don't know.)

Day before yesterday she'd asked me to buy her some epsom salts so

that she could do an epsom salt bath. Later I noticed on the package

were instructions for taking it internally as a laxative. I asked

her if she had done this, and apparently she'd done it twice, from

what I gather. Communication has definitely taken a down hill slide

this week. She was up on and off several time Thursday night using

the bathroom, needless to say.

Did she poison herself? Needless to say I took that stuff away from

her and lectured her about laxatives and their abuse.

It's all very weird, and I'm very worried.

Any input and advice is welcome. Is there anything I can give her to

make it better?

Thanks,

Alana

mom to dd 13 apserger's syndrome, SCD since 9-15-2007

[Guest guest]

Alana,

It sounds like eating disordered behavior. Girls who

are at the age your daughter is are very susceptible

to this sort of thing. Does she have perfectionist

tendencies? Does she say negative things about her

body a lot?

The laxatives can mess her up even further, throwing

electrolytes out of whack. I'm concerned about her fat

intake, too. How much of the avocado is she eating? If

she is shivering that could be another clue that she

is not eating enough.

I think you will have to watch her like a hawk. Either

toss the Epsom salts in the garbage (without her

knowledge so she doesn't go digging) or hide them

REALLY well. Make sure she eats small meals every few

hours. Has she lost weight recently? Eating disordered

people often behave in extremely irrational ways,

sometimes acting like someone with a multiple

personality disorder.

I noticed that she hasn't been SCD for too long. I

haven't either and I can tell you that I have to force

myself to eat sometimes because there just isn't the

same kind of appetite on this diet. I could easily see

myself obsessing about my weight, because when you

don't eat enough, you don't lose weight, and if I

didn't know that, that could spell trouble for a lot

of people. Is there a food she really likes? Can you

make smoothies for her? You can hide more fat in a

smoothie.

Just some thoughts. Good luck, I am sure this is very

scary for you.

B.

ASD son, RA self, SCD Nov. 2007

http://scdgirl.blogspot.com

--- Alana wrote:

> Hi everyone, I need input and advice. My daughter,

> apserger's

> syndrome, age 13, SCD since 9:15-2007. This week

> it's been very very

> weird. She started refusing to eat bananas, saying

> that she needs to

> kill off some yeast. She was wanting to be very

> weird and restrict

> her SCD diet in all sorts of ways. She's been

> acting irrationa, but

> is unable to tell me specifically what is going on

> with her,

> physicallyl. She's totally spaced out all week, has

> gotten NO school

> work done, and had a hard time believing today that

> it's already

> Saturday (thought it should be Thursday), is acting

> all twitchy, and

> shivering. She's been wetting herself during sleep

> and just now

> awake as well. Totally spacey, staring at the

> walls alot, and I

> keep having to repeat information and she acts like

> she's never heard

> it before. She's acting very afraid and I'm also

> getting afraid.

>

> I'm a little bit freaked out. Is this yeast

> die-off? We don't have

> a supportive doctor at all, and she's not currently

> on any

> medications or supplements...just SCD and goat

> yogurt.

>

> Her diet in the past couple of days included:

> chicken soup with

> carrot and garlic, eggs, fish, acorn squash,

> homemade mayo, broccoli,

> onion, tuna, applesauce (granny smith), 1 portion of

> stewed prunes

> yesterday and avocado.

>

> I've been having to watch her eat. She's been

> almost refusing to

> eat, or taking an over hour to eat one bowl of soup.

> Just picking at

> her food, and being totally irrational, saying

> things like: " I have

> to let this bite digest before I can eat another

> bite. "

>

> As far as I know she's not had any dietary

> infractions. (Possibly

> the Organic Turkey from Thanksgiving? I don't

> know.)

>

> Day before yesterday she'd asked me to buy her some

> epsom salts so

> that she could do an epsom salt bath. Later I

> noticed on the package

> were instructions for taking it internally as a

> laxative. I asked

> her if she had done this, and apparently she'd done

> it twice, from

> what I gather. Communication has definitely taken a

> down hill slide

> this week. She was up on and off several time

> Thursday night using

> the bathroom, needless to say.

>

> Did she poison herself? Needless to say I took that

> stuff away from

> her and lectured her about laxatives and their

> abuse.

>

> It's all very weird, and I'm very worried.

>

> Any input and advice is welcome. Is there anything

> I can give her to

> make it better?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Alana

> mom to dd 13 apserger's syndrome, SCD since

> 9-15-2007

>

>

>

>

>

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Hi Alana,

This post may be helpful

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread/message/73551

Sheila

>

> Hi everyone, I need input and advice. My daughter, apserger's

> syndrome, age 13, SCD since 9:15-2007. This week it's been very

very

> weird. She started refusing to eat bananas, saying that she needs

to

> kill off some yeast. She was wanting to be very weird and

restrict

> her SCD diet in all sorts of ways. She's been acting irrationa,

but

> is unable to tell me specifically what is going on with her,

> physicallyl. She's totally spaced out all week, has gotten NO

school

> work done, and had a hard time believing today that it's already

> Saturday (thought it should be Thursday), is acting all twitchy,

and

> shivering. She's been wetting herself during sleep and just now

> awake as well. Totally spacey, staring at the walls alot, and I

> keep having to repeat information and she acts like she's never

heard

> it before. She's acting very afraid and I'm also getting afraid.

>

> I'm a little bit freaked out. Is this yeast die-off? We don't

have

> a supportive doctor at all, and she's not currently on any

> medications or supplements...just SCD and goat yogurt.

>

> Her diet in the past couple of days included: chicken soup with

> carrot and garlic, eggs, fish, acorn squash, homemade mayo,

broccoli,

> onion, tuna, applesauce (granny smith), 1 portion of stewed prunes

> yesterday and avocado.

>

> I've been having to watch her eat. She's been almost refusing to

> eat, or taking an over hour to eat one bowl of soup. Just picking

at

> her food, and being totally irrational, saying things like: " I

have

> to let this bite digest before I can eat another bite. "

>

> As far as I know she's not had any dietary infractions.

(Possibly

> the Organic Turkey from Thanksgiving? I don't know.)

>

> Day before yesterday she'd asked me to buy her some epsom salts so

> that she could do an epsom salt bath. Later I noticed on the

package

> were instructions for taking it internally as a laxative. I asked

> her if she had done this, and apparently she'd done it twice, from

> what I gather. Communication has definitely taken a down hill

slide

> this week. She was up on and off several time Thursday night

using

> the bathroom, needless to say.

>

> Did she poison herself? Needless to say I took that stuff away

from

> her and lectured her about laxatives and their abuse.

>

> It's all very weird, and I'm very worried.

>

> Any input and advice is welcome. Is there anything I can give her

to

> make it better?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Alana

> mom to dd 13 apserger's syndrome, SCD since 9-15-2007

>