My 14yr old DD is just 6 stone 10 pounds and 5ft 4. She's painfully thin and has Orthorexia which has now been diagnosed with anorexia. I do my very best to make sure she eats enough calories and today I forced her to eat ice cream which she scream and cried about..
She's lost 4 pounds in just 2 days..
Her doctor told her if she went below 7 stone she would be send to an inpatient unit.
As much as I don't want her to go I have no other option as I know if she remains at home she will die eventually and if since she's lost a stocking 2 stone in the past 6 months if she hits 6 stone or below I hobestly think she will pass away. 14 just seems so young to get her life ruined as I know by her attending a mental health inpatient 24/7 unit will be on her records whilst trying to get a job ect. How bad are these inpatient units for under 18's, does anyone have any first hand experience of what they are like or how the child's day is planned out roughly?
I'm in utter shock that this has happened and DD has had spells of depression on and off for the past 2 months.
14 seems so young to be sent away from home.
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14yr old DD inpatient unit?!
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Lifeisshort123 · 24/10/2016 00:20
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