Hello. I last put a message on here in July about my 14 year old daughter refusing to go to school. She has since had counselling with CAMHS which had a phased return to school plan, this worked some days and not others. About 2 weeks ago she admitted that she had been making herself sick after meals so as not to put on any weight and became very low in mood and depressed. Her CAMHS counsellor referred her to a psychiatrist and we pulled her out of school to ease the pressure on her. The psychiatrist has put her on Fluxotine medicine which is given in small doses daily to build it up to 15mg. But yesterday evening she started looking at us all as if she didn't trust us me, her dad and brother. Then this morning she wouldn't drink her juice when i asked her why not she said that I had put sugar in the drink and that I had done the same with her dinner the evening before. Is this a normal reaction? I phoned the psychiatrist and they said not to worry as we are seeing them tomorrow.
As well as suffering with this depression she also seems to be suffering with some kind of anorexia and is eating next to nothing each day. Today all she had was half a rich tea finger biscuit. The psychiatrist is aware of this and her weight is being closely monitored to see if it falls within the danger zone.
Has anyone else had experiance of this kind of thing. I have tried everything I can to get her to eat. The fridge is full of petit filous yogurts and small food to try and help her but NOTHING seems to tempt her. I don't nag her or put any pressure on her. We still all sit down together at the dinner table in the evening to try and keep things as normal as possible, but they're obviously not.
Any advice anyone?
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TEENAGE DAUGHTER DEPRESSION AND ANOREXIA
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fionaand · 15/10/2012 18:44
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