Sorry, this might be a long one but I really need some advice from others who may have been there.
DD is 12, female, has had her period for about a year (in case that is relevant). About 1.5 months ago she started to feel really sick at breakfast time, couldn't eat any breakfast before school, but seemed fine with other meals. This progressed onto dinner times as well, with a couple of instances of her being sick aftet eating her dinner. But now, she gets halfway through her dinner and feels too sick to eat any more of it.
We have been to the Dr, who did a full blood count (normal) and who prescribed omeprazole saying that it could have been a bug which has lingered and inflamed the stomach lining. He also weighed DD and asked us to go back in 2 weeks. There was a slight improvement, we went back in 2 weeks and DD had lost a small amount of weight. Dr decided to give it 3 more weeks and see how DD was doing, so we are on that stretch now. However, DD is still struggling. At dinner tonight (roast, one of her favourite meals), she got halfway through and couldn't finish as she felt too sick.
Lunchtimes, she can eat no problem. If I gave her something mid morning or mid afternoon, no problem.
I really don't think it's an eating disorder as she isn't worried about her weight and will put away sweets and crisps during movie nights with her friends like there's no tomorrow.
She is a bit of an anxious child, she has a lot of drama in her friendship group at school which I know gets to her. We've talked about MH and she is very open, knows she can talk to me and has confided in the past when feeling low.
So my question is, has anyone else been through similar?? Is it anxiety? Is it something that I need to push with the Dr for more tests? I really don't know, I just want her to be able to eat normally the poor thing.
Any help/advice would be hugely appreciated.