Eating Disorder Clinic want to send my daughter to an inpatient eating disorder unit

[FedUpToTheBackTooth]

Please could anyone with experience of this help me. The eating disorder clinic want to send my daughter (16 years old 77% weight for height) to an eating disorder inpatient unit. I am really worried that this would be very bad for her and that she is safer at home. Please can someone with experience of this let me know what you think of inpatient care and any advice on what I need to be saying or asking?

Thank you in advance for any help.

Only op will know the right course of action on that score. My dd took her GCSEs eating practically nothing. In any case, I’d be asking the school to contact the exam board about what would happen if she didn’t take the exams.

I should have said, my dd hyper focused at GCSE, but relapsed with A level mocks and it was really hard to get her through them. Much bolstering required. But she did them and did ok, not as well as she could have done. And that is what evidence from school, a GP etc is for, to boost the grades.

I have previously worked for an eating disorder service - and with the lack of progress since diagnosis and the recent weight loss, it sounds like an inpatient admission is likely in her best interests. The longer someone is significantly underweight, can greater the risk of not making a full recovery. She needs to be supported to weight restore - GCSEs are not important when compared to her long term health

Deferring is a good idea or like another poster on another thread is doing, go with predicted Grades.

I agree it doesn’t seem
coincidental, it seems that the exams are the trigger.

I hope you can get the help she needs. We’re here to help as much as we can xx