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Depression and over eating

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Leebux · 25/10/2013 09:27

Hi. I have a 19 yr old daughter. She was diagnosed with depression at 15 and placed on meds along with therapy. She was taken off her meds, and after a rather nasty incident a yr ago, is back on them. The real issue is that she is over eating when ever stressed. She buys chocolate, chips etc and eats in her room. She isn't exercising as much as she used to and you can imagine the consequences. She has only been back on Prozac for 4 weeks and is under a lot of stress at university. She is an adult, so why do I feel like such a lousy mother for not being able to help here. She has only just started talking to me and becoming part of the family again, so I am conflicted. I should be so happy that she is showing signs of being happy, but am still desperately worried about her university work and of course the eating. I then feel awful, because there are people out there with far more serious problems. Thanks for listening. Just needed to write it down and hopefully no- one fell asleep reading it.

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trish5000 · 25/10/2013 13:11

It is tricky when your children leave home to go miles form home, and you are concerned about them. All perfectly normal.
Does she have access to appropriate facilites on the campus?
Also, would going on skype help her and help you?

If you posted this on the further education board, they will be full of helpful advice for you, as they know what facilities are availble on a university campus.
hth

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