Over eating problems!

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Thanks for your reply DaisyDiana
Tonight we went out for tea and she just ate heaps (alot of salad which was good) but all she was concerned about was getting more all the time and was most irate when we left. I'm thinking maybe she doesn't register that feeling of being full. I'm considering going to a dietician for advice perhaps.

I can`t have any sugary snacks of any kind in the house ie, juice, yogurt, granlola bars etc. because she will eat all of them.

Hello,

My eight year old with asperger also has an eating-problem. She is constantly asking when its time for the next meal and at meal-time she eats large portions but nevertheless gets hungry again within an hour. I am not sure if its really hunger she feels as she seems to talk more about eating when she doesnt have anything to do, if she has a friend over she seems to be too busy.

She has not yet been started on medication but her psychiatrist wants me to consider it, but I dont know which kind yet. Is there anything in the asperger diagnosis itself that causes the over-eating

Hope somebody knows
Best wishes

take your kid of the medican and deal with the problem
if your kid is not sleeping all night ......don't give medican
if your kid has a temper problem.......don't give medican

deal with it anouther way until your child is calm and you have both worked it out
it's hard work but it can be done

but honestly stop drugging your kid up

I agree medication should be a last resort - but sometimes it is the lesser evil. If your kid is really suffering, (some kids with autism or AS have massive emotional or behavioral problems), and non-medical approaches haven't worked, there is no alternative.

I was on some sort of medication when I was ten. Anyway, all it seemed to do to me was make me lose weight. So I ended up at ten years old and 4'00" tall weighing 39 pounds. I remember I had weighed 48 pounds and was 3'6" three years before that, so yeah. Now I'm eighteen years old, 5'3" and 92 pounds. I never really did gain that weight back but I am working on it!

I eat way too much. I've found that if I do something pleasant before eating, sometimes I don't need to eat. This was the result of the Too Loud book about sensory diet. Same for meltdowns. The thing I use is the vibrating footbath with bubbles (I forget the name). The trick is to find things that are pleasant, since most things are worth avoiding. Another thing I tried and liked is a massaging pad for the recliner.

On the other hand, meds can wreak havoc with eating. I don't know if there's any fighting that.

I'm distressed by the idea of the locking up the food. I'm past middle age now, but I remember that everybody was mean to me all the time, and nobody wanted me to be comforted, and if I found any comfort (food) they would take it away. Later in life, I turned to wine - when a therapist asked why, I said "Because wine is nice to me. Nobody is nice to me."

Surely your daughter could have endless quantities of air-popped popcorn?

Maybe try a foot massage?

there are other medicines that do the same thing without weight gain, I believe.

Geez, Claradoon, I've never heard of that approach but it makes so much sense! :O

I would recommend regular exercise to offset the effects of overeating. Diets are a bad way to go. Exercise speeds up the metabolism, but dieting slows down the metabolism which is why you gain the weight back so quickly after a diet.

I consume an average of 4000-4500 calories a day and I never gain a pound. I lift weights every other day (its bad for you if you do it everyday) and I run on treadmills and sometimes just out of hyperness. Burn the calories. The key is not to be sporadic, make sure you do the exercise regularly whatever you decide on.

One more thing, don't do the weights if they're under 16. Find some way to get them to run around a lot.

Hi! I have a daughter 16,she is on risperdoll,also a few others.She also stuffs herself just like you said.Its like she has no shut off valve!! She has been gaining weight.The Dr is taking her off of that medslowly and has started her on lamectal.I know how everyone feels, its so hard for them anyway and this only compounds it all.Water is what we were told also,we buy botteled water 6oz or how ever they come ,i see it dissapering faster then i used to see her drinking from the faucet or even out of the gallon of water in the fridg,flavored water may help get started although the additives arent so good Its so hard to know what to do i know!! we havee tried hideing food but it somehow always comes up missing!!we cant buy food for longer then a couple of days or it will be gone also!! It sounds like we are all in the boat together,keep on rowing! take care ok