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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 383195" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Jen, lack of nutrition causes a lot of distorted thinking. I suspect that's what's going on in your daughter's head right now. And unfortunately, the doctors are taking it all at face value because they don't know her or you very well.</p><p></p><p>As you know, my daughter had a very similar choking phobia. The doctors treating her could have assumed that she was manipulating to get attention because her brother and sister had fallen ill with mood disorders the previous year. But that was not the case. M was always an anxious child. And because her world was turned upside down by her siblings' illnesses, her anxiety manifested itself as a choking phobia (at earlier ages, it was hair pulling, separation anxiety, selective mutism, etc). </p><p></p><p>I don't mean to be unkind here. But as a mother who's been through a similar situation, I'm having a hard time seeing how these methods will cure your daughter. I truly believe the doctors need to prescribe medications that will reduce her anxiety more and then work with her therapeutically to reintroduce food. Zyprexa is the only atypical antipsychotic that has been shown in clinical studies to be helpful for the treatment of eating disorders. Even if the doctors are insistent on sticking with Seroquel, 10 mg Zyprexa is roughly equivalent to 500 mg Seroquel. Although every child is different, it took 7.5 mg Zyprexa to get my daughter to eat again. Do the math. Your daughter is on a minuscule dose of Seroquel. It is likely not to be touching her anxiety.</p><p></p><p>Hang tough, Jen. You know your daughter best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 383195, member: 2423"] Jen, lack of nutrition causes a lot of distorted thinking. I suspect that's what's going on in your daughter's head right now. And unfortunately, the doctors are taking it all at face value because they don't know her or you very well. As you know, my daughter had a very similar choking phobia. The doctors treating her could have assumed that she was manipulating to get attention because her brother and sister had fallen ill with mood disorders the previous year. But that was not the case. M was always an anxious child. And because her world was turned upside down by her siblings' illnesses, her anxiety manifested itself as a choking phobia (at earlier ages, it was hair pulling, separation anxiety, selective mutism, etc). I don't mean to be unkind here. But as a mother who's been through a similar situation, I'm having a hard time seeing how these methods will cure your daughter. I truly believe the doctors need to prescribe medications that will reduce her anxiety more and then work with her therapeutically to reintroduce food. Zyprexa is the only atypical antipsychotic that has been shown in clinical studies to be helpful for the treatment of eating disorders. Even if the doctors are insistent on sticking with Seroquel, 10 mg Zyprexa is roughly equivalent to 500 mg Seroquel. Although every child is different, it took 7.5 mg Zyprexa to get my daughter to eat again. Do the math. Your daughter is on a minuscule dose of Seroquel. It is likely not to be touching her anxiety. Hang tough, Jen. You know your daughter best. [/QUOTE]
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