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Son is obese and hungry all the time. WWYD?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 78967" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>He was a slender child until he was misdiagnosed with bipolar and put on "hungry" medications. THAT did it. He's been off medications for four years now though, and he's still hungry. I don't know if that made him habitually hungry or not. When I saw the heart surgeon, she looked and saw that he'd had thyroid tests when he was on Lithium and that they were normal, and she referred us to a Child Endocrinologist. She is the first doctor that really expressed grave concern over the weight, although I've been expressing it for years.</p><p>In our house, we don't smoke or drink and I eat only healthy foods. I exercise at the gym five days a week, and he knows that, and also do lots of bike riding. My other kids were thin when they were his age. Now a few have gained a little, but they're grown and they certainly aren't obese.</p><p>Lucas is difficult because he won't eat what most kids will eat. He has a very narrow list of foods that he'll eat. Anything he doesn't like, he gags on (which isn't that unusual for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)). He also vomits, not defiantly. It just comes back up right away. </p><p>We are going to see if there is a genetic or medical reason he is so hungry. He was adopted and we know little about his birth family, but THEY could be obese, which would make him pre-disposed. But that's something we are unlikely to find out as his birthmother pretty much gave birth to him and said "see ya." We have tried to find his grandmother, who has his siblings, but she either doesn't have a phone or can't be found. The thing that makes me so angry is that he was misdiagnosed and never should have been on these medications in the first place, but that's hindsight.</p><p>Keep the suggestions coming!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 78967, member: 1550"] He was a slender child until he was misdiagnosed with bipolar and put on "hungry" medications. THAT did it. He's been off medications for four years now though, and he's still hungry. I don't know if that made him habitually hungry or not. When I saw the heart surgeon, she looked and saw that he'd had thyroid tests when he was on Lithium and that they were normal, and she referred us to a Child Endocrinologist. She is the first doctor that really expressed grave concern over the weight, although I've been expressing it for years. In our house, we don't smoke or drink and I eat only healthy foods. I exercise at the gym five days a week, and he knows that, and also do lots of bike riding. My other kids were thin when they were his age. Now a few have gained a little, but they're grown and they certainly aren't obese. Lucas is difficult because he won't eat what most kids will eat. He has a very narrow list of foods that he'll eat. Anything he doesn't like, he gags on (which isn't that unusual for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)). He also vomits, not defiantly. It just comes back up right away. We are going to see if there is a genetic or medical reason he is so hungry. He was adopted and we know little about his birth family, but THEY could be obese, which would make him pre-disposed. But that's something we are unlikely to find out as his birthmother pretty much gave birth to him and said "see ya." We have tried to find his grandmother, who has his siblings, but she either doesn't have a phone or can't be found. The thing that makes me so angry is that he was misdiagnosed and never should have been on these medications in the first place, but that's hindsight. Keep the suggestions coming! [/QUOTE]
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