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Years of Encopresis... & not getting better
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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 277193" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>Well, SageCupCake, I could have written your exact reply. It was finding a support group on the internet specifically for parents of children with encopresis that helped me turn the corner, although it did take a good few years for the change to kick in deep inside me, because I had become so deeply depressed because of the encopresis and dealing with it.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child has been clean now for about eight years. He is 22 today. It is still a sensitive subject and he will not allow me to mention it.</p><p></p><p>If anyone says that her child doesn't seem to care -- don't believe it. They have a problem, a physical problem, and they themselves don't know how to cope with it, and the only way that they can cope with it seems to be to develop some sort of self-defense mechanism which involves pretending that it just isn't happening. But I can assure you that they do care. Friends and family will not want to be near them -- that is enough to make them care.</p><p></p><p>My heart still aches for every child with encopresis and for every family. I don't respond these days as much as I used to when there is a post about encopresis, because I still am obviously very tender on that subject, and now as I write this the tears are welling up in my eyes.</p><p></p><p>Encopresis is a vicious circle which is very hard to get out of. I don't know why it happens (well, I do know that it almost always happens because of constipation, but what causes the constipation and the consequent complications of encopresis is beyond me), but usually it seems to disappear at puberty, one way or another. Perhaps at puberty there are some muscles there that come into play or become stronger. I wonder if any research has been done into the subject.</p><p></p><p>I once read that 3 percent of children suffer from encopresis. That means, one child in each class. That's a hell of a lot.</p><p></p><p>Michl, I'm pleased you're going to a pediatric gastroenterologist. That is the very best move you could make. I wish you every success. Keep us informed as to how it went.</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 277193, member: 77"] Well, SageCupCake, I could have written your exact reply. It was finding a support group on the internet specifically for parents of children with encopresis that helped me turn the corner, although it did take a good few years for the change to kick in deep inside me, because I had become so deeply depressed because of the encopresis and dealing with it. My difficult child has been clean now for about eight years. He is 22 today. It is still a sensitive subject and he will not allow me to mention it. If anyone says that her child doesn't seem to care -- don't believe it. They have a problem, a physical problem, and they themselves don't know how to cope with it, and the only way that they can cope with it seems to be to develop some sort of self-defense mechanism which involves pretending that it just isn't happening. But I can assure you that they do care. Friends and family will not want to be near them -- that is enough to make them care. My heart still aches for every child with encopresis and for every family. I don't respond these days as much as I used to when there is a post about encopresis, because I still am obviously very tender on that subject, and now as I write this the tears are welling up in my eyes. Encopresis is a vicious circle which is very hard to get out of. I don't know why it happens (well, I do know that it almost always happens because of constipation, but what causes the constipation and the consequent complications of encopresis is beyond me), but usually it seems to disappear at puberty, one way or another. Perhaps at puberty there are some muscles there that come into play or become stronger. I wonder if any research has been done into the subject. I once read that 3 percent of children suffer from encopresis. That means, one child in each class. That's a hell of a lot. Michl, I'm pleased you're going to a pediatric gastroenterologist. That is the very best move you could make. I wish you every success. Keep us informed as to how it went. Love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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