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Could overeating be attributed to ODD/ADHD?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 62736" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I don't doubt it. My best friend is, I strongly suspect, a comfort eater from way back. Although it was fuelled a lot by depression, it was also fuelled by defiance and anxiety, because her father was emotionally abusive and was constantly criticising her weight. She was the lucky one, though - she was the younger one. The older one bore a different load and has different issues, also involving anger, a vast amount of anxiety and getting worse now she's getting older.</p><p></p><p>Everyone's different. it's just an observation on how complex this can be. Pure anxiety with no other complicating factors - it would cut back on appetite because anxiety is linked to adrenalin output which takes blood supply from the digestive system and sends it to the skeletal muscles (for flight or fight response). This cuts back on digestion. But where some emotional link has formed between anxiety and eating, you can get the opposite. It is maybe not rare but it is unusual, though. And as you said (and in the case of my friend) this is often something they develop on their own, as a coping strategy. In her case, she got some sort of savage satisfaction in turning to food when afraid, upset or angry at her father. It gave her back some sense of power and control. Her sister went the other direction - she was always the image set on the pedestal for the younger one to aspire to, and in being compared favourably all the time (which you would think would make a girl happy - it sure didn't) she became anxious to always look her best and be seen to be the best, at least in looks. She had to develop control somewhere, and her health has suffered badly. Now they're both getting older and nothing can prevent ageing - the older one is panic-stricken constantly that she is beginning to lose her looks. So much else to value about herself - and she can't.</p><p></p><p>easy child 2/difficult child 2 just got home from college, upset at a group test that she felt went badly. I cooked roast chicken - she won't eat it. Too upset. She IS having a small serve of soup but only because she prepared it herself before she left for college tonight. </p><p></p><p>We used to have trouble with difficult child 3 raiding the fridge. We put a child lock on it, but this kid could defeat just about anything. He could climb to get any keys (climbing to ceiling height if he needed to) and when determined, nothing can stop him.</p><p></p><p>In the same way, you can't do much when you have a kid who is REALLY determined.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 62736, member: 1991"] I don't doubt it. My best friend is, I strongly suspect, a comfort eater from way back. Although it was fuelled a lot by depression, it was also fuelled by defiance and anxiety, because her father was emotionally abusive and was constantly criticising her weight. She was the lucky one, though - she was the younger one. The older one bore a different load and has different issues, also involving anger, a vast amount of anxiety and getting worse now she's getting older. Everyone's different. it's just an observation on how complex this can be. Pure anxiety with no other complicating factors - it would cut back on appetite because anxiety is linked to adrenalin output which takes blood supply from the digestive system and sends it to the skeletal muscles (for flight or fight response). This cuts back on digestion. But where some emotional link has formed between anxiety and eating, you can get the opposite. It is maybe not rare but it is unusual, though. And as you said (and in the case of my friend) this is often something they develop on their own, as a coping strategy. In her case, she got some sort of savage satisfaction in turning to food when afraid, upset or angry at her father. It gave her back some sense of power and control. Her sister went the other direction - she was always the image set on the pedestal for the younger one to aspire to, and in being compared favourably all the time (which you would think would make a girl happy - it sure didn't) she became anxious to always look her best and be seen to be the best, at least in looks. She had to develop control somewhere, and her health has suffered badly. Now they're both getting older and nothing can prevent ageing - the older one is panic-stricken constantly that she is beginning to lose her looks. So much else to value about herself - and she can't. easy child 2/difficult child 2 just got home from college, upset at a group test that she felt went badly. I cooked roast chicken - she won't eat it. Too upset. She IS having a small serve of soup but only because she prepared it herself before she left for college tonight. We used to have trouble with difficult child 3 raiding the fridge. We put a child lock on it, but this kid could defeat just about anything. He could climb to get any keys (climbing to ceiling height if he needed to) and when determined, nothing can stop him. In the same way, you can't do much when you have a kid who is REALLY determined. Marg [/QUOTE]
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