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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 120788" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>First off, does she have any diagnosis and is she in treatment? Is she on medications that cause weight gain or excess hunger? Does she have a history of abandonment? Any psychiatric or neurological issues on the family tree? There must be a reason she is so needy. She either finds life every difficult (like a child on the autism spectrum usually does) or she is insecure for other reasons or she maybe has Learning Disability (LD) problems. I don't believe she is trying to be pesty. I think that, for whatever reason, her anxiety level is very high and she is afraid to try things--I would take her to a neuropsychologist to evaluate her and find out the reason behind her behavior.</p><p> My son is fourteen and still likes to know somebody is nearby to help him with work if he needs it. He is on the Spectrum, very high functioning, and he has an aide. She is doing a great job of pushing him towards independence, but he wasn't independent at first and he can still need to be told, "You can do it!" He also overate on specific medications. I'm on Paxil and I can tell you right now that your appetite is insatiable on certain medications. I gained eighty pounds and losing them was NOT easy. Just some ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 120788, member: 1550"] First off, does she have any diagnosis and is she in treatment? Is she on medications that cause weight gain or excess hunger? Does she have a history of abandonment? Any psychiatric or neurological issues on the family tree? There must be a reason she is so needy. She either finds life every difficult (like a child on the autism spectrum usually does) or she is insecure for other reasons or she maybe has Learning Disability (LD) problems. I don't believe she is trying to be pesty. I think that, for whatever reason, her anxiety level is very high and she is afraid to try things--I would take her to a neuropsychologist to evaluate her and find out the reason behind her behavior. My son is fourteen and still likes to know somebody is nearby to help him with work if he needs it. He is on the Spectrum, very high functioning, and he has an aide. She is doing a great job of pushing him towards independence, but he wasn't independent at first and he can still need to be told, "You can do it!" He also overate on specific medications. I'm on Paxil and I can tell you right now that your appetite is insatiable on certain medications. I gained eighty pounds and losing them was NOT easy. Just some ideas. [/QUOTE]
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