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<blockquote data-quote="Tiapet" data-source="post: 154151" data-attributes="member: 455"><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I don't know where you are at in the process at this stage of the thread, I just came in on it. We tried the above thought of waiting and water and healthy foods, leaving stuff out. It didn't work. Middle difficult child developed this eating disorder thing about 3 years ago now. She upped the anty with stealing food and hiding it (I won't even begin to tell you the places we've found food!). She was not on any medications that caused her to eat to much. Clonidine will cause them to want to eat about 30 minutes after they get it. That we knew so always give them something. But she would be eating all through out the night, getting up in the middle of the night, stealing through the day by sneaking ever so quietly (with someone right by). She perfected the art of it. Doesn't sound like you have it that bad. Yes she did put on a bit of weight too. We had to do something as it got out of control and nothing we did worked. We went into lock down. First it was a locked cabinet that we put all foods that we thought she'd get into, like snacks and such. Then she started raiding the refrig for all sorts of things. We then had to lock that down. Now we've found her raiding our pantry closet and even my spice/cooking closet. She has stolen cake mixes, pudding mixes, canned goods and opened and eaten all of it. I could go on but I think this paints a clear picture.</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I am not advocating for locking down anything but only if there becomes a problem. It is a hassle and it's not good. It doesn't make anyone feel good and it actually just makes them start seeking out other things (as you see above). We've found noting that works and mine has been in therapy all these years for it and still nothing. Currently, however, she was recently put on Abilify and that has sort of helped for the night times. We are still locked down but that in addition to the Clonidine actually keeps her asleep through the night and she no longer wanders unless she does not get her snack/dessert before bed. Then somehow she over rides it and gets up. </span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">No lie, the child can be sound asleep , us calling out her name repeatedly quite loudly and even at one point yelling her name and she does not respond but if we say "dessert or food", she jumps right up our of a sound sleep (and yes she is sleeping because she was snoring and drooling). It's very very odd to say the least. No one has any answers for us to date. I'm always open to thoughts on this one! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiapet, post: 154151, member: 455"] [I][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I don't know where you are at in the process at this stage of the thread, I just came in on it. We tried the above thought of waiting and water and healthy foods, leaving stuff out. It didn't work. Middle difficult child developed this eating disorder thing about 3 years ago now. She upped the anty with stealing food and hiding it (I won't even begin to tell you the places we've found food!). She was not on any medications that caused her to eat to much. Clonidine will cause them to want to eat about 30 minutes after they get it. That we knew so always give them something. But she would be eating all through out the night, getting up in the middle of the night, stealing through the day by sneaking ever so quietly (with someone right by). She perfected the art of it. Doesn't sound like you have it that bad. Yes she did put on a bit of weight too. We had to do something as it got out of control and nothing we did worked. We went into lock down. First it was a locked cabinet that we put all foods that we thought she'd get into, like snacks and such. Then she started raiding the refrig for all sorts of things. We then had to lock that down. Now we've found her raiding our pantry closet and even my spice/cooking closet. She has stolen cake mixes, pudding mixes, canned goods and opened and eaten all of it. I could go on but I think this paints a clear picture. I am not advocating for locking down anything but only if there becomes a problem. It is a hassle and it's not good. It doesn't make anyone feel good and it actually just makes them start seeking out other things (as you see above). We've found noting that works and mine has been in therapy all these years for it and still nothing. Currently, however, she was recently put on Abilify and that has sort of helped for the night times. We are still locked down but that in addition to the Clonidine actually keeps her asleep through the night and she no longer wanders unless she does not get her snack/dessert before bed. Then somehow she over rides it and gets up. No lie, the child can be sound asleep , us calling out her name repeatedly quite loudly and even at one point yelling her name and she does not respond but if we say "dessert or food", she jumps right up our of a sound sleep (and yes she is sleeping because she was snoring and drooling). It's very very odd to say the least. No one has any answers for us to date. I'm always open to thoughts on this one! :( [/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [/QUOTE]
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