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Eating Disorders Support

Happy Hoosier

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5. My daughter has ARFID

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Mon Apr 24, 2023, 08:15 PM

Apr 2023

As a result of PTSD. She had to spend 2 months in a residential eating disorders center last year. She had dropped to 95 pounds… the doctors were worried for her health.

Fortunately, she really wanted to recover and despite hating being in the place, she has recovered.

She still struggles with it most days, but she is doing pretty well.

Unfortunately, most treatment centers don’t actually treat ARFID per se. They treat it as if it were Anorexia or Bulimia. My wife found some papers on treating ARFIDand that had helped her caregivers.

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ARFID: 'My son's not a picky eater; he's scared of food' [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 OP

I have a friend with it. She managed to eat healthy foods, but only a limited number of them. tblue37 Jan 2022 #1

Wow..there's a name for it. luvs2sing Jan 2022 #2

Coconut milk is the only ingredient that causes me to have that reaction. Probatim Jan 2022 #4

Interesting. I knew a little boy Quakerfriend Jan 2022 #3

My daughter has ARFID Happy Hoosier Apr 2023 #5