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Trouble eating

Rainbowgirl

I have a very big struggle eating food. There are times I can enjoy food... but mostly I am very overwhelmed by the textures and end up almost throwing it back up. My average attempt at eating involves me gagging at multiple points unless it's a small snack.

A lot of times in my life people have accused me of restricting my eating on purpose to be skinny. Truth is that I HATE being skinny, I hate my body and I wish that I had a more normal/healthy looking one. I often force myself to eat to try and solve this problem but there's only so much I can do before it makes me sick and my attempt is for nothing. So many days I have to just settle and accept that I can't eat as much as I want to.

It is a sensory issue around food 100%. I often wish that I could consume my calories in a liquid form only so that I wouldn't have to go through the painful process of eating. I'm amazed and jealous of those who enjoy eating, even those who enjoy it so much they find it hard to stop, it's just like the reverse of my situation. 

I don't even have "safe" foods, some are worse than others that I have to completely avoid but any texture in my mouth can set it off. 

I have briefly approached the subject with my doctor but have had it misunderstood completely so I stopped mentioning it. I feel like I'm stuck.

Does anyone else have this problem and how have you overcome it?

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  • My problems don't seem to be as bad as yours by any means, but I had significant problems with food as a kid and again now since they took some of my teeth out. The sensations in my mouth when I eat are horrible.

    Your ideas about liquids could help to get the calories in though. You do need solids, of course, but instead of trying big meals, manage as many little healthy snacks as you can tolerate in a day. But on top of that you could try blending stuff to make smoothies, or you could go to the pharmacy or Holland and Barrat for supplements that are in liquid form.

    It might be worth talking to your GP again. You don't need psychological inputs around this, but I gather an occupational therapist can help you slowly expand the sensory diet to tolerate a few more things and a dietitian could help you plan to make sure any smoothies you make and the supplements are covering all the right food groups to cover the right vits and protines. I should think they should also be monitoring your bloods for vits and iron etc.

  • in reply to Dawn

    Thank you those are great ideas and I'm sorry that you also suffer when you eat.

    I'll look more into the liquid diet. I have been making smoothies but sometimes even those are hard to drink since it's not liquid enough for me. I'll definitely look into the supplements and maybe I can even get something prescribed if I give the GP a second chance. (I know that medical drinks for weight gain exist, they are ideal but really expensive to buy without prescription)

     I am iron deficient from my last blood test but I do take iron supplements. 

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  • in reply to Dawn

    Thank you those are great ideas and I'm sorry that you also suffer when you eat.

    I'll look more into the liquid diet. I have been making smoothies but sometimes even those are hard to drink since it's not liquid enough for me. I'll definitely look into the supplements and maybe I can even get something prescribed if I give the GP a second chance. (I know that medical drinks for weight gain exist, they are ideal but really expensive to buy without prescription)

     I am iron deficient from my last blood test but I do take iron supplements. 

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