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Obsession with food

Oresteia

Hello, I'm new to the forum

My daughter (5) has difficulties with overeating and obsession with food (ANY and ALL food). She's been seeing a pychologist since 2 but they have advised unfortunately this will now come to an end, as she has the diagnosis of autism / aspergers and her food issues are part of that.  

From my very limited experience (she's newly diagnosed)  I think that the opposite seems more usual for people with ASD and so I've found it extremely hard to find any info re overeating difficulties.

Wondered if anyone had experience or resources re this particular difficulty.

Thank you in advance, not to worry if not as like I say it seems that maybe the opposite problem usually presents more often.

 

 

 

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  • Wow ! thank you so much for the responses, really helpful. This was my first post on the NAS site. I became a member shortly after diagnosis but wasn't quite ready to take it all on board with the webstie at that time. I'm finding more info and finding my feet a bit more now and I'm genuinely ever so appreciative of the responses and the info available.

    Hope - you're first sentence completely describes my daughter. Particularly when she was younger and we had certain foodie rules ie "don't eat it unless somone's mummy says" only to find her smelling it, describing it or stroking it instead!

    Anywhere we went she completely described by the food there. I remember taking her to an amazing aquarium with turtles and sharks and stingrays etc... only later to have her excitedly describe her lunchbox contents to anyone who would listen. If we went to anyone's house - months after our first visit she would remember them in great detail by exactly what they gave her to eat there and describes her whole day around what she'd eaten.

    Flurrfee yep binges are a prob, not so much at 5 but I do worry as she gets older and more independant. Best wishes for a good night's sleep. 

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  • Wow ! thank you so much for the responses, really helpful. This was my first post on the NAS site. I became a member shortly after diagnosis but wasn't quite ready to take it all on board with the webstie at that time. I'm finding more info and finding my feet a bit more now and I'm genuinely ever so appreciative of the responses and the info available.

    Hope - you're first sentence completely describes my daughter. Particularly when she was younger and we had certain foodie rules ie "don't eat it unless somone's mummy says" only to find her smelling it, describing it or stroking it instead!

    Anywhere we went she completely described by the food there. I remember taking her to an amazing aquarium with turtles and sharks and stingrays etc... only later to have her excitedly describe her lunchbox contents to anyone who would listen. If we went to anyone's house - months after our first visit she would remember them in great detail by exactly what they gave her to eat there and describes her whole day around what she'd eaten.

    Flurrfee yep binges are a prob, not so much at 5 but I do worry as she gets older and more independant. Best wishes for a good night's sleep. 

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