Teenage daughter eating disorder

Hi, my 14 yo daughter has recently been diagnosed.  She is convinced she has an eating disorder . We have been to the GP and have had a referral to a eating disorder charity and full bloods and they have said she has disordered eating as she eats the same things and doesn't eat at school. 

We have a lot going on with her ,just found out she is autistic, her school , false allegations and obsessing with certain friends and now this . She is convinced she is fainting although we haven't experienced it nor have the school. She says she has no energy and I have to take her back to the gp. I've made a non emergency appointment  for the gp but she is not happy with this and is insistent I take her to a and e where she thinks they will keep her in and feed her by a tube. I don't know if this is something she's seen on tiktok.

I can't seem to get through to her that they won't do anything . I don't want to be too blunt as she really believes she has an eating disorder and is blacking out. If I challenge her she has a melt down.

She is eating, her bmi is good, her bloods say she is OK.

Any alive would be appreciated 

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  • Is she drinking enough? What is she eating? Did they test her vitamin and mineral levels or just do standard blood tests? If she has a very limited diet she may have a vitamin deficiency. She may also have ARFID and see tube feeding as a less stressful option? Or as you mention TikTok it is possible she’s become obsessed with eating disorder related content. Does the eating disorder charity have any therapists who can try and discover the root of her behaviour?

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  • Is she drinking enough? What is she eating? Did they test her vitamin and mineral levels or just do standard blood tests? If she has a very limited diet she may have a vitamin deficiency. She may also have ARFID and see tube feeding as a less stressful option? Or as you mention TikTok it is possible she’s become obsessed with eating disorder related content. Does the eating disorder charity have any therapists who can try and discover the root of her behaviour?

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