distancia
Registered: Aug 30, 2009
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| | Nov 17, 2009 at 06:26 PM | Reply with quote | #1 |
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I don't THINK my D has a medical problem because her tummy doesn't always hurt after eating. However, she has complained--on and off-about heartburn, bloating, and swollen feeling about half the time.
I have noticed that this seems to occur when she has a) eaten a meal AND b) had a copius quantity of beverage during or directly before/after the meal.
We do restrict the carbonated beverages in the home but when she is out she will occasionally pick up a 20 oz Perrier or iced tea and then walk in and sit down to dinner and eat, all the while drinking her beverage and then helping herself to a 2nd beverage.
Today we were out and daughter complained of extreme thirst so she drank not 1 but 2 diet Root Beers, each 20 oz...then we got home 10 minutes later and d ate a full lunch and she has been in discomfort ever since, 2 hours later.
Also I remember this used to happened when she first had an ED 2 years ago, when she was in recovery we would stop at Starbucks every day for her to get a drink, she would get an iced latte decaf something, the big one, and she would guzzle the whole drink by the time we had pulled into the driveway, a mere 1.4 miles (3 minutes) away from Starbucks. She literally guzzles these drinks, she doesn't sip at all...
Can this be the cause? How can we get her to stop/slow down?
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Kathleen
Registered: Oct 23, 2009
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| | Nov 17, 2009 at 06:38 PM | Reply with quote | #2 |
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Distancia,
I don't think it's an ED issue. I think a lot of people actually do it. I do the same thing. I have a bad habit of not drinking water and drink soda and coffee all day. I drink more and more because I'm always thirsty and by the time it's dinner or time to eat I realize im full from everything i've drank. I would trying upping her water and doing away with the other beverages. Diet soda and soda and coffee all dehydrate you. So while she's drinking them she's getting more thirsty. Hope this helps.
-Kathleen
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lydia
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| | Nov 17, 2009 at 07:13 PM | Reply with quote | #3 |
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Actually D, we did something different. We did not allow carbonated beverages for 2 reasons. Most contain phosphorus, which leaches bone, and have the effect of making tummies feel full. Neither is a good thing.
We made sure every beverage had real nutritional value. Keep in mind all beverages have water. Got milk? When you're trying to have a big impact with every bit of intake, beverages count! There are some great beverage ideas in our cookbook.
Hope this helps.
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sd4
Registered: Dec 09, 2007
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| | Nov 18, 2009 at 02:17 AM | Reply with quote | #4 |
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i havent been posted in a while, but i just wanted to add that my anorexic/bulimic daughter did the same thing. We would go out to the mall or somewhere and she would get 2 diet sodas a literally chug them right down. She had extreme thirst because she was dehydrated from secretly purging after every meal. Also drinking large amounts before, during, or after a meal is a huge sign of purging because the more fluids taken in, supposedly the easier it is to purge a meal. |
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mygirl
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Registered: March 06, 2009
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| | Nov 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM | Reply with quote | #5 |
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This is a side bar to your question. We do not have our daughter consume anything diet.
We were told it is ED triggering. She needs to eat and drink real food, not diet food. Junk food had much needed fat for a starved brain so some of that is fine. My kids do drink sodas on occasion to but diet foods and drinks, no.
I carry a case of waters in my car.
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