Posted by iris2 on October 3, 2004, at 12:55:21
In reply to Re: Thanks for the advice, posted by stressed on October 3, 2004, at 12:28:30
> Ok, here is the situation. My daughter weighs around 170, maybe a little more. She is 5'6. She has about six Cheerleading uniforms she needs to be able to wear through out the year. So far they are really tight, and I know she will be very hurt if she cannot cheer because she can't wear the cloths. She lives for this chearleading thing. I am a fittnes instuctor, and she has been working out with a trainer and doing cardio for over one year. Nothing is changing. Her Phys. told us that Topamax changes the way you think about food, and could possibly help along with cognative therapy. I see how this will disrupt her life and it's painful to hear the comments the kids and other people make about her gainging this weight. I know I can't shield her from that, and it will eventually get to her. She keeps saying she doesn't want to be fat. I wish it were me, because I know it's harder to watch it happen to your child. Thanks for any other adivice anyone wants to contribute. I really have been relying on all of you for support.
Ok so I think I understand you to be saying that she is in "therapy" as in talking to someone?
I guess her doctor is of the opinion that this is not just a simple overweight problem. That she has some psychiatric issues that are affecting her. You said that she binge eats? I certainly understand how impportant the cheerleeding is to a teen and how important her weight is . How other kids can be so cruel about it all. How it will affect her self esteem. I guess from the way you speak about it all it makes me causious as to what her problems actually are. It is difficult to ascertain from you whether she has mental health issues or not. I understand your great concern as her Mother.Not wanting her to be hurt by life. If she is seeing a pdoc and he/she thinks her problem with her weight is psychological (not that is usually is not) to a degree that say she would have a diagnosis of an eating disorder and therefore she needs psychiatric medictions to ameliorate her symptoms. NOT JUST to LOOSE WEIGHT. This would be an abuse of medication and would not be to her advantage in the long term. No one wants to be fat. Lots of us have trouble keeping our weight down . Most of us do not have major mental health issues that would demand psychaitric intervention for it. I wish you and your daughter the best.irene
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