Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 's picky eating isn't OCD related. Now I don't know if trying new foods might be. His OCD problems didn't start really until 6th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 's picky eating isn't OCD related. Now I don't know if trying new foods might be. His OCD problems didn't start really until 6th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 's picky eating isn't OCD related. Now I don't know if trying new foods might be. His OCD problems didn't start really until 6th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I have a six year old son with OCD (diagnosed 7/2004) and possible tourettes. He has been an extremely picky eater since before one. He has never eaten meat, and his diet consist of very few foods. He use to even pick all the meat out from his Gerber Graduates. Fortunately, he is healthy, despite his lack of variety. If he is forced, and yes, I have gotten to that point before, threatening time outs, etc. to try something new, he will regurgitate his entire meal before the new food even gets down his throat. This has left us with alot of guilt, so we have finally given in. He eats alot of peanuts and shredded (not sliced or chunked) cheese for protein. Textures of foods may be an issue for him. He has seen a psychologist for a few weeks for his OCD, last fall, and she felt " his " eating habits were related. His two older siblings eat just about anything, so I do not feel we somehow " spoiled him " . Since the onset of OCD, what I thought was a big deal, (his eating habits) became so minor. I am not belittling the importance of nutritious eating, just that his OCD challenges right now put his eating habits at a low rank. I hope that helped your poll! " First time writer, but have been reading messages for a few weeks. " Pam - In , " Maureen s " <maureenpeters@r...> wrote: > Someone mentioned their dk's picky eating as a symptom of OCD. I'm thinking more and more that my non-ocd dd is indeed ocd. I was a picky eater growing up, but nothing like her. It has always been like she has a definite fear of new foods. She cannot eat meat or fish that isn't surrounded by breading. Very small list of foods she will eat. So just an informal poll: how many of your ocd children are notorious picky eaters? Also, I've started both dd's and myself on inositol this morning. I'll keep you updated as to effects. Thanks to everyone who provided information. > > Mo > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I have a six year old son with OCD (diagnosed 7/2004) and possible tourettes. He has been an extremely picky eater since before one. He has never eaten meat, and his diet consist of very few foods. He use to even pick all the meat out from his Gerber Graduates. Fortunately, he is healthy, despite his lack of variety. If he is forced, and yes, I have gotten to that point before, threatening time outs, etc. to try something new, he will regurgitate his entire meal before the new food even gets down his throat. This has left us with alot of guilt, so we have finally given in. He eats alot of peanuts and shredded (not sliced or chunked) cheese for protein. Textures of foods may be an issue for him. He has seen a psychologist for a few weeks for his OCD, last fall, and she felt " his " eating habits were related. His two older siblings eat just about anything, so I do not feel we somehow " spoiled him " . Since the onset of OCD, what I thought was a big deal, (his eating habits) became so minor. I am not belittling the importance of nutritious eating, just that his OCD challenges right now put his eating habits at a low rank. I hope that helped your poll! " First time writer, but have been reading messages for a few weeks. " Pam - In , " Maureen s " <maureenpeters@r...> wrote: > Someone mentioned their dk's picky eating as a symptom of OCD. I'm thinking more and more that my non-ocd dd is indeed ocd. I was a picky eater growing up, but nothing like her. It has always been like she has a definite fear of new foods. She cannot eat meat or fish that isn't surrounded by breading. Very small list of foods she will eat. So just an informal poll: how many of your ocd children are notorious picky eaters? Also, I've started both dd's and myself on inositol this morning. I'll keep you updated as to effects. Thanks to everyone who provided information. > > Mo > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Hi Mo! I will keep you posted on the inositol effects here, but so far dd has had no problems at all with taking tablets and says she feels far more positive about being able to control her life (but this may be the White Chestnut, the aromatherapy oils or purely co-incidence, of course!). As for the picky eating, both my children have this and have had problems with food since babyhood - but both also have a diagnosis of Aspergers Syndrome. I know that SID (which they both have) gives them an extreme sensitivity to tastes and textures and smells. My son, for example, has never been able to tolerate the smell of potatoes, and cannot eat them in any form. Nor can his paternal grandmother (yes, she has AS too!). My daughter is very sensitive to textures and cannot bear the texture of fish in her mouth. She was not weaned (only had breastmilk) until she was almost 10 months old - spat out everything I tried! Then she begged for a garlic, bean, tomato stew my husband had made. I pureed it and she loved it. [Didn't dare tell the nurse or doctor what I had done! LOL!] And both children have always loved brassicas - cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts etc (which I find really bitter and would not eat from choice!). By preference dd would prefer to eat white or brown sliced bread (without any butter) and grated Red Leicester cheese (probably not available outside of the UK!) as a sandwich. As an alternative she'll have exactly the same, but with the bread toasted a golden brown! And one particular type of green apple (Granny ), and small citrus fruits - but only if they are easy to peel (she hates the smell of the oils in the peel on her skin). My son would eat white bread toast that has been taken from the grill before it shows any colour, with a very very thin spread of butter (fully melted) and strawberry jam. He is not able to eat bread crusts unless they are very soft. We keep our own chickens and both children will occasionally eat eggs. Ds will not eat any yolk unless it is runny, and likes his whites crisply fried, dd has to have soft boiled eggs and rarely eats the white of the egg. Dh, on the other hand, has to have toast that is burnt black, with butter spread so thickly that the top layer does not melt. And then he covers it with marmalade - as bitter and as full of fruit peel chunks as possible. If he eats eggs at all he has two (never one, never three) and they have to be hard boiled and in his own chrome-coloured egg cups. And when they have friends round who have Aspergers - we know a family with two brothers the same age as my children, both with AS, and their mother has it too - I have found myself cooking a different lunch for each of those 6, and being so tired I couldn't face eating anything myself!! Ah well, what a world it would be if we were all the same... best wishes Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Hi Mo! I will keep you posted on the inositol effects here, but so far dd has had no problems at all with taking tablets and says she feels far more positive about being able to control her life (but this may be the White Chestnut, the aromatherapy oils or purely co-incidence, of course!). As for the picky eating, both my children have this and have had problems with food since babyhood - but both also have a diagnosis of Aspergers Syndrome. I know that SID (which they both have) gives them an extreme sensitivity to tastes and textures and smells. My son, for example, has never been able to tolerate the smell of potatoes, and cannot eat them in any form. Nor can his paternal grandmother (yes, she has AS too!). My daughter is very sensitive to textures and cannot bear the texture of fish in her mouth. She was not weaned (only had breastmilk) until she was almost 10 months old - spat out everything I tried! Then she begged for a garlic, bean, tomato stew my husband had made. I pureed it and she loved it. [Didn't dare tell the nurse or doctor what I had done! LOL!] And both children have always loved brassicas - cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts etc (which I find really bitter and would not eat from choice!). By preference dd would prefer to eat white or brown sliced bread (without any butter) and grated Red Leicester cheese (probably not available outside of the UK!) as a sandwich. As an alternative she'll have exactly the same, but with the bread toasted a golden brown! And one particular type of green apple (Granny ), and small citrus fruits - but only if they are easy to peel (she hates the smell of the oils in the peel on her skin). My son would eat white bread toast that has been taken from the grill before it shows any colour, with a very very thin spread of butter (fully melted) and strawberry jam. He is not able to eat bread crusts unless they are very soft. We keep our own chickens and both children will occasionally eat eggs. Ds will not eat any yolk unless it is runny, and likes his whites crisply fried, dd has to have soft boiled eggs and rarely eats the white of the egg. Dh, on the other hand, has to have toast that is burnt black, with butter spread so thickly that the top layer does not melt. And then he covers it with marmalade - as bitter and as full of fruit peel chunks as possible. If he eats eggs at all he has two (never one, never three) and they have to be hard boiled and in his own chrome-coloured egg cups. And when they have friends round who have Aspergers - we know a family with two brothers the same age as my children, both with AS, and their mother has it too - I have found myself cooking a different lunch for each of those 6, and being so tired I couldn't face eating anything myself!! Ah well, what a world it would be if we were all the same... best wishes Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 LOL! Yes, that's about the same level of pickiness we have here. Some of my friends think I'm insane for tolerating it. But we have tried everything you could think of, before finally just going with the flow. It's a challenge to make sure all the food groups are represented. Mo ----- Original Message ----- From: Caroline Praed To: And when they have friends round who have Aspergers - we know a family with two brothers the same age as my children, both with AS, and their mother has it too - I have found myself cooking a different lunch for each of those 6, and being so tired I couldn't face eating anything myself!! Ah well, what a world it would be if we were all the same... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 LOL! Yes, that's about the same level of pickiness we have here. Some of my friends think I'm insane for tolerating it. But we have tried everything you could think of, before finally just going with the flow. It's a challenge to make sure all the food groups are represented. Mo ----- Original Message ----- From: Caroline Praed To: And when they have friends round who have Aspergers - we know a family with two brothers the same age as my children, both with AS, and their mother has it too - I have found myself cooking a different lunch for each of those 6, and being so tired I couldn't face eating anything myself!! Ah well, what a world it would be if we were all the same... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 I have two daughters with OCD. was never picky about food and Hannah was. Both are fine about food now. They are eleven and fourteen. Kelley in NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 I have two daughters with OCD. was never picky about food and Hannah was. Both are fine about food now. They are eleven and fourteen. Kelley in NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 I have two daughters with OCD. was never picky about food and Hannah was. Both are fine about food now. They are eleven and fourteen. Kelley in NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 I realize this is late but my computer died over Christmas and I " m wayyyy behind on posts. My daughter (now 12) was the world's biggest and best eater when she was little. She was like a steam shovel. When OCD hit at age 4.5, she narrowed her list of acceptable items to about 3. She now eats about 5 different things, all of them very high carb stuff (pizza, bagels with cream cheese, frozen waffles, pb & j if the j has no lumps, and... sweets. NOthing else). It is a combination of extreme sensitivity to sights, textures and smells, and also an intense carb craving, which is quite normal for OCD kids, I hear. They get a serotonin burst when they eat foods high in carbohydrates, so in a way they are self-medicating. We have an on-going battle with getting her to eat anything healthy, but we make no progress. About once a year we work with her therapist on expanding the list but after a couple of weeks she reverts to her old ways. It's very frustrating. in NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 I realize this is late but my computer died over Christmas and I " m wayyyy behind on posts. My daughter (now 12) was the world's biggest and best eater when she was little. She was like a steam shovel. When OCD hit at age 4.5, she narrowed her list of acceptable items to about 3. She now eats about 5 different things, all of them very high carb stuff (pizza, bagels with cream cheese, frozen waffles, pb & j if the j has no lumps, and... sweets. NOthing else). It is a combination of extreme sensitivity to sights, textures and smells, and also an intense carb craving, which is quite normal for OCD kids, I hear. They get a serotonin burst when they eat foods high in carbohydrates, so in a way they are self-medicating. We have an on-going battle with getting her to eat anything healthy, but we make no progress. About once a year we work with her therapist on expanding the list but after a couple of weeks she reverts to her old ways. It's very frustrating. in NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 Whoa, I never heard the carb thing before, how interesting. My daughter doesn't crave carbs, though. > an intense carb craving, which is quite normal for OCD kids, I hear. They get a > serotonin burst when they eat foods high in carbohydrates, so in a way they > are self-medicating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 Whoa, I never heard the carb thing before, how interesting. My daughter doesn't crave carbs, though. > an intense carb craving, which is quite normal for OCD kids, I hear. They get a > serotonin burst when they eat foods high in carbohydrates, so in a way they > are self-medicating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 Whoa, I never heard the carb thing before, how interesting. My daughter doesn't crave carbs, though. > an intense carb craving, which is quite normal for OCD kids, I hear. They get a > serotonin burst when they eat foods high in carbohydrates, so in a way they > are self-medicating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hello, I have a son who is eight years old and has Autism. He has very rigid eating patterns and it is nearly impossible to get him to try new foods. Depending on what it is, he won't allow it on his plate. Funny thing is he use to eat anything when he was a toddler. He doesn't sit at a table-he is constantly on the move-so he really hasn't used a fork or spoon.-he eats with his hands. Of course, anything he does eat doesn't require utensils. Does anybody have any good tips on how to introduce new foods successfully? So far we have tried putting one new item on his plate and not making a fuss about it-he will smell it -or tell us to "put it in the garbage" meaning off the plate. Any ideas would be helpful. Thank you Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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