Re: exposure tips?/

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Hi ,

Actually this did happen a couple times, Theresa ate something she

thought had eaten. When she found out the mistake she had such

severe prolonged panic I drove her away from home late at night to

get her away from the other kids. Maybe if it kept happening she'd

get desensitized? (Btw I was then ready to try meds for her again,

but the p-doc said she needs to get her weight up). The tricky part

though, is she decided to fast the folowing day to correct the

mistake. But I see what you are getting at, it is an exposure

approach.

The trick approach has occurred to me too, but I'm tkinking if she

finds out (I would be scared of her finding out!!!) she will again

fast to be able to start the ritual over " fresh " and she (according

to medical personnel) cannot afford the lost calories. I almost

regret getting her weighed/assessed b/c it puts us in this pressure

ridden liability driven medical system now.

nancy grace

> Hi Grace,

> You certainly have a difficult issue to deal with this time,

don't you? I

> will ponder your problem and try to come up with some ideas, but

currently

> have the flu and am not feeling very sharp (at all). What I did

want to suggest

> is that you could possible fill an Ensure can or bottle with water

for your

> older daughter, if she would agree to participate. You'd have to be

pretty

> sneaky, but if it got your younger girl to drink it, it would be

worth it. I'm sure

> your older daughter doesn't want to gain weight, so that makes

everything

> doubly tough.

> One kind of exposure I could imagine, which sounds pretty

harsh, might be

> to have your older daughter report what she ate, and after your

younger

> daughter eats it, she could say, " actually I didn't eat that at

all. " After the

> tantrums settle down, it might show your younger daughter that

nothing horrible

> happens when she eats something different. Again, you'd have to

enlist the help

> of the big sister.

> Good luck with this -

> in NV

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