I am so mad at my son!!! HELP!

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BlankSue:

I can totally relate to the binging/sneaking of food. My oldest son, who is dxd

ADHD/Anxiety & Bipolar Disorder does this ALL of the time. I was so surprised

to read your post, as JUST LAST NIGHT, my husband and I found 5 POP CANS UNDER

OUR COUCH (empty, of course)!!! Along with that, there were chip crumbs, some

candy wrappers, an empty can of frosting, and other such things. GRRRR!!!!!

I don't know HOW he got a hold of these things, because we started locking up

ALL of our " snack foods " in our laundry room. It just didn't seem fair that my

other kids (and US) should have to go without snacks (we all like them, but do

eat in moderation!!) just because my son has a control problem. Only my husband

and I have the key to the room, and we keep the key with/on us at all times, so

there is no chance of my son FINDING the key when we aren't home. I think there

was one time last week, though, when we were not home and we forgot to lock the

door to the laundry room. We were only out for an hour or so (my son is almost

14, so he can stay home by himself). He did a LOT of damage in that

hour!!!!!!!!! I just don't understand it. We give him a snack daily, so that

he doesn't feel completely deprived, but it just isn't enough.

He seems to gravitate towards sugar and caffeine, although he likes pop even if

it doesn't have caffeine in it. This scares me, because his biological dad (my

husband is his step-dad) was/is an alcoholic, his dad's dad was/is an alcoholic,

and it goes right up the family tree. I'm so afraid my son will have the same

trouble, and I'm thinking he is craving the carbs from the sugar, just as

alcoholics crave the carbs from the alcohol. I've even found juice boxes hidden

in the towels in the linen closet. HUH???? I felt like I was finding an

alcoholic's bottle of whiskey or something!!!! Any advice on how I can help my

son would be GREATLY appreciated-----sorry I can't offer much advice (other than

locking up your food as someone else stated, too). I'm in the same boat in some

ways! We DO have consequences for my son when he does this, because he doesn't

have other delays, etc. and fully understands what he is doing. It just doesn't

seem to matter. No consequence is harsh enough, because he will continue to do

the same behavior over and over. It's almost as if he has a true addiction, and

I just don't know how to help him. Could metal overload cause this??? We are

chelating him with ALA. Thanks . . .

~Diane

Mom to Branden (14) ADHD/Anxiety, and Bipolar Disorder, Austen (7) " typical "

with some autistic type issues, and Aaren (4) ASD--but recovering!

<<As most of you may know, My 17 year old son, has severe nonverbal

autism and adhd. Every night this child gets up and binges on everything he

can

find and open to eat...The more I look at what he eats the more I see the

cravings for Gluten and Casein. Last night he woke up and drank 4 Milk

Chocolate

Milk Shakes, a 1 liter bottle of Coke and 1/2 bag of frozen M & M's. And then

he gets up and goes thru the garbage to take out the previous days newspaper

so he can stim on them! HELP!!~ I can't punish him because I don't know if he

would realize what he was being punished for. I am so tired of this

behavior....I can't afford to try the gfcf diet, it's too huge for me to do

right

now. I can't afford a lockable cabinet. I am just depressed and distraught

over

this behavior. Every morning we wake up to wonder what he took and ate. One

morning it's a loaf of bread and another it's a 4 pack of chocolate pudding.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Hugs and Blessings,

Sue

'Wife to: Jim

Mom to:

17 (severe nonverbal autism, developmental delays and adhd )

12 (early onset bipolar disorder, adhd, and possible ODD)

5 (developmental delay and adhd)

na 3 (totally average girl with no disabilities, delays or disorders so

far Thank God!!)

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