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Nauseous when hungry, problems eating
I posted a question in this category back in November called 'it's hard for me to eat lately' and I went back to read it today and I noticed a few things I mis-said and things I forgot to add, plus the problem is getting worse so I though I'd ask again. (
(I have a few other medical issues that may be related to what I have now in the other question, but I didn't feel it was related enough to be repeated here.) (and another thing I'd like to mention is that when I was about 9 for a year or so I was constantly have stomach aches, ranging from super mild to severe, they eventually went away on there own)
Last summer at this time I ate like any normal teen would. I weighed 135(now weigh 114 I am also 5'7) When the school year started I slowly just started not eating as much, I'd get full really fast or didn't feel like eating much. And if I ate too much I'd feel sick. I didn't think I was fat or go on a diet or anything just didn't feel like eating.
Then at Christmas break I went to church camp with my two friends and at meals they noticed how little I was eating, and I felt nauseous and couldn't eat anymore by the time I had half of what they ate. They would make me eat snacks all the time and were very concerned. And I fully realized how little I was eating.
As soon as I returned from camp I weighed myself and I was 120 I think. Ever since then I've been doing everything I can think of to gain weight, protein shakes, smoothies, high calorie meals, fatty foods, ect. But it didn't work, just maintained where I was for a long time until I started losing again.
But the eating problem was the same until a months or two later when it suddenly got worse. And it's been getting worse. Now I always feel nauseous when I'm hungry, and it's either too bad for me to eat, or goes away immediately after a few bites, only to come back when I'm 'full' and when I'm 'full' I feel like I can't eat one more bite or I'll throw up. And if i'm not nauseous, I simply have no desire to eat or food is unappealing. It's to the point where I'm genuinely proud of myself if I can eat more than half a footlong subway sandwich in one sitting.
And for the last two days I've been constantly nauseous and I can't bring myself to eat even though I know I need to, I tried and it help a little but the pain/nauseousness whas/is this there.
I want to eat normal and be a healthy weight again more than anything. I'm sure there is something medically wrong, But I'm 16 and my mom refuses to take me to the doctor. I don't know why but she wont take me for things unless It's extremely sever, never has. Since I was born I've only been twice( when I had scarlet fever when I was like 7, and when we got in a car accident a few years ago.) For some reason she doesn't think this is that big of a problem, all she does is say 'eat some ice cream' and leave it at that.
She said the most she'd do is take me to her nutritionist(who I've met, and have witnessed half my family on her diets, and thus have experienced her diets. She can't help me.) Or the chiropractor which I have no idea how that would help.
I have no idea what to do, anything you guys think would help in any way would be much appreciated!
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Hon, you may have something that only tests a Dr can order like blood and urine or body scans take may show what is wrong with you. Since you are getting worse, thats all the more reason to be seen by a Dr, whether the parents believe in that or not, or whether they have insurance or not. Its high time to tell your school nurse and ask her how you can be seen by a professional Dr. for testing to find out what you have. You may have a condition which can easily be taken care of with some medication. You could have something really rare that takes a long time to discover what it is and get the right treatment. Worst case scenerio is that whatever you have, if not treated early on, can progress to a point where treatments no longer help and it becomes terminal, meaning you die. Health problems are not a thing to mess around with. Your parents are responsible to look after your welfare, and your health falls under this. So if Mom wont take you to a proper Dr. You need to take charge for your own welfare but asking others for help, perhaps the school counselor. Do other relatives know whats been going on for you and for how long?
Perhaps mom thinks you are blowing things out of proportion, imagining more of it than whats really going on...and perhaps its because she;s known people like that in the past, friends, family or maybe even she was like that, a hypochondriac, someone always thinking somethings wrong with them when nothing is wrong. She may be using her past experiences or beliefs to keep her from taking you for medical help. Geez, this has been going on since before you wrote in Nov? Hon, if you don't do anything else, go right now before you can change your mind and walk right into any walk in clinic, tell your story and ask them to put you in touch with those who can help you. For that matter, I know another advicegiver has mentioned before walking into the nearest fire station as they have paramedics, and they are also bound to help you get the proper help. If only you would go talk to some other adults in a position to get you to proper authorities who can get you the medical help. Just think what would happen if one day, you never got up for school and your mom came to find whats up and finds you dead in bed. It happened to someone I knew from church, altho it that case it was an unknown heart defect. Your mom would have a hard time living with guilt the rest of her life once an autopsy reveals you might have had your life saved if you'd gotten medical treatment earlier. It would ruin her life to know she was in a way responsible for losing her own daughter. Its the kind of thing that can drive a person to wanting to end their own life. Or perhaps, there might be a law regarding neglect that can be applied in her case since you asked to see a Dr and she refused, and she may be found guilty in a court and sentenced to time in jail...i can't say but I've heard of similar stories. So no matter that Mom is against it for whatever reasons, you have even more reasons to seek immediate help cus you've wasted enough time so far.
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