anorexia

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Are any of you treating this with any success?

The young girl is 15 as of Oct 29th, is 5'7 " tall, weighs 105 on a good day,

which on her is very thin to the point of being able to easily see all of

her bones in outline.

Is a way over achiever- both in mental work and physical endurance and

musical. 7th degree black belt plus a 3rd degree black belt in the Korean

style, She loves competition although her instructor has not let her compete

for the last 5 months due to muscle waste. She plays concert piano, expert

with horses and also on a swim team. Has many friends and is always the

leader in her class activities. Class president that sort of thing. Lives

in a big city (Washington DC) is Latino and Irish with the bone structure of

The Columbian ancestry of the father, Has never made less then an A, At 15

is taking all 12th grade and first year college courses, has been fighting

with parents and counselors on the anorexia problem for over a year, been

to western doctors. Weight has dropped enough that she has no periods and

hasn't for over 6 months, her back has grown a lot of thick hair to keep the

body warm even though she feels hot.

She is hot, pulse is fast, thin, tongue is peeled on the edges and thin on

the rest and red, knows when she has gained as little as 2 oz., her temper

is worse at night. She thinks she is fat.

Her main complaint is that she has burning pain in her stomach

All food feels too heavy

 

Thoughts and places to point me toward. I have not treated this problem

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Thank you

treshell