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Teenager Addicted To Eating Dry Wall, Panic And Pukish When Dry Wall Is Not Found To Eat. Can I Get Help?
I have an addiction to eating dry wall I'm only a 13 year old girl I decided to do this on my own and find a doctor online to talk to I'm afraid to talk to my mom she already knows thought but i don't think she knows I didn't stop I have no clue what to do its to hard to stop I've been doing research and I think I have pica syndrome so I've been doing research but I'm getting diffrent answers I just want to know what it could do and how to stop I've been eating it for like 1 or 2 years and started when I was running around the house playing tag with my brother and I tripped and took my tooth the wall the thing I like about it is the texture the way it feels in my mouth I made a hole in my wall that is really huge but my step-dad fixed it when he fixed it he still had a whole lot of dry wall left over I stole like 3 boards of them and I ate it all now I'm on my last one I just don't know what to do when it's all gone cause when I try to stop I start panicking and puking and also gaining weight I'm just so scared. W
Fri, 13 Dec 2013
Hello young lady
Pica is not very rare .
I would told following to my patient in my hospital
There are treatments avilabe in form of aversion therapy for which you have to take help of a behavioral therapist.There is cognitive Behaviour threapy which may help to performed by a trained . Cognitive Behaviour therapist
some home therapy to be tried First share it with mother your problem who will try award and punishment method on you which she know be knowing as she has brought you up
pica leads to anemia and at times worm infection in GIT so go for Blood and stool test
Dr Lal
Psychiatrist
Pica is not very rare .
I would told following to my patient in my hospital
There are treatments avilabe in form of aversion therapy for which you have to take help of a behavioral therapist.There is cognitive Behaviour threapy which may help to performed by a trained . Cognitive Behaviour therapist
some home therapy to be tried First share it with mother your problem who will try award and punishment method on you which she know be knowing as she has brought you up
pica leads to anemia and at times worm infection in GIT so go for Blood and stool test
Dr Lal
Psychiatrist
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