Insatiable appetites
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Insatiable appetites
| Wed, 10-18-2006 - 2:45pm |
I know not everyone's AS children are overweight, but is it possible that having an insatiable appetite is a symptom of AS? From sun-up to sun-down, 8yo ds asks "what's to eat?" Sometimes it's just 'cus he can't find anything he's willing to eat, but often he amazes me at how much he can pack away and still think he's hungry (he can eat a couple of FULL plates of spaghetti, a serving of veggies, a sandwich, several pieces of fruit, and a quart of water and still think he's hungry). We were at the doctor's today and discovered 12yo dd has also put on ten pounds in the last three months. I really think that both kids just don't ever register that they're full. Is there a way to combat this?

I don't know if I helped at all but just wanted to chime in.
Jane
Rina
Hmm. I had the opposite problem. My kids never registered when they were hungry. Especially Peter!
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My ds is that way. I think its related to eating foods they don't tolerate and getting that opiate high they talk about with the GF/CF diet. When we were doing the SCD diet strickly that went away for ds. It was amazing to see. He went from being hungry all the time and way over eating to not being hungry for after school snacks or bed time snacks and not eating half as much at meals. Since we went off of SCD he's back to looking for food again.
Samantha
Has this always been the case or is it recent? Are they on any meds? Certain meds will do this and cause a weight gain due to the increased appetite.
If not it could be sensory or even diet related. My kids are all big eaters, and fortunately quite thin. Dave is the biggest eater. That kid can put away a scary amount of food but his body is in constant motion and he has a high metabolism.
The diet thing. This was a big problem for us with Mike. It was near obsession and almost like an addict or diabetic. If he didn't eat regularly his moods went out of control and he would become quite angry. We switched to a low/no sugar diet and organic and it has helped with him tons. I think he is much more sensitive to refined, processed and sugar added foods than your average bear. Actually now that I think about it, we have been cheating an awful lot lately. I wonder if that is part of his current problem.
Renee