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RareEyez86

Updated 1y ago

Dealing with Pica Addiction: How to Stop Cravings for Non-Food Items

I suffer from a condition apparently called pica where I am addicted to eating non food items such as chalk, ice, white dirt, red dirt, talcum powder, drywall, paint chips, cement, soil. What can I do to constantly curve these cravings 😩 πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™€οΈ

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Suze

2y

Have you had a complete physical? You may be missing certain nutrients in your diet. I'm not saying that's the reason but you have to start somewhere
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RareEyez86

2y

lol yeah πŸ˜… I've tried iron and potassium and calcium and all those vitas ugh πŸ₯΄ nothing is working. My mouth waters just at the thought. πŸ˜Άβ€πŸŒ«οΈ my apologies. Idk πŸ˜” ik it's not healthy but I like it alot. πŸ˜”
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wise

2y

honestly eating ice isn't the worst thing in the world! try just crunching a whole bunch of ice. Is it the flavor you like? Is it the texture? There are probably ways you could emulate flavors/textures with actual food so you're at least eating something your body can digest
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RareEyez86

2y

it's more of a texture thing I can say. I do know eating tons of ice can cause serious problems with anemia that I already have heavy.
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YunaFreya

2y

I will admit I don't know much about it but I've heard therapy works a lot for people πŸ’•
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RareEyez86

2y

Lol
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RareEyez86

2y

Idk what else to do. I will however give the ice 🧊 diet a try. πŸ™‚
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RareEyez86

2y

My sister is a huge ice chips eater non like myself πŸ˜Άβ€πŸŒ«οΈ
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gramps

2y

This sounds like it could be quite the burden. When i was younger I loved to chew ice but eventually few out of it. I saw a resource about pica food alternatives and it said attempting to replace items with a similar texture. You probably have already seen this info but since i looked it up I will share: - Rice / Apple paper - Nori - Edible sand/mud - licorice wood - dental grade chewing items you cannot swallow
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RareEyez86

2y

Oh wow thanks for the alternatives I never heard of any of those Apple paper sounds very yummy lol πŸ˜‹ definitely will try.
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Skwittles_22

2y

Your body eats non-edible items as attempts to get vitamins/nutrients from those items. Identify what those are, and hopefully that can solve the craving?

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