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

RareEyez86

752d

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 😩 🤷🏽‍♀️

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    • gramps

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      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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    • Skwittles_22

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      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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    • RareEyez86

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

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    • gramps

      752d

      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

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      My sister is a huge ice chips eater non like myself 😶‍🌫️

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    • RareEyez86

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      Idk what else to do. I will however give the ice 🧊 diet a try. 🙂

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    • RareEyez86

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      Lol

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    • YunaFreya

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      I will admit I don't know much about it but I've heard therapy works a lot for people 💕

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    • wise

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      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

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        @wise 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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        • wise

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          @RareEyez86 eating ice and nothing else is bad, but you can safely munch on ice every day. have you tried eating something like Oreo crumbs instead of dirt? or overbaked matzah? You could probably look up some pica friendly recipes to help with those cravings of nonedible things if the texture is the main appeal

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    • Suze

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      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

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        @Suze lol yeah 😅 I've tried iron and potassium and calcium and all those vitas ugh 🥴 nothing is working. My mouth waters just at the thought. 😶‍🌫️ my apologies. Idk 😔 ik it's not healthy but I like it alot. 😔

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