Hello.! i only read a few entries so far but wow.! i never thought there were more people like myself.! My picky eating all began because of my medical condition, Arnold-Chiari Malformation. I started showing signs at 6 months, projectile vomiting. I couldn't keep milk down. Later on I had more physical problems that had to do with Chiari, which we didn't know I had yet. When it came time to eat solid foods, I would ruminate(chew like the cows) and keep my food under my tongue or on the sides of my mouth, my mom knew because she ask me to show her my mouth and I would have the food stored, not for later, but because I couldn't swallow it. The doctors recommended speech therapy which I went to. At some point between age 1-5 my mom was told I had low muscles tone, which was why my chewing abilities and swallowing abilities were like so, the muscles were weak. I didn't get diagnosed with Chiari until I was 6. All doctors before that would tell her nothing was wrong and I was fine. So because of that, I am picky today at 27 years old. Lately, I just eat because we need it to survive, but I don't feel good, I don't get the protein or nutrients I need and I don't know what to do. Im over weight, it is hard with my condition to lose weight because im very limited in the physical activity area. And well eating is the bigger part of losing weight but I basically eat dairy, bread, cereal, and peanut butter. Im glad i found this site. Im hoping it will help me.

Thank you 🙂