I really hate to bring this up, but when I was treated for my eating disorder in a treatment hospital, they used the ensure/sustacal as "punishment" if you did not finish every bite of your meal. We always called it the "sustacal moment". It didn't matter if you had just one bite left....if there was any left they shoved the whole can down your throat. I rebelled at one point & completely refused to cooperate any more.

Other times, the psych hospital & my psychiatrist would force me to drink them if I wasn't eating well. They gave me a drink & had to sit at the nurses station & drink it all. Needless to say, I made a trip to the bathroom & it disappeared. I got away with that most of the time. It was that or they threatened to put me into the locked unit because I was a threat to myself.

So whenever anyone suggests that as a solution, I just cringe & feel like throwing up.

Sorry for the reaction, but Pavlov strikes again.
Debbie K