Guest guest Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Have you tried talking to your doctor about this? I swear I've heard of this type of thing before, and it's more of a sleep disorder than anything. Maybe there are lifestyle changes or sleep medication you could take that might help? I am having such difficult beating this eating disorder. I know it won't happen overnight, but it just doesn't seem to get better no matter what I do. I have trouble being an IE because of my disorder. I get up several times in the middle of the night and eat quite a bit. I don't obey hunger and don't listen to fullness signals, which in turn affects my eating habits during the day. I don't indulge in unhealthy food necessarily, but quite a bit of food nonetheless. I know I shouldn't beat myself up for doing so, but it's so hard not to get upset, especially since I seem to be gaining weight because of it. I would just stop myself and say, " hmmmm, I'm not hungry, so I won't eat, " but when I wake up in the middle of the night I am groggy and am not thinking clearly. For instance, last night I got up several times, but I can hardly remember getting up and actually have no recollection of even walking to the kitchen. It's not sleepwalking persay, but I don't seem to have much or any control of my actions at these times. Does or has anyone else had this problem now or in the past? And if so, how do you deal with it or how have you overcome it? I've found a few articles on the subject, but unfortunately, it's a relatively new diagnosis and so little information is available on how to deal with this behavior.Any thoughts?Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 I have a friend who did this - it was called "night eating syndrome". I"m not sure what she did for it (or if she did anything), but maybe you can google it? Thanks Kim IE since Aug 08 Subject: Night EatingTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 7:56 AM I am having such difficult beating this eating disorder. I know it won't happen overnight, but it just doesn't seem to get better no matter what I do. I have trouble being an IE because of my disorder. I get up several times in the middle of the night and eat quite a bit. I don't obey hunger and don't listen to fullness signals, which in turn affects my eating habits during the day. I don't indulge in unhealthy food necessarily, but quite a bit of food nonetheless. I know I shouldn't beat myself up for doing so, but it's so hard not to get upset, especially since I seem to be gaining weight because of it. I would just stop myself and say, "hmmmm, I'm not hungry, so I won't eat," but when I wake up in the middle of the night I am groggy and am not thinking clearly. For instance, last night I got up several times, but I can hardly remember getting up and actually have no recollection of even walking to the kitchen. It's not sleepwalking persay, but I don't seem to have much or any control of my actions at these times. Does or has anyone else had this problem now or in the past? And if so, how do you deal with it or how have you overcome it? I've found a few articles on the subject, but unfortunately, it's a relatively new diagnosis and so little information is available on how to deal with this behavior.Any thoughts?Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Have you tried locking your fridge at night when you go to bed? Subject: Night EatingTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 7:56 AM I am having such difficult beating this eating disorder. I know it won't happen overnight, but it just doesn't seem to get better no matter what I do. I have trouble being an IE because of my disorder. I get up several times in the middle of the night and eat quite a bit. I don't obey hunger and don't listen to fullness signals, which in turn affects my eating habits during the day. I don't indulge in unhealthy food necessarily, but quite a bit of food nonetheless. I know I shouldn't beat myself up for doing so, but it's so hard not to get upset, especially since I seem to be gaining weight because of it. I would just stop myself and say, "hmmmm, I'm not hungry, so I won't eat," but when I wake up in the middle of the night I am groggy and am not thinking clearly. For instance, last night I got up several times, but I can hardly remember getting up and actually have no recollection of even walking to the kitchen. It's not sleepwalking persay, but I don't seem to have much or any control of my actions at these times. Does or has anyone else had this problem now or in the past? And if so, how do you deal with it or how have you overcome it? I've found a few articles on the subject, but unfortunately, it's a relatively new diagnosis and so little information is available on how to deal with this behavior.Any thoughts?Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Have you read any of Geneen Roth work of doing " inquiry work " .THis is where you would do some writing and ask yourself the questions of to what is going on and what's the real reasons for your action. I\m very new to this but the Iquiry work I have done so far has really help me a lot to understand my eating patterns. I bought downloads of her sessions at an affordable price ,plus I got it right away.Hope this helps. Angele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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