Night Eating

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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!