Binge eating disorder

cushygal48
cushygal48 Posts: 13 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello all,

I have been recently diagnosed with binge eating disorder and cannot get it under control. Does anyone else suffer with this condition? How are you dealing?

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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Are you working with doctors on this? That is often an important first step. They help you recognize triggers and to redirect yourself when it starts.
  • cushygal48
    cushygal48 Posts: 13 Member
    I am working with doctors, both a therapist and a medical doctor and was on meds but they are all gone and my doctor is on vacation.
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    edited December 2015
    Any dr worth his salt should have given you tons of references, contacts, and support sources after a BED diagnosis. Have your dr get you in touch with specialists in your area that can get you on the right path to recovery.
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    Wishing you a happy, healthy and fast recovery - good for you on reaching out and getting help.
    I have a lot of experience with 'binge eating' but luckily, I managed to over-come it with the help of MFP and educating myself about my body's needs. It isn't always that easy though, I'm a rare exception. But I hope MFP is useful for you. Good luck :)
  • Lucille4444
    Lucille4444 Posts: 284 Member
    cushygal48 wrote: »
    I am working with doctors, both a therapist and a medical doctor and was on meds but they are all gone and my doctor is on vacation.
    Doctors almost always have an 'on call' doctor you can speak with by calling the office, so that you can get prescriptions called to your local pharmacy, so that takes care of the short term medical issue until your doctor returns. Meanwhile, you can book additional time with your therapist.
    You can get a lot of support here, but your professional team is there for you as well.

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Lucille4444 wrote: »
    cushygal48 wrote: »
    I am working with doctors, both a therapist and a medical doctor and was on meds but they are all gone and my doctor is on vacation.
    Doctors almost always have an 'on call' doctor you can speak with by calling the office, so that you can get prescriptions called to your local pharmacy, so that takes care of the short term medical issue until your doctor returns. Meanwhile, you can book additional time with your therapist.
    You can get a lot of support here, but your professional team is there for you as well.

    Yup, @cushygal48, there should be someone on call who call help you with the meds.

    Others with BED have mentioned finding group therapy helpful - can your therapist hook you up with this?
  • Cortneyrenee04
    Cortneyrenee04 Posts: 1,117 Member
    Just focus on making today binge free.

    Have you identified the reason(s) for your binges?

    I'm currently reading Brain Over Binge and really like it so far :) You're not alone!
  • ghoull
    ghoull Posts: 1 Member
    I'm really glad I found this thread and I think that will make this app more successful for me! I've recently tried to tackle my binge eating head on and I know that stress is my trigger or Intense emotions. I'm still finding it hard I broke yesterday but after a week of being binge free! I guess I just want to know if others experienced the same. How do I motivate myself to get back on track the morning after I lose control ?
  • distinctlybeautiful
    distinctlybeautiful Posts: 1,041 Member
    Ok, this probably won't be a very popular strategy, but is there anything equally mindless and satisfying *but less harmful* than binging that you can do instead? I know it doesn't solve the problem at its root, but it may give you a little distance from food and binging, which may allow you to reflect on your behavior and your relationship with food. I'm not suggesting that you take up some other bad habit instead. I'm just suggesting that you may already have something you enjoy doing that could take the place of binging or that you could try to come up with something. It's kind of like the idea that you take up a hobby that keeps your hands busy, like knitting, because then you won't have the free hands to snack or to do whatever else. Maybe I'm crazy, but it sounds logical to me!
  • gems74
    gems74 Posts: 107 Member
    I have not been officially diagnosed but do consider myself to be addicted to sugar. I would go through some crazy bingeing episodes that kept escalating. I read a book called "Food Junkies" that helped me a lot. Now I have cut out processed and refined sugars and stay away from flour as much as I can. I haven't binged since I cut sugar out but I also have to watch other things like alcohol, as I have caught myself beginning to replace one binge with another.

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