Dietitian? Therapist? Who can help?

foodhore

I'm not sure where to go for help. I don't know where, how or why it started, but I began having very large binges on sweets. I zone out and eat extreme amounts of sweet food extremly quickly. There is no such feeling as full.

I know how to eat healthy, and besides the binges, I do. Fruits, veggies, fiber, protein, carbs... I get it, it is common sense. However, I just don't follow it.

I don't know what comes over me, what compells me to eat the sweets. It is just really bleedin delicious and as soon as I get the taste, I must have all of it and then more!

Up to a few years ago I was thin and fit and had a normal relationship with food. Then something just clicked and I can now put away a 1.5L tub of ice cream away without blinking an eye, and then go for seconds!

I know I need professional help. I have been trying to overcome this on my own for the last year and have only gained more weight. However, I am not sure where to turn. I feel like a dietitian might help, since it is food related, but on the other hand, what can the tell me or reccomend me that I don't already know. Plus, if I already have the information and can't succeed on my own, how will it help at all?

Then there is the thought of a therapist, since I have read many places that binging is usually emotionally related. However, I don't feel like there are any deep underlying reasons for it. Like I said, it is just really really good tasting!

I'm floored and lost. I want help but I haven't the slightest idea where to turn.

cthready

I'm qualififed as far as I have a Cert 4 in Diet and Nutrition btu I have also lost a lot fo weight and dealt a lot of my eating issues in that journey, the first things I'd look at is sleep, are you getting enough sleep? If you are hten I woul ddefienetly go and get some counselling, also see if you can find someone who can test and address any hormone issues you might have? Natural therapies are always a good place to start.

BrianSharpe

Get professional help, compulsive behaviour like this may be symptomatic of undiagnosed depression or other mood disorder - basically self medicating with food.

Many people are reluctant to seek help for mental health issues as they perceive it to be a sign of weakness or the old "it's all in your head, snap out of it!" Mood disorders are usually the result of chemical imbalances in the brain.

foodhore

Thank you for the suggestions. I am getting enough sleep - usually 7-8 hours on weekdays and a good 10-12 on weekends.

I recently had "routine" blood work done, last time I was at the GP. I am not certain what all they check for so I am not sure if hormones are in that, but everything they checked was normal.

I think I might take a look into some therapists who deal with eating issues. It can't hurt! Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Thank you again for your responses.