Posted by Bonnie C on March 22, 2003, at 21:02:04
Does anyone here suffer from night eating syndrome? I hear that Topomax helps with binge eating but what about night eating? This is something I've been doing for several years. This is not eating late in the evening, this is after I've gone to sleep. I wake up several times during the night and go to the kitchen and grab a bite of food, most always something sweet, never anything healthy. I tell myself every night before I go to sleep that I will not eat when I wake up (the waking up is going to happen regardless) and then I will wake up and head right for the kitchen. I'm fully awake, I'm thinking I shouldn't be doing this, I just two hours ago told myself I wouldn't, yet, I don't care at that moment and do it anyway. I don't eat a lot, just a bite or two, washing it down with Pepsi One, go back to sleep, wake up in another hour or two and do it again. Does anyone else have this problem? And does Topomax help? Amazingly enough, I'm not overweight. I desperately want to stop this behavior. I've read that it's caused by stress (this would be very true in my case) but haven't read what to do to stop it. Maybe Topomax is the answer. Does anyone have an answer for me? Thanks.
poster:Bonnie C
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