any other suffers here having trouble with binge eating. i am not sure if this is caused by my depression or a whole different problemi must conquer. i am currently taking 20mg. of prozac daily just in case anyone else taking prozac has similar symptoms thank for all you advise and support
hilary- memphis, tennessee
I have suffered from depression and eating disorders (ED) since I was a teenager. I am currenty dealing with binge eating. My EDs are my way of dealing with emotions, stress and my depression. My EDs started before my depression, I believe, and for me, it makes my depression worse. I know that I need to get a hold on my EDs. The ED becomes harder to deal with when I am depressed, anxious, stresssed out or feeling overwhelmed. I either biinge or restrict my eating. Last year my therapist told me that if I didn't start eating she would have to put me in the hospital. This year I'm binging and can't stop on my own. I have told my therapist and will talk to him about it again.
Some anti-depression medications can afffect different people and they will gain weight. Talk with your doctor and let him know what's going on.
Hope this helps and it helps to know that you are not alone.
Yes, I am having an extremely hard time with binge eating. I do everything I can to stop the eating, but it is on my mind constantly. It is so hard. I think it is important to find what some of your binge eating triggers are. For example, I binge in the evenings most of the time so I am going to try to see if my brother can watch me and make sure I don't eat anything in that time until I am able to resist on my own. Also, I would make sure you don't have the foods in your home that also tend to make you eat more. For me that's poptarts so I never keep them around. I am also going to try giving myself a small treat each day, like a bite-sized hershey's chocolate bar, so that I won't feel deprived and thus end up binging. I don't know if any of what I've said will help you at all, but good luck and don't beat yourself up if you do overeat. It takes time to get out of an eating disorder.
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I also am having serious issues with binge eating. Mine is definetly associated with my depression. I am currently taking 400mg of Seroquel and 20mg of Lexapro. It started to become a problem when I went to college a year ago. I was too mentally unstable to stop myself from eating. It was either I ate something and got that mental comfort or I died. So I guess I really should be feeling triumphant that I have only gained fifteen pounds instead of killing myself but that is NOT how I feel. It has gotten to the point where I can't sleep at night now because I feel so fat. It is so hard to stop when you feel suicidal. I don't even know if it is safe. I just don't know.