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Talked with my mom about our binge eating

Posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on February 7, 2007, at 9:05:41

She is concerned that she may have symptom W, and went to her doctor.

She's now on Metformin and says that the urge to binge is much much better.

I'm off of my seroquel now, so my urge to binge is also much much better.

But there's still the self-medicating aspect of eating that will need to go SOMEWHERE. I have been recently cleaning my house frantically. and knitting and knitting.

All that anxious energy. no where to let it feed.

I hate this.

Why is this board so very very quiet? did my long post scare everyone off?


sorry

please tip-toe back. I miss y'all

-Ll

oh. and I stepped on the scale for the first time since X-mas. not good news. Last June I was in the "healthy" BMI range then in October I was in the high end. Now I'm 25.9 Officially "OVERWEIGHT"

It's bringing back feelings of when I was in that category as a child. :(

 

Re: Talked with my mom about our binge eating

Posted by tootercat on February 7, 2007, at 11:53:30

In reply to Talked with my mom about our binge eating, posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on February 7, 2007, at 9:05:41

L-N,

This is my first time visiting this area of PB and I really appreciated your last post. I totally resonated with the running for carbs and sweets. My Achilles heel. And I am a sneak eater. I love the challenge of trying to eat my treats covertly. I am a sugar junkie. The thought of going cold turkey and not having some kind of sugar substance in my life sends me into
a frenzy of head shaking and wanting to run screaming.

My favorites are Strawberry twizzlers and Smarties. I promise myself NOT to buy anymore. If they aren't in the house I can't eat them. A piece of fruit does NOT take away cravings for me. All sugar is NOT created equal! In fact if I eat fruit it triggers the need for a "treat".

I quit drinking and doing "recreational" drugs and smoking 17 years ago. (The thought of spending anaother night in jail helped motivate that change) Did my sugar habit simply replace those because I need some addiction to be a part of my life? Sometimes I hate myself so much because I feel like I can't control my actions and am a weak person. Yet I have no problems criticizing others who do the same as me.

Oh well.....thanks for stimulating me into writing. Journaling is not something I do on a regular basis. Come to think of it being consistent on doing positive things on a regular basis is not my strong point. Procrastinating and taking the easy way out are.

Good luck on your journey through life.

Tooter

 

Re: Talked with my mom about our binge eating » tootercat

Posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on February 7, 2007, at 12:05:24

In reply to Re: Talked with my mom about our binge eating, posted by tootercat on February 7, 2007, at 11:53:30

hi tooter,
sorry that we find ourselves in the same predicament.

I hope that you can find something to fill the "hole". That magical hole where smarties and twizzlers just seem to fall into... I know it well.

do something nice for you. touch someone (hug, massage), or pet your favorite fluffy thing. These kinds of activities release happy-feeling hormones like oxytocin. Take a nice long shower and relax and treat yourself to something nice like extra lotion on you kneecaps or something like that.

((((knees)))))

when you do go in for your trigger food.

Inhale DEEPLY. savor every bite. it will be more satisfying. Buy only single servings.

please hang in there. addiction is bad. I didn't really realize how bad it was until I spoke with mom. boy. I could be her in 30 years. that's motivation.

-Ll

 

Re: Talked with my mom about our binge eating

Posted by tootercat on February 7, 2007, at 16:34:31

In reply to Re: Talked with my mom about our binge eating » tootercat, posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on February 7, 2007, at 12:05:24

Ll,

Why are feelings so hard to feel (or not) without consequence? It seems that if I allow myself to feel...I want to eat....If I don't allow myself to feel...I want to eat. One is based on guilt...the other anger......

I am working on some back pain issues and I am strongly believing (after reading a couple of books by the same doc) that both my back issues and eating issues have to do with repressed emotions (specifically anger and anger turned to rage).

It is hard to talk about this with some people because they look at me and say...."are you angry?" or "why are you so angry?" or "you seem like such a happy bubbly person" or "you need to let go of this". what they don't understand is that I've never truly felt some things ...I've only talked about them.

Sorry to go on and on. A finger seems to have been removed from my dike...LOL

Thanks for "listening"

Pam

 

Re: Talked with my mom about our binge eating

Posted by Meri-Tuuli on February 13, 2007, at 5:49:11

In reply to Talked with my mom about our binge eating, posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on February 7, 2007, at 9:05:41

Hello!

> have symptom W

Whats symptom W? Is it some sort of code?? I've never heard of it!

Anyway, I heard that sugar is more addictive than heroin apparently.

I dunno what helps. Well, I went through a phase of eating really low GI stuff and that took away all sugar cravings in me actually.

And another thing I've found is that if you totally (in your head) place certain foods off limits -- you couldn't even contemplate eating said food (usually cakes, buns, biscuits etc) without feeling majorly guilty, well I've found you just crave it much much more and then end up binging on it (usually).

You kinda reach a point when you actually chose to eat healthier simply because well I dunno, but I admit its hard, particulary when on any form of psych drug. Except wellbutrin, I managed to resist eating stuff on that!

Eating protein and good fats help with sugar cravings too. I dunno, I totally just buy ONE small chocolate bar, ONE little cake thing, etc just because I don't have much self control over cakes etc.

Oh well.

Don't worry about the overweight thing either - its only a little tiny bit over. I'm sure that if you measure youself again you might be under (we flucuate so much...) I bet you look lovely! And aren't you tall (I seem to remember because I'm tall too) so we can carry it off way better!!!!

I hope something here has been of some use...!

Kind regards

Sea-wind

 

Re: Talked with my mom about our binge eating » Meri-Tuuli

Posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on February 13, 2007, at 11:12:20

In reply to Re: Talked with my mom about our binge eating, posted by Meri-Tuuli on February 13, 2007, at 5:49:11

I guess Symptom W is the lastest fashionable explanation for why post-menopausal women have hard time losing weight.

Yeah, I'm tall, but my tummy is big.

I have been having success with dark chocolate. And since I've been so out of it and somewhat nauseous due to WD from seroqeul and cymbalta, I've been losing some weight.

And the excess serotonin has released it's tenacious grip on my gut. When my digestion is more normal I am able to make better food choices and feel better too.

best,
-Ll

oh yeah. eating while sleepy. another trigger. better is to drink some herbal tea and then go night night.


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