Posted by Krissy P on March 23, 2003, at 0:39:52
In reply to Night Eating, posted by Bonnie C on March 22, 2003, at 21:02:04
Hi, I'm not sure I have an answer for you, BUT, Seroquel does the exact same thing to me that you talk about here. I would take it and and less than an hour later, binge like crazy. I recently added Lamictal and went back on Effexor-XR, and decreased my Seroquel dosage to only 100mg-it is working with the night eating. I had a friend who went on Topamax and lost almost 100LBS-no kidding. So I know that Topamax, on some, has an effect on appetite and may help you with your night eating.
Do you take Seroquel? If so, how many mg?I stress eat too, and it is hard to stop it, but once I get to sleep, I don't seem to wake up like you do and eat. I toiled with starting Lamictal or Topamax for mood stabilization Topamax solely for the weight loss side effect it has had on a lot of people, but I knew that Lamictal worked for my moods, I'm BP.
Keep me posted, hope this helped?
Kristen
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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.
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