Mood and food

[Little_Rascal]

Hey,

I havent realy seen anything on here about mood affecting peoples eating habbits.

When Im up I dont eat, when I'm very irritable and angry I eat EVERYTHING!!!!! and when I'm depressed I loose my appetite also.

I was just wondering if anyone else has noticed a change in this?

Cheers, Cas

[white knight]

Hi feralcas,  welcome

I would say that my eating "binging" has stabilised since being on mood stabilisers. I would assume that this medication is responsible.

That's all I can say.

[Little_Rascal]

Aw shizz I can't wait to see the psych, my weight fluctuates 12 kgs 😞

[NicoleP]

Hi FeralCas,

When my anxiety is bad I can eat the entire contents of the house (and supermarket). Biscuits and chips are my favourite. I have been a binge eater since my teens (am now 48). Would love input from others as how it can be managed.

KezzaA

[Chloekat84]

Unfortunetely ive found gaining weight and increased appetite is because of the medication im on but i need to stay on it for the time being. It is a mood stabiliser but also an anti pychotic and that can cause this problem. Im going to start weaning off my current medication and start on somthing new. Hopefully i wont want to eat the house down with these ones lol. x

[gremz]

definitely have this issue! always struggle to keep weight on when anxious/depressed. makes your emotions and mind even more unstable when you dont eat properly so can be a terrible cycle to get stuck in! 

[Jo3]

I have this problem.  It seems to be worse when I am depressed and pmt time.

The other week I ate a whole packet of chips. And I couldn't get them into my mouth quick enough!!

Chocolate is another food that I cannot resist.

Jo

[Little_Rascal]

Same here with binge eating, but when my anxiety is bad, I exercise/clean lots and eat less. But jatz are cheese toasties are my weakness.   I have IBS so binge eating is a huge problem for me as I when I do binge as it means I don't follow my crazy strict diet, when im depressed I also don't eat as much, but when im angry, shizzy, you do t to get between me and the kitchen, and when im up I feel I deserve a treat, well one treat turns into lots. Found some herbal diet pills helped but also induced mania 😕 can't win!!! Hoping mood stabilizers help 🙂 

[NicoleP]

My binge eating and anxiety are worse with my pmt. Never know what causes what, but it certainly seems to be related.

Binge eating can be a daily thing particularly with the pmt.

[Little_Rascal]

I skip my girlie but in the case something has gone wrong, yup pmt and Bing eating is INSANE