All my life i have had a sleep eating disorder. I get up in the middle of the night and sleep eat like a zombie, like last night i ate two ‘dark chocolate’ chocolate bars. And this morning im sick. During the day i would never chose to eat these things let alone saltine crackers and maple syrup. Anyone experienced this and how have you overcome this habit?
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For YEARS!! And still now if I don’t plan accordingly lol.
I’d wake up and find entire jars of peanut butter demolished, the dirty spoon in the sink being the evidence of my crimes to be found the next morning.
What I have to do is kind of annoying but it works. I take any of the food I know I’ll go for in the night - I put it in a box, and I put it in the trunk of my car overnight. Half-asleep I’m too lazy to go get it. I don’t really keep snacks in the house and thankfully there’s only 2 or 3 foods I’ll go for in that midnight munchies state. Thankfully all the foods I usually go for are non-refrigerated so they’re ok in the car ha!
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I kid you not I have done this!! Both things , eaten spoonfulls of PB and put stuff in my car. I even considered getting a safe or locks on the cupboards. And ive let my roommates (father/sister/brother in-law) know my about my shameful habbit. One night i dreamed inwas eating a wonderous bar of white chocolate only to wake up and behold a white soap bar with a bite out of it. I think i am just going to have to get strict again and simply not buy my trigger foods 
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It isnt shameful. Its just an extension of sleep walking. Or atleast in that family of things that plauge us.
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Oh wow, that is intense. I had that issue when I took Ambien for sleep. I would wake up with empty pints of ice cream and bowls of pasta next to the bed. I hope you can find a solution that works for you. 
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Yeah like @Thirdmonkey said, nothing shameful about it, just a weird thing that happens.
Although I can’t say I’ve woken up crushing a bar of soap…I hope I never have the pleasure!
I had to stop buying peanut butter. I buy the powder now. But THAT turned into a go-to sleepwalk snack! I would eat a spoonful of the powder and take a sip of water. Boom, instant peanut butter in my mouth.
That goes out into the trunk now 
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I have done that too!! The powdered peanut butter! 
oh lord save me haha , but in all seriousness i gotta get strict
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I saw a video that was talking about sleep walking, there was a clip of a guy rummaging his cabinets while asleep, he grabbed the bottle of Dawn and chugged it. Few moments later, bubbles were coming out of his mouth as he went on his business. It was low key funny, but I do not envy his tummy ache when he wakes.
I’d go ahead and lock that soap up, just in case.
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Haha switched to liquid soap
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Not me but my husband is a night eater. I feel guilty when I buy the foods I want to snack on because he gulps them down unthinking at night and then I feel angry that I didn’t get my snacks. Then he feels bad for all the extra calories and for eating my snacks.
I think my husband’s night eating is alcohol related (he still drinks) and due to the calorie deficit he keeps his body in during the day.
Before we moved in together he only kept raw chicken breasts in the fridge so he wouldn’t be tempted to snack at night. Gratefully he never ate one raw but he was also underweight back then. Now he is night eating and a little heavier than he wants to be. Balance is elusive but the only way through starts with being able to talk about it.
Thanks for the honesty here, disordered eating patterns aren’t talked about enough. I’m a (former to semi-controlled) awake binge eater.
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My night eating was uncontrollable when i was drinking. Not as bad but is still triggered by stress. Im happy to help and share my experience 
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I’m horrible with night eating, I’ll talk on a easy extra 1,000 calories right before bed/ in the middle of the night. It’s not quite as bad as waking up in the middle of the night to chug a couple of beers like i use to but I really gotta get my shit together.
Great post, if you find answers let me know too 
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Im still at my wits end some nights, Ive come to the conclusion that I simply cannot buy easy to eat junk, otherwise I will definitely eat it
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I ate 6 protein bars in the night
Could do a lot worse as far as nutritional content but those things are expensive and that’s like 1k extra cals in the tank
Forgot to move everything to the trunk and when I awoke during the night I was like a shark to blood
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Im eating chips … granted I just got off workbat 3 am haha
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Go to sleep and I’ll go for a walk?
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I’ve had vaguely similar issues. My latest thing to help is only having bananas readily at hand: not something I would ever binge on lol but still there’s something there.
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I got bananaers too, they help 
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I feel this. I had a real issue when I was working out a lot…at night I would eat it all back + more. I suppose it was better than the 4 bottles of wine…but it didn’t feel much different. Much like with alcohol, I would put myself to sleep early to stop eating. Unfortunately it doesn’t sound like that is a solution for our sleep eating friends. That sounds like a real challenge.
Has anyone spoken to their doctor about the night eating?
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It wouldn’t be as bad if i could still lift like i use to… last night i woke up and had a persian bismark and chocolate milk… a easy 800 cals for nothing but guilt. My little boy laughs at me when i eat like that and tell him I’m gonna hate myself in the morning but i love myself right now…
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