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Stop Eating at Night
Eating at night
Also called Late-night cravings, Late-night snacking, Sugar cravings at night, Night eating
Who it's forA man who eats well by day and loses the evening to junk food.
When to see a doctor
- Regularly eating a lot fast and not being able to stop, often in secret, with shame after: see your doctor as soon as you can. It may be binge eating disorder, which is treatable.
- Making yourself sick, using laxatives or water pills, or not eating for long periods after binges: see your doctor. That points to bulimia.
- Waking in the night and needing to eat to get back to sleep, most nights: tell your doctor.
- Always thirsty, peeing more than usual, very tired, or losing weight without trying: see your doctor for a blood sugar test.
- Low mood, no interest or no enjoyment most of the day, every day, for more than 2 weeks: see your doctor.
- Appetite up since starting a medicine: speak to a pharmacist or the doctor, and keep taking it unless told to stop.
- Bingeing that has not eased after 4 weeks of the self-help, or eating far past full and feeling out of control most weeks: see your doctor soon. Binge eating disorder is common and treatable.
I am not a doctor. This is not medical advice. This is self-education. Every figure on this page is the one a trial used, quoted from it. It is not a prescription. Talk to a professional who has your history before anything in the With a doctor group.