🧠 Binge Eating and Dopamine Chasing - Can We Break the Cycle?
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2024
- DOPAMINE CHASING AND BINGE EATING
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In today’s video, I explore the complex and often contradictory advice surrounding binge eating recovery. Many of you are familiar with the overwhelming variety of approaches, from those advocating for more food to combat restriction-triggered binges, to others who treat binge eating as an addiction that requires cutting out certain foods to break the cycle. My goal here is to bridge these viewpoints and discuss the dual nature of binge urges and how they can be managed.
Firstly, let's talk about the primal urge to binge, which is deeply rooted in our hunger system. This type of urge can be confusing because it often strikes even when we’re not physically hungry, especially after or in anticipation of dieting. The primal brain's fear of impending restriction can trigger these overwhelming urges, making the solution for some to simply eat more regularly without restriction.
On the other hand, there are urges linked to our dopamine system, where the pursuit of a “high” from certain foods can perpetuate a cycle of binge eating. This system can get hijacked by various activities in our digital age, like excessive social media use, which parallels the relentless pursuit of that next dopamine hit from food.
This week, I’ve been particularly struck by how my own behaviors-constant distraction and an inability to focus-mirror this dopaminergic chase, not just with food but across various aspects of my life. Recognizing this pattern is crucial, as many of us might misattribute these traits to conditions like ADHD when, in fact, they are manifestations of a dopamine imbalance that can be adjusted.
The challenge, then, is breaking this cycle without triggering the primal brain's panic about restriction. I share personal anecdotes about how I’ve managed to interrupt these patterns, not through food, which can often feel too direct and fraught with emotional resistance, but through other less charged behaviors like reducing screen time.
For those struggling with similar issues, I suggest starting small, identifying less resistant areas of your life to begin breaking the cycle. This approach can make the overall goal of managing food-related triggers more attainable without the overwhelming backlash from your brain.
Remember, understanding and interrupting these cycles is a journey that doesn’t always have a clear or easy path. It requires patience, self-compassion, and a willingness to experiment with different strategies that address both the physical and psychological components of binge eating.
If you find value in this discussion and are looking for more insights into managing binge eating and breaking free from the cycle of diet-induced anxiety and dopamine-driven behaviors, consider subscribing and hitting the bell icon for updates on future videos. Your engagement helps spread the message to those who might benefit the most. Thank you for watching, and I look forward to continuing this conversation in our next session.
As a adhder I seen dopamine and my ears pricked up! Hasn't finished video but hoping it's not hopeless! 🙁
I'd be very curious about your thoughts. To what extent can someone with ADHD interrupt this chasing cycle? That's the question and the answer is probably that it would vary from person to person. I don't want to declare it as definitely possible for everyone with ADHD in case it triggers more shame if it just isn't possible for someone.
My instinct is that the advice I offer is applicable to people with ADHD, but it may be harder and some people may need medication to create enough bio chemical balance in the brain to put this into practice.
@TheBingeEatingTherapist I am a newly diagnosed adhder , started medication last December. and now waiting on a autism assessment so possibly got both! I have always struggled with my weight and food has been my main issue but I've learnt since being diagnosed, all the issues in general that causes problems with food. Executive functioning, keeping consistency impulsively, stimming and lack of dopamine. So yes dopamine chasing is common but it isn't only issue people with adhd face when it comes to food. And then I've learnt now (when autistic and adhd but undiagnosed both , autism can 'come out' when start adhd medication) that also has added issues around food! I'm not surprised I've struggled quite frankly! I am going to try your suggestion, and phone is my example as crave dopamine from that too so wip update , if I can keep consistency as that's a issue with adhders!
@@hippychicken82 thanks for sharing that and let me know how you get on with your phone experiment
@TheBingeEatingTherapist it was successful last night! But it helped I was very tired! When I'm not that tired it's going to be more a struggle!
Also ADHD binge eater here, for me the solution is try and redirect the dopamine chasing to a different source, preferably a healthier one (physically and psychologically) like music, singing or a fun physical activity. Food is an easy, quick and available fix, so naturally it requires more energy to get the same dopamine from elsewhere. I think the only thing thats different with ADHD is that the dopamine chasing has a sense of vitality to it, as we need it to just function and get through the day. It complicates the emotional eating/binge urges cause food is often the only available source but once you turn to it to get the needed dopamine it can easily lead into a binge through overthinking, scarcity mindset, last supper thoughts etc.
I've said this to my best friend/emotional support, I'd just rule out food completely and never eat another bite ever again if I could survive without food, cause its mentally so complicated for me.
I was in food cycle my whole life until my boyfriend just told me to stop thinking about dieting, binging, eating, fasting on and on all day. Just stop! He told me not to drink calories. Im willing to do that, no problem. He died 🌈, but this was a gift he left me with
I’m so sorry to hear your boyfriend died 💔 I hope you can find a way to make peace with food and yourself xx
So sorry for your loss.
“just stop” ? that makes it sound as if controlling your thoughts is an easy thing to do (it’s not), and it’s a pretty simplistic way of addressing a potentially multi-faceted problem… 🤔
@@caleighhawkins7635 100%, true
@@caleighhawkins7635 Possibly the delivery isn't the greatest. While being mindful and making better choices that are as satisfying to you. For example sodas are a problem for me so instead of ordering soda with a meal which is something I'll gulp down. Instead I wonder an unsweetened iced tea with lemon. The thing I realized I was doing is soda is a binge drink for me. While the iced tea quenched my thirst.
I am very much the 2nd type: in addition to binge eating, the dopamine hit affects me by binge shopping/spending as well, even to the point of dissociating. Thank you for explaining this so well!!
Get a rebounder. Anytime you want to binge jump on listen to music for 10mins. You’ll get that dopamine reward that you would have otherwise gotten from food. Check out Al Carter and the NASA study.
I also binge spend so much. Everytime I restrict food I end up binge shopping.
@@beatrizr9673 Get a rebounder if you binge. It’s life changing. Anytime you want to binge jump on listen to music for 10mins. You’ll get that dopamine reward that you would have otherwise gotten from food. Check out Al Carter and the NASA study.
this is so interesting never thought about the overlap of eating and shopping !!!
I’ve had binge eating tendencies most of adult life. Recently I was diagnosed with ADHD and from day 1 of taking meds, the food noise and cravings were gone. It is unbelievably freeing. I never thought I could but now I can eat intuitively. Amazing how the brain works. Love your content!
Can I ask what meds you are on?
Can you please elaborate?❤
That sounds very freeing.
I tried contrave. It dulled my appetite but I still had cravings.
Ditto on the book-reading. Very hard to concentrate on all but the most suspenseful page-turner.
Why do you believe this happens to us? I want to read so badly but, I continue to lose my concentration. Any advice PLEASE?
I figured out one thing that helps me. I used to bloat, but still want to keep eating. My stomach would be as is I ate three balloons, but my brain would not register that I ate. I started "mindful eating". If I ate with other people or infront of a screen I would not know I ate. So I started eating alone and no distractions and very slowly. I realized my whole life I wasn't chewing my food. I started chewing and chewing and being slow and concentrating on the smells and taste. It gave my brain the time and ability to register that I ate!
Light bulb moment for me regarding binge eating. The reason I over eat is to calm down the urge and all the discomfort that plays out in my head rather than because I really desire that half packet of biscuits. Thank you
Oof. This!! Thank your or putting it into words.
SUCH BRILLIANT CLARIFICATION AND SOOOO HELPFUL!!! you are a remarkable communicator💯💯⭐️⭐️
YES-YES-YES, Sarah truly has a gift when explaining, clarifying and gently and patiently getting a message/point across 😀 excellent video, yet again 🌞
This is me to a T! I feel totally recognized. I too have noticed that I used to read much more when I was younger. I have been practicing to break the cycle by reading a book on my commute instead of scrolling through my phone. I feel much calmer afterwards!
For all you've done for me, hitting like. Subscribe and bell icon is a small ask. I love your humility approach. But you really do deserve more recognition.
I love your videos! It was a new thought to me that I might need to break other cycles I had going on so I can work on breaking the food cycle. Thank you so much for all your information. It really is helpful.
Wow!!! I've been beating myself up for years for doing this and not having the 'will power' to see myself through. There is hope!!!! I think something big just shifted; thank you!!!! You are such a gift and I'm so grateful for this channel. I've never heard anyone share information like this and it's landing where I can heat it. So much love and ridiculous blessings to you 🙏💙
‘Ridiculous blessings’ 😆 That made me laugh 😂
The "one more" thing!!! Part of my brain says that if i haven't been satisfied with the first 10 then what is 1 more going to achieve. I still can't resist. One more biscuit, one more glass of wine, one more episode, one more website to check if I have the best price for something that i don't actually need. When i was a kid I was constantly thinking about what i was going to eat next, even if i wasn't hungry.
I relate to the reading too but study has always been hard. 1hour for most people takes me maybe 3 or 4. Takes more effort than exercising! Especially when they use paragraph long sentences.
Oh, wow! I thought I was the only one who has a problem with scrolling through social media sights! There are times that I have to force myself to stop. I never connected with my binge eating, but it makes so much sense! Thank you for your excellent advice.
Wow. I feel seen.
I am definitely the second type of binger. Also addicted to garden centers 😂
I've been chasing dopamine for 9 years, since I got my first smart phone. I have also been binge eating, somehow not gaining weight, since my doctor told me I absolutely have to get my blood sugar down. Aaagh! I'm spending all my time saying goodbye to my favorite foods.
I have never heard anyone describe the exactly what I have been going through for years! And the cross addictions. Chasing. Yes! That’s it! And when holding off it is almost unbearable. Very uncomfortable. “The hardest thing to do is to sit still and feel”. ~ anonymous
Another huge place it shows up for me is a person/love addiction aka limerence. Today it really dawned on me. The desperate chasing and feeling like I am almost there. But now I can see the futility. I was just deceiving myself. I admitted and accepted that I would never find what I am searching for in these places. I felt grief and compassion for myself and I had a really good cry.
I hope that feeling some of that grief helps you process what this means for you ❤🩹 I love that you were able to hold onto the compassion part too xx
I tried government therapy for binge eating but i quit. It just didn't feel like logging everything i ate and what i felt when i ate was doing anything other than stress me out. I'm adhd and autistic and i always get the craving, like if i don't eat something that is similar to what I'm craving i get very irritable. I am very much hooked to every dopamine thing i can find. I was taking vyvanse but haven't had it for a bit bc of insurance/money. It definitely helped though.
Also only listen to audiobooks now even though i read all the time as a kid 😅
This is such a great video!! I'm SO the second type (and I really relate to the idea of not even being 'good' at restricting in the first place 😂). And yes, omg, not being able to go to bed even when I'm exhausted because I'm desperate for the slight satisfaction of whatever I'm doing!
Your content and some other things I've seen have really convinced me that if I want to get healthier, in almost every way, I need to add joy, satisfaction, and happiness to my life in other ways. ♥ Thank you for this!
This is definitely my issue. Thank you.
I can’t get over how brilliant you are. I don’t know if you are able to address these issues so well only because you deal with them yourselves but I’ve never heard most of these concepts or the ones in your other videos from any other therapist. I have a masters in clinical psychology and am pretty sure no psych grad program teaches most of this. This dopamine idea is so on point. I seek to distract by scrolling, consuming news, true crime podcasts, etc. I used to have an inner peace and strength and now feel as though my habitual dopamine seeking had usurped my efforts and ability to be present with myself and in my life. I attribute my constant consumption to needing to distract from an overly responsible life and a growing list of important things I can’t control for myself, my children, and other people I love. I’m a fixer and carry the responsibility of financially supporting myself, kids, and even my ex to some degree (he was diagnosed bipolar 1 and we divorced after 24 years). I don’t consider myself a regular binge eater but know I have dysfunctional eating patterns. I’ve spent years wanting to lose weight for my outside to match how I see myself and who I know myself to be (I need to lose 40-50 lbs). I’ve had long periods of desperation. I’ve had one moderate success but many years spent self sabotaging and over eating / binging (mostly on relatively healthy foods) - almost in response to having some success. It’s maddening. I’ve learned so much from your videos. I literally feel the drive to distract and the massive discomfort when I’m not distracting. Food is a dopamine hit, an emotional salve, pure enjoyment, and a repeated slap in the face of my deepest goals and desires for myself. Fear, worry, pain, pleasure, release, self hatred…a never ending cycle. I won’t use the new weight loss drugs. I know too much about them and their risks, negative effects. I’m
Listening to your videos on repeat some days, writing down the many things I learn but still feeling kind of hopeless about ever being my true and best self. I thank you so much for these videos, your vulnerabilities and strengths in them. I do not know how someone so young can be so brilliant on this topic and deliver all of this wisdom in such a digestible way. I just turned 59. Every year I want it to be the year I succeed at becoming my true and healthiest self. I don’t know if I can get past my struggles, change my habits, apply your amazing tools. I hope so. I just want you to know how valuable you are.
I’m going to do that annoying thing that therapists do where they respond with questions 😆
How do you know you are not already the ‘best version’ of yourself?
Chances are your respond was something along the lines of ‘I hope not’
And herein lies the problem.
My instinct is that you are in the trap of believing there is a better version yourself just waiting to be realised. A shinier more ‘put together’ you. You imagine when you look like her THEN you’ll feel like her and act like her or if you can make yourself feel and act like her THEN you’ll look like her. What if this isn’t true?
You think you NEED to lose weight to be a better version of yourself, but this is the foundation of a disordered relationship with food and self. WHY does your body HAVE to reflect how you think it should be? Bodies often don’t co-operate with how we think they should be.
You are who you are now. If you continue to chase redemption in a future version of yourself life will slip by you. Maybe the disappointment with your current self is part of why you feel the constant need to distract (it was for me, now it shows up less frequently, but not fully gone).
The answer as I see it? Embracing the current you with all her messy parts. What if she is absolutely fine as she is? ❤️
@@TheBingeEatingTherapist I had to think on this for a while. You're very good at making me think. :) On the one hand, weight loss is an important goal for my long term health and even my functional health as I age and that, along with wanting to look and feel my best is what I mean when I say I want to be the best version of me. Those things are not met, so I'm NOT the best version of me. BUT! There IS an underlying element of shame attached to this "best self" thinking that is NOT tied to the health aspects of weight loss and THAT may be an underlying driver of two things - if I lose a bit of weight, I find that I binge my way back - almost like subconsciously I think I deserve punishment for being overweight (or maybe there is some other block going on). And when I feel shame for being fat, I eat for comfort. Addressing some of these emotional facets of bingeing can only help me mentally, emotionally, and physically. The other factor that may be at play is that when I lose a bit of weight, I end up fighting my own biology, which wants to keep me at a certain set point, so sometimes it isn't a rebellion against restriction that causes me to turn to food and undo my successes but my own biology. The struggle is real girl...I'm going to keep learning from you and learning about myself.
Thanks for video. Please make more videos for people who struggle with binge eating / food addiction that are actually obese and NEED to get to a healthier weight to SAVE their life.
This is explaining so much… It‘s brillant. Thank you!!!
I have autism and undiagnosed ADHD I see my pattern now more than I used too. It's so hard because I can't stop the chase of dopamine.
You are so very insightful and your channel is very much helpful to us. Thank you for putting yourself out there and gracing us with your wisdom. You deserve millions of subscribers and views. ❤
YES-YES-YES, yet again!!!!!!!!!! 🌞
I love how this recognises and reconciles these two different experiences around binge eating that have led to so much discord in this space! 💚
Cheers Marcus 😍
I really appreciate your combination of science and insight. The information you present helps me a lot. Thanks.
Late diagnosed ADHDer (at 54). I've found all your videos incredibly helpful and I appreiciate your honesty and awareness of nuance, which is crucial. Thank you SO much Sarah, incredible work. 💖 xx
You are one of the best people to watch on UA-cam. I will watch this as soon as i get back home from tennis - the first time in eight years! wish me luck please
Your channel.is fabulous! 👍 thanks
I am coming off of a pretty good 6 month diet rejection mode - have my new larger size comfortable clothing haul and have been watching your videos for a few months now. I have been having a really hard time with overeating and binging until revisiting consciously eating to lower my glucose spikes without restricting or cutting out any food and coupling it with the RALIC method. I'm trying to focus on staying in the present instead of "trying to feel in control"....its hard. Loved your book - read it twice to really understand where you were coming from...because its really hard to let go of "trying to lose weight", but I do understand what you mean. Thanks for all you do!
Thank you for your informative content. I appreciate all you share.🌟
As someone who has been officially assessed and diagnosed as ADHD I really appreciate this video. The drugs prescribed for it make me so unbearably anxious and not like myself and I actually feel broken that I cannot tolerate them so I appreciate these tips quite a bit. Those medications are mainly amphetamines or Ritalin and not the magic cure for everyone. Getting the diagnosis is great until the cure doesn’t help you.
I felt sad reading that you feel like you’re broken. It must be so hard to finally get a diagnosis, build up hope that the meds will help and then have that experience 💔
@@TheBingeEatingTherapist thank you for your kind words. The truth is that those medications cut down everybody’s appetite, adhd or not and they are not long term solutions in my opinion as the urges come racing back as soon as they wear off at the end of the day.
@@ellekay852 Yes, it’s important that people who take this medication and are prone to bingeing make an effort to eat more than they feel like during the day. I’ve seen people mitigate the ‘kick back’ in their appetite at the end of the day by doing this.
There are non stimulant medications like Strattera and Quelbree to try. My son has adhd and did not tolerate the stimulants at all but the non stimulants actually increase the dopamine in your brain and for him that allows him to be more productive, in task, etc. It’s not a magic pill but maybe something to check into. Good luck
First time viewer. Wow I definitely see myself in what you are saying in this video. The idea of dopamine chasing is something I will be looking into further as I can see how this might be playing out in many areas of my life.
As someone who is (hopefully) in the depths of recovery with BED, this is the sort of content I am searching for. My BED flared up as a result of being in the crossfires of multiple things.
thank you for your content !
good info. thank you!
Love your content so much :)
great vid
Always great content! Keep it up!❤
this is exactly what I needed... tkank you!
Fantastic video. Thank you.
Such an important topic, thank you.
thank you, i needed to hear this today...🙏💚
Thank you!
👏🏻 you get me 😭❤️
I subscribed today after a few months of watching your videos now and then. I realized recently that my dopamine chasing behaviors were showing up in more and more places in my life and I’ve been feeling very dysregulated more often. I want to get a hold on it now. This video was extremely helpful to me to give me some context for what is happening and for where to begin to make changes. 🙏💕
Great video - thanks for explaining this. I feel like I’ve got a new piece of the puzzle.
Amazing video! A different perspective of binging!
Every word resonated..thanks so much I needed to hear it 🙏
Just found your channel, I feel hopeful now that I can conquer this binging once and for all! Thank you ❤
I'm obsessed with your content, you have such a lovely personality and spread such helpful advice, thank you 💕
Thank you! ❤
Sara, your videos are gold nuggets for me. Please continue and thank you.
Very helpful video to understand what is happening.
I also bought your book
This is an insight I’d never heard before….game changing!
Im working with a binge eating therapist and I have referred her to some of your videos. You often say things that really resonate, answering questions I didn't know how to ask. Appreciate your content so much!
Is she on social media? I always struggle to find other therapists who specialise in binge eating
You’re amazing! This is so helpful. I noticed the tendency with social media for me and it was such a viscous cycle. So in January I decided to only have access to it through my laptop. I removed Instagram and Facebook from my phone and had a friend put a passcode in to (through screen time) where I can’t download them. It’s helped SO much! I still struggle sometimes with things like UA-cam shorts but I’m working on it. I’m curious about taking the day with no podcasts/UA-cam to help break that. I definitely think I need to!
Thank you, I needed to hear that. And, I subscribed.
Thanks 🙏🏼❤️
This is incredibly helpful.
Each time I even think about eating less or doing without sugar and bread, I have the urge to binge on them.
I will start with tackling one of my other dopamine hit causing obsessions.
Thank you for your channel ❤
Totally relate about concentration spans and reading. I used to read a lot of books but scarcely any at all now. I actually feel a twinge of jealousy when I see someone reading a book. On the positive side, we know the brain's plastic so it's just a case of putting in the effort to reverse the damaged attention span.
Hi Sarah, ive been watching your videos for a few months now and get so much identification. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and personal experience. I found this video fascinating and very where my life is just now. Liked, subscribed and bell on aswell :)
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Than you, thank you, thank you❤❤❤
I constantly seek distractions. Music, podcasts, UA-cam, tv, or social media is constant in my life. I have done this my entire life. I also KNOW I have addictive behaviors. 😢
Great hair 👍🏻
i LOVE healthy food, raw veggies etc. BUT! eating healthy doesn't make me feel GOOD. i feel healthy but my brain needs CRUNCHY SALTY CHIPS. pringles, specifically. the crunch drowns out the sound of the world. and sugar and alcohol soothe me in a way that no meds can. so yeah. it's hard to be thin. exercise doesn`t make me feel good or give me energy - it makes me exhausted and drains half my spoons for the day.
Its soo relatable! Subbed✅ Where to start if both overeating & scrolling are equally sensitive areas ?😢
Personally I think scrolling first as you are not doing battle with your appetite
Very interesting. I’m going to delete Candy Crush right now. That’s my starting point. Thank you
Oh my! I had to delete candy crush about 5 years ago. I was literally at the stage where I had to wait for them to design new levels. It was definitely a compulsion
@@TheBingeEatingTherapist I deleted it years ago but then added it again. For me I think it’s possibly related to grief. I used to chat online to my sister every morning, she lived abroad, then she died unexpectedly 2 years ago aged 59 and it left a massive hole in my life and heart. My husband had died a few years previous and so did my brother. I’m realising that by being constantly ‘busy’ I can deal with it…..or not 🤷♀️. I find sweet treats a comfort and my ‘why shouldn’t I’ head kicks in 🙄. I’ve subscribed so hopefully I’ll get some more insight and improve my relationship with food. Thank you
It's not only with the food its with every single thing that brings me pleasure plus its so hard for me to build focus and mindlfulness and if I did I'll have to white knuckle or my efforts will collapse in a moment just bc I did sth so pleasurable like eating sugar so I think it might be adhd
This is so interesting, thank you for sharing this. Is there anywhere else I can read or learn more about the dopamine issue with binging? It sounds a lot like my pattern.
I have previously searched Google (and UA-cam) for this kind of content and everything I’ve found is pretty surface level advice e.g. plan your meals, exercise, get medicated etc. I am trawling through research to try to create some more videos on the topic as it’s seems to resonate with people.
@@TheBingeEatingTherapist thanks for your reply! I would love ti see more content about it so good luck with the research. ❤️
I hate food. Even talk of it. Ive severe anorexia and am very sick.
Do you have any thoughts on ozempic/wegovy? I'm sure you do! I'd love to hear your take on it.
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My phone is my new indicator I am a info junkie
I feel you
I needed this video! I've needed a lot of your videos actually😅 (and am thankful to have recently discovered that you have an in depth podcast as well). It's never been one huge aha moment, which I think I expected at first - but I've come to realize that this is something I will continue to work on and bit by bit I will figure things out and what works for me, by putting together so many of the missing pieces that I've now gotten from your videos🫶
This is an interesting idea. I'm just worried it will cause me to binge more. Any tips on how to avoid that?
Why do you fear it will make you binge more? Is it because you’ve been trying to cut foods out? Just want to make sure I understand what you’re saying before offering any thoughts ❤️
@@TheBingeEatingTherapist whenever i try and tone down one addiction, it makes a different one stronger.
@@vivtzka I see. Like cross addictions? Thanks for clarifying. The way I see it (and this is just a thought, not fact) is that when you remove something we are dependant on (either emotionally or biochemically) we feel the absence. For me, this is the crawling out of my skin feeling I referred to in the video. If this is a biochemical thing, that’s like a detox a discomfort we probably have to go to in order to weaken it. The psychological and emotional dependence is going to vary from person to person and may need personal work on beliefs/trauma. Getting support is crucial, few people break deeply rooted addictions on their own ❤️
@@TheBingeEatingTherapist thanks. I have Autism, ADHD and OCD. Probably has something to do with it
As someone waiting for referrals for ADHD and ASD which will take years where I live I'm trying to find the best way to deal with BED and compulsive eating something ive struggled with all my adult life. I need to loose weight urgently because it's seriously impacting on my health (physically and mentally ) Ive asked for a referral to the local ED clinic for support but not sure how long that will take as capacity is poor locally. know there are some medications that can help ADHD and BED however I doubt if it will be suitable because of contraindications with other meds. I'm just trying to find the best way forward for myself I can loose weight but if I'm not dealing with the bingeing/compulsive eating and now drinking it's making it all extra difficult.
It gets so complicated. I think we desperately need a much better understanding of ADHD and BED. Both are so complex, it's no wonder people are frustrated and confused about how to approach these issues. I hope you don't have to wait too long for the ED clinic and I hope they can help ❤🩹
@@TheBingeEatingTherapistI hope so I've specified that I would like someone with knowledge and understanding of ADHD alongside BED but whether that happens I don't know. The last time I had CBT it wasn't great and did nothing. There is definitely a massive gap of knowledge and understanding but I don't have the time health wise to wait for professionals to catch up.
ADHD is not a real thing. Everybody has adhd to a point. You dont need adderral "to be normal". Stimulants are addicitng and will ruin your life. Coming from someone been there! You dont get shortcuts in life. Your magic pill stops working then u cant get out of bed or function without it. U wanna get work done u buckle up and do it u dont need a pill, u wanna stop bingeing u stop the behaviors that lead to bingeing and again BEEN there too. Theres not always an elaborate plot to things. Just put the work in and ull get proper results.
🙄🙄🙄 There’s always one.
How do you know it doesn’t exist? Are you basing this simply on your own experience? You’ve met everyone right?
I agree there is an over identification with some people believing they had ADHD when they may not. I’ll concede that much.
@TheBingeEatingTherapist it's human nature to be distracted at times and have difficulty focusing especially when bored, working on tedious tasks or ur just plain undisciplined or lazy. If ADHD is real then everyone has it, to a degree. The problem is that people want a magic solution for inability to focus when in reality you need discipline. Same with binge eating and I am not one of these ppl that can just say I won't binge again and then able to stop I've had my struggles. But bottom line is everything is a choice including BE. If someone had a gun to your head or your childs head and they said "go ahead and binge, I dare you! If you binge eat ill blow your head off" would you still do it? No, because you can control it. It's that we want our cake and to eat it too, LITERALLY. We are too selfish and greedy to give up these dopamine hijacking foods but we "really swear we want to" except we don't want to or we would. Nobody can stop BE for us but ourselves. Need to stop acting like something is causing us to have these problems, it's not a eating disorder, it's a choice. Disorders are cancers, failing kidneys etc. not BEHAVIORS driven by choice.
@@502gurl People with ADHD have smaller prefrontal cortexes and we can see in brain scans that these brains are structurally different to neurotypical. This is a bio-neurological disorder.
The problem is that people are only diagnosed on the symptoms (behaviours) because it’s too costly from a time and money perspective to actually look at people’s brains.
When you are only assessing behaviour and self-reported experience then the diagnosis rate is going to go up and become less accurate, but you’re spouting off an opinion before you have even looked into the neurological evidence for this disorder. Yes, many people have ADHD-like symptoms and do not have ADHD, but how does that equate to it not existing?
What are you basing your opinion on? Is it because it just FEELS true to you? Your limited life experience from a perspective of one person? You’re ignoring a whole body of evidence and research. ADHD is more than being distracted a lot 🤦🏽♀️
I can point you to sources if you are interested in challenging your assumptions. Let me know if you are.
Hi, I'd love the sources for that please. Do people with ADHD have a smaller PFC. ( as in , literally less grey matter) or is there less activation there? It's fascinating. Thank you
@@mindfuleats4517 Sure! Happy to.
in brain development scans those with adhd are shown to have slightly smaller PFCs childmind.org/article/how-is-the-adhd-brain-different/#:~:text=Research%20has%20shown%20that%20in,volume%20in%20kids%20with%20ADHD.
ADHD brains also appear to have ‘holes’ in them on brain scans, but this is to do with reduced activity not actual empty spaces www.amenclinics.com/conditions/adhd-add/#:~:text=ADD%20%2F%20ADHD%20Brain%20Scan&text=The%20ADD%2FADHD%20scan%20on,patterns%20associated%20with%20ADD%2FADHD.
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I think I also assume that because people hear every UA-camr saying this that they kind of become immune to the like, subscribe and hit the bell requests 🤷🏻♀but maybe not (or just me 😂)
@@TheBingeEatingTherapist I just wanted to say that the really sincere way you asked while acknowledging that it's annoying in most cases has made you the only channel that I have notifications on for, because I really liked that you gave reasoning for what it does and why it helps, and I really think your content is so valuable that more people should see it 😊 I am not a severe binger, but I do have severe emotions around food that you have honestly helped me with tremendously in the past month of discovering your work! I too fall into these addictive cycles and traps all over my life as you describe (I do have ADHD), and when I realise I'm doing something that I actually really don't want to be doing but I'm physically trapped in, I realise I can only help myself by making supportive structures around the initial engagement of the habit in order to not engage in the first place which avoids taking the bait as you described. But I'm still trapped in the too-long night time scrolling, because engaging in lighthearted content helps me to switch from a buzzing brain trying stressfully to solve every problem in existence for hours, but my issue is in how to stop the scrolling session... Haven't figured out the key to this one yet!
Oops, conversation overload. Thanks for your awesome, insightful, compassionate and empathetic content, I genuinely love it! ❤