um.........hmmmm............no, not really.

when i get like this, my hands shake, i put food in my mouth so fast and try to swallow so fast that i have trouble swallowing without taking a huge drink. It is disturbing because I don't even like some of the food that I eat, and eat way, way past the point of hunger...

oh well...

What are you thinking about when you're doing that?

i'm thinking of how shitty that I am going to feel once I get done eating, but basically it is a blur - like when i was drinking - just consuming to excess in a big self-destructive blurr

this last week i have stuffed my face with all the sweet things i could find, even ate the plane food on my way back , 2 helpings would you believe as my daughhter took one look at it n turned up her nose ,startin to worry though as i had no appetite for bout 4 weeks before that, wow when i think bout it i have really stuffed myself, dont worry , ill go to weight watchers with you when we become big fatties xxx

thanks for making me feel better, that i am not the only one who uses food to comfort, or sabotage or soothe or whatever...

That sounds more like a compulsion than mania to me. In fact when I've been in mania my appetite diminishes.

That doesn't change the seriousness of your behavior and I suspect that therapy would really be a big help. Please get some help for this!

unh...can you concentrate on the taste of each bite you're having?

i am working on this with my therapist. something to do with never having enough, being afraid of not having enough food...

but this is a little different, slightly different than the compulsion to eat, this is kinda out of control, like a manic episode...
thanks for feedback

I've heard and I've had that happen to me before, it is when you are manic you might enjoy the taste of the food too much and over eat or at times do not eat at all due to the distractedly. What you've described sounds to me more like an eating disorder or just a binge due to anxiety. I am not a doctor, I am just guessing, but as far as I know to be manic you should meet 7 of the 10 criteria of DSM, so just binge eating should be enough to called it mania. I wish you luck

unh...don't forget: If you don't watch your figure, nobody else will!

it is interesting to think about. i am glad that it is not poor choices involving booze or sex, but i would rather not be making it with food!

When Im hypo I eat....then when Im depressed I cant eat.
I eat stupid when Im hypo cause I dont care about the weight gain....later when Im normal or depressed Im mad at myself for being such a pig.
Gotta get that silly haloween candy out of my house!

no shit...just cuz they are mini-candybars does not mean they are immune from calories...
those damn little things..

I've used food for comfort since...well, since I can remember! It's my drug of choice! Was in treatment for Bulimia twice many years ago. I definitely understand unh1995. Definitely!