Binge Eating Disorder: Signs and Symptoms
Those that are struggling with binge eating disorder often experience an overpowering cascade of negative emotions following every binge eating episode. Many people with binge eating disorder struggle with maintaining a healthy weight.
Our goal is to partner together and discover a balance where the individual can thrive comfortably in their own skin.
Behavioral and emotional symptoms of binge eating disorder include, but are not limited to:
- Eating far more than usual in a short period of time (bingeing)
- Eating very quickly while bingeing
- Bingeing in secret: at night, behind closed doors, or when nobody knows
- Feeling you can’t control your eating
- Frequent dieting
- Hoarding food in unusual places
- Sneaking food between meals
- Creation of elaborate rituals or abnormal schedules to cover binges
- Irritability, anger, sadness
- Pre-occupation with body image
- Negative body image
- Counting calories
- Eating to cope with stress, anger, or sadness
- Withdrawal from friends or family
- Absence of compensatory behaviors such as purging
Physical signs and symptoms of binge eating disorder include, but are not limited to:
- Fluctuations in weight
- Weight gain
- Gastrointestinal problems
- Sleep problems
- Fatigue
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Joint and muscle pain
- Heart problems
- High cholesterol