Compulsive Eating Disorder/Food Addiction...

[MissWinter]

... Has anyone had/does anyone have this?
I'd love to hear your experiences.

[2plusbaby]

Sorry I seen this thread last week and didnt get back to reply!!

My step son has a "food addiction". His 15, and growing normally. He has aspergers syndrome which is apparently the cause.

He wakes, sets alarms to wake in the night to steal food. He has admitted he is not hungry at those times, but he has to... eat, have food. No matter what it is, from left overs to tinned tuna, we even found frozen dim sims stashed to thaw in his room.

When he does eat his meals he eats very very fast like it will disappear if he doesnt. We have tired everything from cutting out sugars and junk to goving him more food but nothing makes any difference.

He will do any chore, job, favour to get food or money for food. (We dont use this, I think it would cause more harm than good.) We have even been called to his school for "not feeding him", as he ws going to them saying he was given no lunch so they would give him more food.

He was extremely over-weight till about 2 years ago when we finally put our foot down and limited his intake, he still gets his 3 meals, 2 snacks and there is always fruit available. He is now in the healthy weight range.

Not sure what info you were looking for but feel free to PM me anytime if you think I may be able to help!

[nickym]

https://www.healthshare.com.au/commu...food_addiction

Hi Mums,

I am a mother and frequently use these chat forums for my 8 month old son. I am the communications manager of a company called Healthshare which is an online social health chat forum which has just been launched in Australia. We have a community which focusses on Parenting & Children's Health which covers a whole range of topics within communities ranging from food allergies for children to eczema and breastfeeding. You could join this community and speak with other parents who are facing similar health challenges with their children. We had a community on Food Addiction which you could join to speak with people facing similar challenges.

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