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Q: Sleep Eating while semi-conscious
asked by: JenniferLR74 on January 31st, 2008
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For the last weeks just about everynight I get up in the middle of the night and eat like crazy and while I am eating I am not completely out of it but I am definitely not really with it. I feel completely hazy and confused and semi concious when I am doing this. One time I got a glass of milk and ate cookies and feel asleep on the couch while still holding the glass of milk and awoke to the sound of the glass crashing to the floor because it had slipped out of my hands because I feel asleep. Another time I feel asleep with chips still in my mouth. The next day I will mentally question myself if I ate the night before and I will remember but it all seems very hazy. What is this? I have no control over when it happens.
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MandMs
replied on February 5th, 2008
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Have you been experiencing some other sleeping problems before?
Do you have someone that was witnessing these night meals?
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JenniferLR74
replied on February 5th, 2008
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The only sleep problems I had before was not being able to fall asleep right away because of racing anxiety thoughts. But once I fell asleep I always stayed sleeping. Never had anything like this before. And I am aware in the moment that I am eating but I just can't stop myself I feel like I absolutely need to eat something. And sometimes I will fall asleep while eating or I will fall right asleep after eating. But I almost always remember that I got up to eat. It is so annoyning though because I feel like I can't control myself. Everynight I go to bed saying ok your not going to get up to eat your full you don't need to but every night I still do! Its frustrating I don't know what the hell is going on.
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Jenalexa
replied on February 18th, 2008
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Hey, I can totally relate to the sleep eating thing. It gets so out of control, and my husband has literally cleaned peanut butter from all over my face before falling alseep and i have no memory of it at all. I wake up to junk food wrappers, a package of fully eaten cookies, or some baking ingredients i ate...

I have been taking zopilcone to fall asleep. It's probably contributing to the problem.

After doing some research, i learned this is an actual syndrome and we are NOT alone. We can't help it much either on our own unless you can be savvy and come up with a plan. The problem is really that our brain is asleep while our body is awake while this happens. talk to you doctor. you're not alone.
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MandMs
replied on February 20th, 2008
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Do you usually eat more food after dinner than during that meal?
Are you taking some meds?
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wavyhaired
replied on March 3rd, 2008
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Do you go to bed starving?
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