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Mar 07, 2016, 02:41 PM
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I googled it because I have had a problem with food for about 5 years now, apparently there is a correlation between bipolar disorder and overeating sugar. I eat way too much sugary food usually when I'm stressed out or angry but even when I'm calm or happy. I just crave it. But it's not just sugar, it's carbs, I just love to eat large amounts of carb laden foods. Has anyone dealt with this?
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Mar 07, 2016, 03:10 PM
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The Skeezyks has a sweet tooth...
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Mar 07, 2016, 03:13 PM
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Lol sigh...me too. I posted this after making a pan of brownies on a whim and eating 4 before coming to my senses :/
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Mar 07, 2016, 03:32 PM
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[QUOTE=Melmo;4952687]I googled it because I have had a problem with food for about 5 years now, apparently there is a correlation between bipolar disorder and overeating sugar. I eat way too much sugary food usually when I'm stressed out or angry but even when I'm calm or happy. I just crave it. But it's not just sugar, it's carbs, I just love to eat large amounts of carb laden foods. Has anyone dealt with this?
Yes, it has to do with bipolar. And age. It won't get better. In my case, it's the sugar. A bowl of pasta won't do. Worst problem I have now is the eating binges at night. 2 or 3AM. It's due to the meds. Other bipolar favorite is peanut butter. I buy it natural. Since it's a little coarse, I add Wildflowers honey. Not recommended. Unless you are very underweight. |
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#5
Mar 07, 2016, 04:55 PM
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Sugar my favorite food. My weight is stable and I'm slowly losing weight because I avoid sugar and ignore cravings most of the time. And it's so hard.
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Mar 07, 2016, 05:08 PM
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I live of mountain dew. It's like liquid sugar.
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#7
Mar 07, 2016, 05:10 PM
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Yes. I've always craved sugar. A little less when I have a cocktail.
Yes. Speg w vegatarian home made sauce w parmasan cheese on top.
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#8
Mar 07, 2016, 05:13 PM
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Sugar is my downfall. I've tried cutting sugar out and it's nigh impossible for me to do so. I have no idea if it's a bipolar thing or not but it's definitely something I struggle with. It used to not matter because I was a healthy weight but I gained a lot of weight back in the fall. I'm trying to lose what I gained by keeping my calories low but it's a struggle.
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#9
Mar 07, 2016, 05:47 PM
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Yeah, I'm a sugar addict.
 I could eat sugar for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert! |
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#10
Mar 07, 2016, 06:15 PM
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I'm on Seroquel again for the third time and have gained fifteen pounds in the past few months from these sugar cravings. Today pdoc just put me on topamax to help, it worked last time. Every time I'm off Seroquel the weight just falls off. I'm already pre-diabetic from Seroquel, yippee.
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#11
Mar 07, 2016, 06:19 PM
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I asked for topamax a couple years ago and my dr gave it to me to stop the excessive eating. It worked, but I started to get so tired I could barely wake up with my daughter who was 3 at the time and once she got into some stuff while I slept through it so I stopped. BUT I was diagnosed with sleep apnea after that so that could have been the issue, or just that my depression caused the excessive tiredness. I'm tempted to try it again but the side effects scare me
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Mar 07, 2016, 06:27 PM
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Sugar is love, sugar is life for me. I can't seem to give it up.
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Mar 07, 2016, 06:40 PM
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That's what I worry about, pre-diabetes or full out diabetes. I take Seroquel, so I'm especially careful about sugar now. That and remembering how awful I felt all day after eating 1 luscious paczki a month ago. "Sugar is poison" is what I tell myself now.
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Mar 07, 2016, 06:57 PM
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It absolutely is, I have such a hard time saying no. I'm gonna try harder.
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Mar 07, 2016, 06:58 PM
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Do you think giving up sweets is good enough, or do some of you avoid sugars in condiments too?
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Mar 07, 2016, 07:24 PM
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I do crave it a lot. I'm finding the key to cutting down is just to not buy it. Plan all your meals for the week, buy that, and stick to it. I'm finding the more that I cut it out, the less I crave it. The BIG problem for me is all the sweets that end up lying around at work that I don't buy. I have no self-control when it dangles in front of my face all day.
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Mar 07, 2016, 08:24 PM
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More so when taking seroquel and paxil...goodness it was bad then.
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Mar 07, 2016, 08:37 PM
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I blame it on the meds. I have recently started a ketogenic diet - no carbs allowed - and the pounds are coming off. I absolutely hate it but I know it is for the best. Like what was brought up before, the fewer carbs I eat, the less I crave them. I can't eat fruit, which I do miss though.
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Mar 07, 2016, 09:09 PM
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I either am craving sweet or salty but I blame it on my ED. However lately I blame it on my huge increase of seroquel. Gained 4lbs in two wks! Oink oink
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#20
Mar 07, 2016, 09:11 PM
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I also just ate three cinnamon rolls....
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Mar 07, 2016, 09:21 PM
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I typically avoid really sugary foods but after quitting drinking I feel like I deserve to indulge myself so I'll have a sugary soda a few times a week (those Jones cane sugar sodas are amazingggg).
Also for some reason I got the strangest craving for "Good and Plentys" licorice candy last night (I used to eat those when I was like 11 years old) so I picked up a couple packs of those at the grocery store after work.
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Mar 07, 2016, 09:46 PM
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^^^*drooling about the cinnamon roles now* God that sounds too good. I was watching a food show and one of those shows they were making cinnamon roles homemade. I almost had to turn it off lol
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Mar 07, 2016, 09:49 PM
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Isn't eating 5 cookies before naptime healthy?
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#24
Mar 08, 2016, 04:53 AM
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My diet is crap. Too much fat, salt, sugar, and processed foods. But I've tried and tried, and I can't make myself like broccoli or cauliflower, kale and tofu and other so-called healthy foods. I am 57 years old and I'm long past the time where other people get to tell me what I should and should not eat. Of course, I'm over 300 lbs. and unable to do much physical activity, so something's gotta give. But I can't imagine dieting again...and weight loss surgery isn't an option due to finances.
What any of that has to do with bipolar, I don't know. Supposedly there is a link between BP (got that) obesity (yup), and even diabetes (I have that too). I think the meds have something to do with it because so many of them make you hungry, which makes you overeat, which leads to obesity, and obesity is a huge risk for type 2 diabetes. Speaking of cinnamon rolls: my son in law makes the most amazing Kahlua cinnamon rolls you've ever tasted. It takes half a day but they are SO worth the effort. YUM!
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#25
Mar 08, 2016, 06:00 AM
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Mmmm cinnamon rolls would go really good with my coffee right now.
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