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Is there a name for an eating disorder where an individual eats alot of food while half asleep?



I will wake up in the middle of the night craving sweets and half the time I am half asleep when the cravings happen. I will binge eat anything that has sugar in it. I will walk up the next morning really sick to my stomach because of all the food I have eaten the night before. Is there a name for this condition??

it's generally referred to as nocturnal sleep related eating disorder (or a similar combination of words).

have a look at these:
http://sleepdisorders.about.com/cs/diet/...
http://www.anred.com/nsred.html...
http://www.medindia.net/patients/patient...
http://eatingdisorders.about.com/od/othe...
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-b...
is it possible you are pregnant if these symptoms just started
I don't think there is a specific name for eating at night but simply "binge eating" will be the closest term.
http://www.eating-disorder-research.com...
I don't know if there's a name for this. But you can try drinking a big glass of water or juice when this happens. Sometimes your body is just dehydrated and makes you think you're hungry. Happens to me.
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