TL;DR: Had undiagnosed adult ADHD, was fighting depression and binge eating disorder. It wasn't working because I wasn't addressing the real problem. Now I am. It's amazing so far.
I've struggled with overeating and bingeing most of my life. Since my teens, and I'm mid 30s now. Chronic depression, binge eating, emotional eating. I've tried a variety of courses and training, various antidepressants, CICO, moderate and sustainable diets etc. Nothing sticks. The overwhelming urge to eat when I'm not even hungry just wins, I run out of ways to distract it or say no.
Until now. Over the last few months I've learned that my depression and bingeing may stem from a common cause: undiagnosed and untreated ADHD. My psychiatrist suggested it and I thought it was utterly ridiculous... then did the questionnaire and was amazed. The authors knew me, hell, they might as well have cameras in my house it describes me so well. Maybe they had a point...
So here I am, early in an ADHD medication journey and looking into techniques and skills with a new angle.
And it's amazing. The nagging incessant subconscious urge I was always fighting, day and night, that told me to eat eat eat? It's gone. I eat if I'm hungry. If I'm not hungry anymore ... I can stop. I can look at a plate and go "nah, that's too much" and put some some back for later. When it occasionally does come back in milder form I can use the many skills I've built and the new perspective I have to banish it easily almost all the time now.
I'm losing weight at a moderate rate with little or no pain, deprivation and frustration or exhaustion. And that's not even the point, it's a bonus.
The point? Maybe if you've fought and fought and fought, try looking for a totally different direction. If swimming against the rip exhausts you and doesn't get you back to shore, swim sideways for a bit and try again.
Who knows if it'll last, but it's great.
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