Has anyone ever had problems with depression linked to overeating?

Question

I am just curious. I am trying to figure out what's going on with my mind and body, and wanted to hear other's experiences...

Answer 1

essentially you have a "love" or need for eating as it probably makes you feel good eating so and so foods. but you get to a point, usually afterwards, when you take a look at yourself and then begin to notice all your flab and disproportionate body etc. then you think to yourself, "man, if I didn't eat so much then I wouldn't look like crap." this eventually builds in you to the point where the only thing that'll make you feel better is.....eating. then the cycle repeats and continues until there is a fina breaking point

Answer 2

I have fought depression for many years, and I am very familiar with it being worse because of what I eat.

Certain foods (sweets, starches, alcohol) will make the depression bearable for me for an hour or two, and then I crash, being more depressed than before. I can imagine it's very much like being drug addicted.

Even when I'm not depressed, eating a lot of those kinds of foods (over a few days) will cause me to crash and go into a cycle of depression. Once I'm there (as I am now), it's really hard to not eat the kinds of junk that give me the fast lift (literally, like brown sugar out of the bag, canned frosting, chocolate syrup or a shot of tequila or red wine).

I really believe there must be a chemical component to this kind of depression, and it is awful. My brain won't shut up, I'm grouchy and angry, and I want to be left alone. I've even expereince waves of feeling like I want to die.

So yes, depression and food/overeating can go together. I'm living proof.

Answer 3

Have you ever watched that special about the guy who does nothing but eat McDs for a month? Well McDs changed a few things like banned the use of antibiotics from their farm use. But no one else has including farms that produce for grocery stores. I eat only organic or from farmers that are known for not using antibiotics, hormones, or steroids. I mean research in medical books says that if you take an antibiotics and go you in the sun you will get skin cancer. Do you see how many cases they have nowadays? Just google antibiotics in our food.

Answer 4

Sometime ago when I got depressed, all I wanted to do was eat and sleep. What I did to get out of that rut was joined a gym and exercised. I felt a lot better after a few weeks and was able to start eating and living healthy again.

Answer 5

Yes I am one of those people.The doctor put me on a anti depression drug to help me quit smokeing my weight was 140# now I weight 190 the hand outs (the warning that came with the pills) said that if you have a eating disorder not to take the medication but what happen to me was it created a eating disorder.I was hungry all the time.The meds was well burtin

Answer 6

Many times overeating is a result of depression but seldom the other way around unless you consider that overeating leads to obesity and that could lead to depression.
Overall they are linked in one way or another.

Answer 7

A common side effect of depression is carb craving. I am bipolar and when I start looking for sweet stuff, I get worried.

Answer 8

yep I weighted 300 pounds for a decade due to massive depression I an now 189.

Eats when happy, sad, football game etc, always a reason to eat eating disorders are insanity it sucks.

Answer 9

yes it is a big contributing factor....i was diagnosed with Depression about 5-6 months ago....i'm on Zoloft now and i dont' worry nearly as much about food...if you need to talk just email me or IM me on yahoo

Answer 10

yes i feel sometimes im gettin like that....it makes me mad i can"t lose the weight so i just eat......i get frustrated cause i was skinner when i was pregnate....