Night Eating Syndrome Vlog Intro

Welcome to my Night Eating Syndrome vlog on YouTube. This is just a short introduction to a vlog, where i want to talk about my experience, tips on food and sleep, reactions of the ones around you, official status of the disorder, research, news and so on. Please ask questions, share and like!

Dreams on a Full Stomach

My NES is back, it's official. I had a huge sausage in the middle of the night (let us not go into Freudian interpretations of that). The dreams I had are, well, predictably strange. Luckily I am not alone; Lilly Allen tweets:

I always have weird dreams after eating steak for dinner. Last night I became Harry Styles' interior designer (not a euphemism) .
— lilyrosecooper (@lilyrosecooper) July 24, 2012

What do you dream about after you eat?

Hi All! Here is a chance for all of us to contribute to a study on sleep disorders, NES and weight gain. The questions are interesting and it doesn't take long to fill in. The survey is here: The Potential Links Between SleepQuality, Disordered Eating And Body Mass Index.  

Believe

Every journey starts with believing one can make it.

I believe NES is beatable. But only if I want it to be beatable. I am ready to take my life into my hands. I am ready to make no excuses. I don’t depend on moods and external factors. I will not make excuses for the stress a man causes me, a sick child my heart aches for, work that gets done three times slower than planned. I will put a smile on regardless.

My. Life. Is. In. My. Hands. 

Getting up early helps beat NES

For the last TWO WEEKS I have been getting up 3-4 hours earlier than my usual waking time. It had been brutal; I was falling asleep at my desk, my eyes burnt all throughout the day, red and teary. The big payoff, I thought, would be the ability to sleep, not eat at night and finally beat NES.

The first night I fell asleep the minute I touched the pillow (after I dragged my exhausted body to bed) and the next thing I heard was the alarm going off the next morning. I had slept through the night without eating!!! I couldn’t tell you how happy I was.

The experiment is really going well. I am getting up ravenous but happy, and I eat what I want during the day. Pasta for breakfast? Why not? Since NES sufferers usually skip breakfast, it’s best to eat non-breakfast food that is more nutritious and doesn’t feel like it belongs to those early hours. I also eat a nutritious meal around 9-10 so I don’t wake up hungry. But believe me, by the minute I am in bed I can’t wait to get that rest – and I simply have no energy to get up even when I do wake up (a couple times a night).

The last couple of days I gave myself some slack since it was weekend, and I reverted to NES the last two nights, the first night for some cookies, and the second for an apple. To avoid this, I would recommend sticking with the early hours even at weekends, until NES is on the ground, unmoving and not breathing.

For sufferers of NES who feel it’s not primarily an eating disorder but a sleeping disorder, this method is definitely worth trying out. If you are exhausted enough for a deep sleep, chances are you won’t be getting up. Going to bed with peace of mind helps too so try to plan the day ahead (if it calms you down), write down all that bothers you (that bastard got me yellow gold instead of white!) and let it go. Doing breathing exercises, counting, visualising a pleasant landscape may also help. When you wake up at night, popping up into an upright position, keeping eyes closed and breathing deeply instead of going to the kitchen for NES binges may save you.

Resolving any problems you have is crucial, whether on your own or in therapy. NES is beatable, and part of the solution is believing you can beat it. 

Not Afraid of Zombies

Fucking kitchen barricading doesn't work. Barged in through TWICE and destroyed all edible things in fridge and cabinets. F. U. C. K.

A la querre comme a la guerre

Fucking NES has been acting up lately.

A decision had to be made: I will barricade the way to the kitchen with chairs, boxes and debris, like there was a zombie horde drooling to put some teeth on my (puffed after the holidays) bodyparts.

Let's see how tired I will be at 3 a.m. to get to those cookies, pineapple juice, ham and chewable Omega 3 supplements (orange flavor, yummmm) through all that shit.

Never done this before - will keep you posted.

Not feeling good

Ate a packet of spinach sticks (whatever that shit is), a packet of candy and drank a gallon of water, and feel like crawling under the bed and dying. hands shake, mouth dry, face puffed, heartbeat not normal. fuck nes!

Welcome to NES!

I am Sviatlana Piatakova, a writer from Minsk, and after having suffered, with varying degrees of severity, from NES for at least 18 years, I have finally decided to do something about it. My shrink says talking is healthy (let’s hope she is right about that one because she kind of blew the whole fighting NES thing with a ‘just have a drink of water instead’ genius tip) so that is what I intend to do – talk it out in this blog about Night EatingSyndrome. Anything I can discover on the web, from friends, enemies, fellow sufferers, lovers and pets, I am going to share here and hopefully it can help someone battle this shady condition, even when health professionals shun away.

Important Disclaimer: Despite occasionally sporting horn-rimmed spectacles, I am not a medical professional and this blog as well as the Facebook NES page are not sources of accurate scientifically proven information on Night Eating Syndrome, or any other health condition. They are simply an attempt to shed some light on this dimly lit disorder, learn, communicate and laugh through tears when all else fails. Everyone – welcome!

They say one way to fight addiction is to find a good substitute (a carrot for a cigarette, a swinger with a carrot for heroin). So maybe I should take on the addiction of detailing my fridge adventures as an NES freak. Again, don't do this at home. 

ENTRY 1: December 5 - 6

Had one cough candy at 2 a.m. Had some halva at 3 a.m. (kept in mind that child will ball her eyes out if I eat it all – approximately 30% of brain awake – so left 1/3 of the original portion for said child). Had 2 large persimmons at 4 and 5 a.m. respectively. Had one throat infection candy at 6 a.m. (In my defense, have a nasty cold). DID NOT skip breakfast.