Do you have or know anyone who has a food addiction? I mean a real, bona fide diagnosed food addiction.

If so, what is/was the treatment? Is it just psych or meds or a combo of the two?

I dont know of anyone who has been diagnosed, yet I know plenty of people who have it. I would say that most of us who have been banded or have had other versions of WLS have a touch of food addiction.

The band for me has been a partial cure along with lots of self work. I have not gone to conseling but I read and discuss the issue quite a bit and feel I have made great progress. I think I will always be a bit of a food addict . . . remove my band and I have no doubt whatsoever that I will be obese again.

Anything you can't stop is an addiction! Yes, I believe most of us are food addicts!... The good news about actual "Hunger" as explained to me by my Dr. is that there are two nerves going up either side of the stomach where the lapband is placed and for some reason the nerves transmit fullness to your brain faster. The Lapband is a great tool to help real hunger... the rest is up to us!!!! It's kind of like reinventing ourselves.. I went through it in 99 when I quit smoking...talk about an addiction!

I believe that I have a food addiction. Especially now that I have a band and I can't eat like I used to. It's been incredibly difficult to deal with. I used to smoke until I got pregnant with my son which was almost 3yrs ago now and that was very difficult to quit. However, I believe that this is a lot harder to deal with than not smoking anymore. I feel like I go through withdrawals and everything. I'm surprised I'm not having night sweats and everything.:biggrin: Anyways, I just think that it's something that we all have to learn to deal with and hopefully as time goes by it'll get easier and easier for us to deal with. (please let it get easier and easier to deal with):biggrin:

I've been past goal for almost a year now and my craving for food has hit the roof. I constantly think about food. Yesterday at church- food was on my mind. I wake up in the middle of the night thinking about food. I eat 7-10 times a day, so I am eating constantly! [few bites here and there]

My weight is not suffering because I have the band, whew!

But, I think I'm going off the deep end. I have been thru many life changes this year, especially the past few months:

mother's death

2 daughter's moving away-1 military

move

quit nursing school [moved]

-I'm sure there are other things-

thyroid problems just now diagnosed(although suffer for years-family history)

So it's no wonder I'm suffering....but food is the way this is manifesting itself.