People with a sleep-related eating disorder have frequent episodes of compulsive binge eating while sleepwalking during the night. Sleep-related eating disorders are more common in women and typically first occur when people are in their 20s.
A sleep-related eating disorder can cause injury if you eat something toxic. It can also lead to weight gain, poor nutrition, poor diabetes control and depression. A sleep-related eating disorder may be linked to other sleep disorders.
Why choose Mayo Clinic for sleep-related eating disorders
- Expertise and experience. Mayo Clinic doctors have extensive experience treating sleep-related eating disorders and other disruptive sleep-related disorders (parasomnias). One of the earliest reports about this condition and its association with sleeping pills came from Mayo Clinic.
- Team approach. Your multidisciplinary team of experts in sleep disorders may include pulmonologists, psychologists or psychiatrists, neurologists and other specialists, such as pediatricians, if needed.
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