An estimated 30 percent of patients with the binge eating disorder also have ADHD. Here’s what we know about how the two conditions can be related
, many are starting to realize some of the ways in which their disorder increases their risk for developing other comorbidities.
The two conditions intersect when patients born with ADHD develop a binge-eating disorder later in life, often due to a mixture of genetic and environmental factors. The complex connection between binge eating disorder and ADHD is due to several factors common in patients with ADHD, such as difficulties with emotional regulation, impulsivity, and reward processing.
For Weber, the link between the two disorders has been a complex one, one that ties into a number of food-related issues that commonly plague people with ADHD. This includes a pattern of forgetting to eat until she was starving—which would often lead to over-eating—and difficulties with staying organized enough to eat three balanced meals a day. She also tends to swing between two extremes in diet: a highly restrictive diet or out-of-control binge-eating.
. “That’s why a diagnosis feels so profound,” Weber says. “It’s an opportunity for us to realize that there is a why [we binge-eat].” Treating patients with multiple disorders can get quite complicated, as clinicians have to figure out which disorder should be treated first. This can be a tricky balancing act, as the order in which comorbidities are addressed can make a big difference to whether the treatment is successful.
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