Binge Eating Disorder & RNY

I've been told by several health care professionals that WLS would be my best bet for a somewhat normal life.  However, I have been struggling with an eating disorder (binge eating) for over 30 years.   Has anyone had the RNY after being diagnoised with an eating disorder... if so what were your results?

The thought of "never eating again" is scarry...  the thought of gain back all the weight due to my inability to get a handle on things is horrifying!!!

Any advice (good or bad) would be greatly appreciated!!!

Before surgery I had a problem with binge eating too. I had to go to counseling and am still going to work on the reasons why I did it. After surgery it is almost impossable to binge eat anymore. I am suprised how my attitude has changed about food. I eat now because I have to. There is not the same comfort value in food as before. I am at a point where I can eat almost anything and food still tastes great but I know if I eat too much I will get super sick.

Hope that helps.

Linda

Linda has some good advice.  Work through your binge eating issues with a therapist.  After the surgery, you will have severe physical reprecussions if you binge eat, but that doesn't mean that you won't want to.  I was never formally diagnosed with a binge eating disorder, but I have quite a bit of grief that I'm working through because I can't eat the amount of food that "comforts" me.  It's something I'm really working hard on with my therapist.  Also, don't entertain the thought of "never eating again" because it's one of the biggest misconceptions about RNY.  I'm not even 2 months post-op and although I can't eat a lot of food at one sitting, I'm surprised at the variety of different foods that I eat and how much I have to "watch myself" at social functions and what not.  Like I said, I can't eat too much at one sitting, but I'm learning the hard way (not often, just once or twice) that you can pack in a lot of food one bite at a time.  I think, and the evidence shows, that you're at an increased risk to gain back the weight if you have a diagnosed binge eating disorder.  So absolutely do what you need to do to get a handle on it before you have surgery. 

Honestly, I didn't expect to struggle with this much grief post-op and from the research I've done I understand that it is quite normal to experience it for the first 3-6 months.  As time passes and I am recognizing the benefits of the surgery and adapting to my new stomach, the grief and depression are passing.  I weigh less now than I have in at least 5 years (maybe more) and I can do a lot of things that I couldn't do before. Even with all of the sadness and work that I've had to do, I have never wished for more than a few minutes that I hadn't done this.  It is worth it, but it isn't the "easy way out" as some people suggest.  It's much, much harder because you can't un-do your decision unless you want to risk really physically hurting yourself.

I wish you the best - do not make your decision lightly and absolutely don't make it because someone else told you to.  You will know when you're ready.

Excellent Post New Day Coming, I couldn't have said it better.