When someone is diagnosed with a binge eating disorder, the most important step is to start the treatment as soon as possible. It is dangerous to ignore this disorder as it can lead to several health complications. Any eating disorder needs a proper medical and psychological treatment to avoid serious health problems associated with them. Treating binge eating disorder is not as difficult as diagnosing it; however, it can be slightly challenging.

People who suffer from bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder have distorted attitudes toward eating, and their behavior. Binge eating disorder is not a rare disorder in the country.

About 2 percent of the general population and about 8 percent of the obese population suffer from this disorder. Some experts who deal with eating disorders believe that the best treatment for a binge eating disorder is the traditional eating disorder approach that includes helping the patients decrease their usual amount of bingeing, help them boost their low self-esteem, helping them in dealing with their body issues so they accept their bodies, and treating other psychological problems such as anxiety and depression. Other experts who deal with obesity and problems related to obesity believe that the right approach toward treating a binge eating disorder is to treat obesity first by helping the patient lose weight.

These experts believe that psychological problems related to low self-esteem cannot be addressed unless measures are taken to help the patient lose weight.

Since binge eating disorder leads to other health problems such as obesity, heart attack, stroke, hypertension, and more. Treating the disorder alone is not enough. If there are traces of early signs of other health related problems, then they need to be treated as well for the best health of the patient.

It is stated that cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective treatment for bulimia eating disorder and depression. It can help in the effective treatment of binge eating disorder as well. While treating a patient with binge eating disorder, the approach plays an important role as there are multiple causes and aspects of the disorder. The aspect and the cause that is being targeted is of utmost importance.

Some clinicians debate that the underlying conditions need to be treated first for treating the binge eating syndrome. It is important to eliminate all the underlying conditions (including psychological conditions) before the patients are given treatments for making them stop binge eating. Cognitive therapies and interpersonal therapies for treating binge eating disorder have shown long-term success in curing the bingeing and treating several other health complications.

The main goal of all the treatments available for binge eating disorder is to incorporate healthy eating habits. The treatments for binge eating disorder include psychotherapy, medications, and behavioral weight loss.

Psychotherapy
It is also known as talk therapy. It can be done through group sessions as well as individual sessions. Through psychotherapy, patients get help and guidance in replacing unhealthy habits with healthy ones in order to reduce the bingeing problem. Psychotherapy includes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), interpersonal psychotherapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy. CBT helps patients cope with negative emotions and feelings that trigger the bingeing. It also helps people improve their control over their eating problems. Interpersonal psychotherapy is about the patient’s relationships with other people. It focuses on improving the relationships. Dialectical behavior therapy helps patients learn behavioral skills with the motive of handling stress better and regulate emotions to improve relationships with other people.

Medication
Medicines are given to patients with binge eating disorder as a form of treatment too. Lisdexamfetamine dimesylate is a chemical compound present in certain medicines that are prescribed to the patient for treating ADHD. The medicines are given to cure the symptoms of the disorder. Topiramate, an anticonvulsant along with antidepressants are also prescribed to the patients of binge eating disorder.

Behavioral weight loss program is also one of the effective ways of treating the binge eating disorder. Most people with this disorder find it impossible or difficult to control and lose their weight; and hence, the aim of this program is to help these patients with obesity.

Patients can start their clinical trial treatments for this problem. There are certain lifestyle changes as well as effective home remedies that need to be incorporated by people with the disorder for positive results.

Many individuals use alternative medication such as herbal medicines, herbal supplements, and herbal products to treat this binge eating disorder.

Preventing binge eating disorder
Paying close attention to your body and listening to it helps one avoid health-related disorder. There are common preventive methods that can prove to be effective. Though there are many different types of preventive methods used for binge eating disorder, it is still difficult to understand when a person can start suffering from the same despite all the important measures undertaken.