Sleep-Related Eating Disorder

Melissa C Lipford; R Robert Auger

doi:10.1016/j.jsmc.2023.10.013

Sleep-Related Eating Disorder

Sleep Med Clin. 2024 Mar;19(1):55-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2023.10.013. Epub 2023 Nov 29.

Authors

Melissa C Lipford¹, R Robert Auger²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: Lipford.Melissa@mayo.edu.
² Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

PMID: 38368069
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2023.10.013

Abstract

Sleep-related eating disorder is a non-rapid-eye movement parasomnia typified by recurrent episodes of eating/drinking following arousals, with associated partial/complete amnesia. Adverse health consequences and quality of life impairments are common. The condition can be idiopathic but most often accompanies unrecognized/untreated comorbid sleep disorders and/or is induced by psychoactive medications. As such, management consists of addressing comorbidities and removing potentially offending medications. While a thorough clinical history is often sufficient, additional sleep testing may help identify coexisting sleep disorders and/or other phenomena that may cause arousals. Limited data suggest benefit from topiramate and other medications in idiopathic or otherwise refractory cases.

Keywords: Night-eating syndrome; Nocturnal eating; Parasomnia; SRED; Sleep-related eating disorder.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Feeding and Eating Disorders* / complications
Feeding and Eating Disorders* / therapy
Humans
Parasomnias* / diagnosis
Parasomnias* / epidemiology
Parasomnias* / therapy
Quality of Life
Sleep
Sleep Wake Disorders* / complications
Sleep Wake Disorders* / diagnosis
Sleep Wake Disorders* / epidemiology