Student Piled On The Pounds Because Of SLEEP EATING

A student who couldn't understand why she was piling on the pounds discovered she had a hidden medical disorder - SLEEP EATING.

Kate Archibald, 20, gets out of bed and sleep-walks into the kitchen, where she grabs armfuls of any food she can find.

She then takes it back to bed and scoffs the lot - without realising she's eaten a thing.

In the morning, Kate wakes up feeling oddly full and finds dozens of wrappers stuffed behind her bed.

After her first year at university, Philosophy and World Religion student Kate, who reckons she sleep eats about three nights a week, had gone up three dress sizes - ballooning from a size ten to a size 16.

She has now been diagnosed with Nocturnal Eating Disorder - a rare side effect of ADHD medication that means her body craves sustenance in the middle of the night.

Kate, now in her third year at the University of Aberdeen, said: "I had absolutely no idea why I was putting on weight.

"And I used to get in massive rows with my flatmates about all this food that was going missing - I was adamant I hadn't eaten anything.

"It was only when I woke up one morning surrounded by chocolate bar wrappers that I realised I must have been sleep-eating."

Speaking to student newspaper The Tab, Kate said: "I used to have to take Adderall for ADHD - one of the side effects is that it completely suppresses your appetite.

"When I was at boarding school, we had our tuck box at the bottom of our beds, and I would wake up when the medication wore off and feel ravenous, so I'd eat as much as I could.

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