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Same experience. Bipolar relatives, volatile in childhood, diagnosed at 20, way more stable now since switching my diet. From severe diagnosed anxiety disorder

Same experience. Bipolar relatives, volatile in childhood, diagnosed at 20, way more stable now since switching my diet. From severe diagnosed anxiety disorder to calm in one week after removing gluten from diet. Symptoms, especially self harm ideation , grandiosity and anxiety come back for exactly 48-72 hours when I ingest it and then subside. Life changing. Probiotics and other vitamins never made that much difference by comparison. Bipolar has many causes though. The only biological difference between those who self harm and those who don't is zinc deficiency.

ianai 8y ago
What are the foods you’re eating with gluten in them?
- code_duck 8y ago
  On purpose, none, of course. It is very difficult to avoid trace amounts.
  - ianai 8y ago
    How do you feel if you eat moderate protein, high fiber?
rednerrus 8y ago
Do you take magnesium? I have the same kind of thing. When I add magnesium, and stick to the diet, I feel like a normal human being.
- code_duck 8y ago
  I have found magnesium helps me, but I think just because I was deficient due to general nutritional deficiency (I can't really eat anything due to some digestive dysmotility). My legs were feeling weak and knees burning, and I was having problems getting decent sleep. Magnesium supplementation seemed to help with both. As far as my other issues, and in the past when I ate food, celiac tends to result in malabsorption of many nutrients, which probably contributes to symptoms.
- pasbesoin 8y ago
  I started taking vitamin D (D3). I did so because of a family history of cancer et al. I had no expectation of a psychological effect. Two days later, I was asking myself what the heck had changed. My mood seemed much more stable, even, comfortable. The only thing that had changed, was the vitamin D. Now, if/when I run out of it and don't get to the store for a few days, I notice my mood regressing. Particularly when I haven't recently gotten significant, direct skin sun exposure. As for magnesium, more recently I read that, among other things, it helps with vitamin D absorption and/or utilization. This is not its only apparent benefit. And, unlike some other supplements, there appears to be direct observation of subjects/people to back up claims of these other benefits. I don't know about studies that elucidate the relative biochemical mechanisms.
  - code_duck 8y ago
    Vitamin D improves my mood and also peripheral neuropathy (extremity tingling). I was probably fairly low on it from living in a sunless place and having celiac. Apparently, some of the effects like peripheral neuropathy in celiac are linked to poor absorption of vitamins due to the typical intestinal damage.

ianai 8y ago

What are the foods you’re eating with gluten in them?

code_duck 8y ago
On purpose, none, of course. It is very difficult to avoid trace amounts.
- ianai 8y ago
  How do you feel if you eat moderate protein, high fiber?

rednerrus 8y ago

Do you take magnesium? I have the same kind of thing. When I add magnesium, and stick to the diet, I feel like a normal human being.

code_duck 8y ago
I have found magnesium helps me, but I think just because I was deficient due to general nutritional deficiency (I can't really eat anything due to some digestive dysmotility). My legs were feeling weak and knees burning, and I was having problems getting decent sleep. Magnesium supplementation seemed to help with both. As far as my other issues, and in the past when I ate food, celiac tends to result in malabsorption of many nutrients, which probably contributes to symptoms.
pasbesoin 8y ago
I started taking vitamin D (D3). I did so because of a family history of cancer et al. I had no expectation of a psychological effect. Two days later, I was asking myself what the heck had changed. My mood seemed much more stable, even, comfortable. The only thing that had changed, was the vitamin D. Now, if/when I run out of it and don't get to the store for a few days, I notice my mood regressing. Particularly when I haven't recently gotten significant, direct skin sun exposure. As for magnesium, more recently I read that, among other things, it helps with vitamin D absorption and/or utilization. This is not its only apparent benefit. And, unlike some other supplements, there appears to be direct observation of subjects/people to back up claims of these other benefits. I don't know about studies that elucidate the relative biochemical mechanisms.
- code_duck 8y ago
  Vitamin D improves my mood and also peripheral neuropathy (extremity tingling). I was probably fairly low on it from living in a sunless place and having celiac. Apparently, some of the effects like peripheral neuropathy in celiac are linked to poor absorption of vitamins due to the typical intestinal damage.