GLUTEN FREE OCD MEDICATION

[CeliacPsycho246]

I have been experiencing debilitating OCD symptoms for the past two or three years and I'm really interested in getting on medication so that it can stop ruining my life.... 

I have an appointment with a general doctor December 13th to talk about prescribing medication but I am extremely concerned about gluten content. 

What OCD medications  have been confirmed by the manufacturer as gluten free? I would really need a 100 percent guarantee that the medication was gluten free to take it. MY OCD manifests best with the gluten thing. Constantly worrying about if something possibly has gluten. That's one of my issues. So this is like a catch 22... 

PLEASE IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME WITH SOME SOLID INFORMATION ABOUT GLUTEN FREE OCD MEDICATIONS COMMENT BELOW. THANK YOU!

[trents]

Welcome to the forum, @CeliacPsycho246!

This might be helpful: http://www.glutenfreedrugs.com

 

 

[Scott Adams]

You can search this site for prescriptions medications, but will need to know the manufacturer/maker if there is more than one, especially if you use a generic version of the medication:

To see the ingredients you will need to click on the correct version of the medication and maker in the results, then scroll down to "Ingredients and Appearance" and click it, and then look at "Inactive Ingredients," as any gluten ingredients would likely appear there, rather than in the Active Ingredients area.

• https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/ 

 

[knitty kitty]

@CeliacPsycho246,

My OCD symptoms resolved after I took supplements of the active form of Pyridoxine B6 called P5P and L-Theanine, an amino acid.  

Pyridoxine B6 is absorbed from foods or supplements and then must be changed to its active form.  P5P is the active form.  Inflammation and malabsorption can impede this process.  Taking the active form is beneficial because it is ready to be used immediately.  

L-Theanine is a natural amino acid that helps immensely with anxiety.   Together these two supplements really work to relieve OCD.

I like Life Extension brand of P5P, but there are others that are labeled gluten free, too.  L-Theanine is found in chocolate, but as much as I love chocolate, Theanine  supplements work better.   Hope you are open to trying these as a stop-gap until your doctor's appointment.  Keep us posted on your results.

[knitty kitty]

@CeliacPsycho246,

You might try cutting out dairy.  Some of us react to Casein, the protein in dairy, the same as to gluten.  

[Wheatwacked]

vitamin D levels in obsessive-compulsive disorder

"The number of participants with vitamin D insufficient ... and vitamin D deficiency ... in the OCD group was statistically significantly higher than the control group... and also the number of participants whose vitamin D levels were in the normal range ... in the OCD group was statistically significantly lower than the control group."

Low vitamin D iscommon in Celiac Disease patients.

Also no lithium in drinking water (bottled water) or in areas with low ground water Lithium contributes to anxiety.

Association between naturally occurring lithium in drinking water and suicide rates

The EPA calculated a provisional oral reference dose (p-RfD) of 2 μg/kg-day using the Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Value   https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-11/ucmr5-technical-fact-sheet-lithium-in-drinking-water.pdf

Should we all take a bit of lithium?!

Raising my vitamin D to 80 ng/ml and taking 5 mg a day of Lithium Orotate for a few month helped me.