Psychiatric Conditions And Medications

[Joyous]

Hi everyone,

I'm curious as to whether anyone here has (or know someone who has) successfully gone off of their psychiatric medications after starting a gluten free diet.

I'm curious about depression, anxiety, and especially ADD/ADHD.

[Ursa Major]

Psychiatric conditions are a very common symptom of celiac disease. Many here have gone off antidepressants, and I know of children (and adults) who where completely healed of their ADD/ADHD, mood swings, rage etc., simply by going gluten-free.

Give it some time, and don't quit any of those types of meds cold turkey, as that is dangerous. They are all highly addictive, you may need help weaning off them.

If gluten is causing you problems, it is a good guess that it is affecting your brain as well, and is causing those problems.

[ravenwoodglass]

Yes. Lots of us have and lots of us have gotten off those type of meds after eliminating gluten. If you are on them and do wean off do it with your doctors supervision. Many of us also have bad reactions to that type of medication with them making symptoms worse instead of better. Many also are not gluten free so be sure to check, sometimes a gluten-free version is available sometimes it is not.

[Joyous]

That's so exciting!

I would LOVE to not need my wellbutrin and adderall anymore (and no, I wouldn't dream of quitting wellbutrin cold turkey... I made that mistake with prozac once... not good), and I can't stop smiling at the idea that my son may not need to take concerta anymore.

lol I'm getting ahead of myself... I still don't know for sure if I (much less him) even have problems with gluten. I think I'm going to start a gluten elimination diet next week.