Nightshades And Behavior

[dudeitseddy]

I posted earlier in the month relating to me trying out the gluten free diet due to emotional problems. I was not diagnosed but I have seem some slight improvement since the diet. However the past two days(though better than most in overall) I have been experiencing high irritation and anxiety. The only thing I have eaten different was a salad that contained tomatoes. Is it possible that they may affect you emotionally? I don't have a digestive reaction to them meaning I don't get any stomach problems or pains.

[RollingAlong]

Some people seem to think so

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[mushroom]

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Interesting site on nightshade reactions. First time I have heard mention of my symptoms, which are, amongst others, erratic heart beat. I thought I was a freak

[charles76]

dudeitseddy,

I an attest to the link between emotions and gluten most definitely. My sister used to get panic/anxiety attacks pretty frequently, and actually she has never liked tomatoes - wierd to me. Gluten is the biggest problem for me, in fact, I saw a therapist one time and told them I just needed support if I've had a gluten attack, and they said I must have other issues if I was in a psychologists office.. So, I guess I'm cured because I haven't been back and that was nearly over 10 years ago. And don't get me wrong, therapy is probably great for some.

I'll have to check on what my sister did about her panic attacks. I think she went on antidepressants and that that has helped. I don't know which ones though, and she's still working on being totally gluten free. As for me, I moved home from out-of-state because my emotions were so screwed up I could barely function. I was an "over-sensitive" kid, but now I know it was all because of gluten. I still go through a clockwork-like cycle of heart increase, sleepiness alternating with insomnia at night turning over and over for sometimes days, over-thinking, and then finally anger. By then I know its almost done, I just have to go throttle a street sign or listen to some really loud music. And then the world is back to being understandable.

I cook rice everyday (in my thoroughly cleaned and tested breadmaker - not all steamy in the place I live), eat a lot of cheese and applesauce, and am branching out. I started with an elimination diet of homemade sugar syrup and ground turkey, which I highly recommend as being the least allergic base point to start from unless you are vegan, even then its worth it to get a baseline if nothing else works.

Warning: Extensive rant about the complete incompetence of Doctors (except surgeons..):

I was pretty screwed up though - I used to eat bowls of cereal everday after school and pancakes or cereal for breakfast every day for throughout childhood. Cursing darn absolutely stupid beyond any worthiness of their false and deceiving title doctors. Sorry, their might be a few decent ones in some other country, maybe, and I guess unless their a surgeon, they did spend several years of intense study trying to learn something a freaking monkey or infant could figure out by not having to assume paid "experts" are supposed to know such a simple subject of nutrition - Hmm, let's see, his/her stomach hurts.. YEAH, MAYBE IT COULD BE THEIR FOOD that is the problem, lousy good-for-nothing worhtless lying sacks of ----! Okay, I guess I could use a therapist, but give it a try, and from there, you could simply add and subtract tomatoes to feel and determine they're affects. Its as easy as, 1-2-3. No, as easy as breathing. Okay, enough's enough..