Anxiety and Atkins

[lisadallasr]

Hi everyone, i was wondering if anyone out there suffers from anxiety attacks or just plain anxiety and if so does this woe help you. I have noticed from my on again and off again mess ups that when i eat on plan i have less anxiety, almost as though the sugar i eat is causing some issues.

[Lulubell]

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lisa,

i believe strongly that there is a connection between anxiety/depression/mood swings and food consumed. i am also less irritable and anxious when i am not eating sugar.

[WarOnTypeII]

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Interesting thing that whole "mind body" connection thing. Personally I don't know that I suffer from anxiety, but when I do eat too much sugar or starchy stuff I'm very irritable.

I have a book on audio .... "You On A Diet" it goes through some of the mind body stuff pretty good.

I find if I'm eating right, exercising and doing the next right things for myself, I'm more content and at ease ..... sometimes a bit impatient and wanting results .... but more at ease.

Than when I'm not eating right, not exercising the right way (only lifting), and generally getting sloppy. When I get this way, it's a slippery slope.

Thought provoking thread. Looking forward to the responses.

[turnpup]

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I'm prone to anxiety and depression (non-medicated, though, so not too bad). When I get off sugar, the crazy isn't brought nearly as often!

It may not be anything scientific, but I believe it.

[Riley79]

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My fiance has an anxiety disorder and his doctor tells him to cut out suger because it will definetly effect him. We can both tell when he has eaten a lot of suger or drank a lot of soda that he is much more edgy and anxious. Caffeine also is supposed to effect anxiety as well. I am bi-polar II and I have noticed that cutting out suger in my diet has helped with my emotions and anxiety also.

[Lyssie]

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ummmm... ok, where to start... I think this WoE seriously helps. I have a noticable difference in moods if I have high carb levels. I never realized how much they vary even from eating like, 20g to 100g or anything like that. Then again, I am also medicated, and when I eat carbs I tend to think that I don't need medication even though I get worse to the folks around me, I think I'm better. I am bi-polar, have depression, and anxiety/panic attacks. I still have attacks, just not *daily*...

[dream]

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I have anxiety/panic attacks too. The first thing the doctor told me to cut was caffeine and that helped tremendously.

[lisadallasr]

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Thank you all for your input, i was just sitting here thinking to myself about my anxiety, and im on klonopin that i take as needed, but i also noticed that when i eat off plan i start feeling very anxious, almost like i cant breathe at times, and i remember before i ever did atkins, i went to the emergency room about it, and they did test and everything and of course nothing but anxiety, and the weird thing is nothing has to be going on for me to feel anxious, it will just hit me all of a sudden, and only twice have i had a panic attack which is so much worse than an anxiety attack in my opinion, i thought i was dying, but when i eat on plan i have anxiety attacks very seldom so i thought there might have been a link, which i find very interesting, which makes it another reason why the wol is such a great one!!!!

[dream]

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Panic attacks are very frightening. The first time I had a really bad one, I thought it was a heart attack. I'd never even heard of panic attacks. The doctor put me in the hospital and for three days they ran all sorts of tests to make absolutely sure it wasn't my heart or something else going on. Thank goodness they are fairly easy to control and if eating right helps, that's one more reason for us to stick with the program!

[Buddyjay]

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I too have suffered from Panick Attacks. They were severe about 10 years ago. in fact they were dibilitating. The last few years, they seemed to have subsided greatly but I still get anxiety or panick attacks occassionally.

I have been on Atkins for a little over three weeks and I do feel "calmer", more in control, if that makes sense. I have hypoglycemia and sometimes if I haven't eaten in awhile I get irritable, but that's ok compared to attacks. My first impression is that I think this WOE will diminsh attacks greatly. Maybe even eliminating them. I call it "feeling balanced" literally. I don't feel as "wobbly" or "woozy" as I have before. Also, a lot of aches and pains have gone away already.

[heatherm422]

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I also take medication for anxiety/depression and this WOE helps me tremendously! I am less irritable and less mood swings (well, I think so anyway LOL). I feel like I am more calm than before and able to stay in control in any situation.

[cincywbbw]

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I too have them, I am like 3 steps away from being agoraphobic (spell check). If it was up to the Dr's the list of medicine would fill a pharmacy.
Here is a list of medications I would be taking if the doctors have their way, They prescribe it to me every 3 months.
Zanax
Serzone
Serequel (causes diabetes)
Paxil
Ritalin LA
Now that is just from my shrink....lol..Makes ya wonder who is the crazy one because I dont take it.
From my foot Dr, I take lyrica(for nerve problems in my feet) and Vicodin extra strength.
Now ya top that off with Byetta (insulin) and high blood pressure meds and colesterol meds. And my vitamins.

And they wonder why I am a basket case...lol All i really take is my diabetes meds and vitamins right now.

I have noticed I aint getting that scared to death feeling lately when I go out of the house, I just wonder if the WOE has something to do with it along with getting my Blood Sugar under control.

[heatherm422]

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Seroquel is bad. Not good for you at all.

[lisadallasr]

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Oh i have heard of people who are scared to leave there house, now i dont have that feeling mine is more when i go to bed at night, i will wake up out of my sleep with a panic attack, nothing has to be going on, the one i had last was severe and i had my hubby call an ambulance, i truly thought i was having a heart attack, i was under so much stress though which i think triggered it, but it was nothing more than a panic attack, but mine happen more at night when im alone and i think i worry more about things right before i go to bed is the cause, but this woe helps me tremendously, and i have also will have less pain, hmm makes you wonder sometimes i would get shooting pain in my stomach and even sometimes in my chest but when i eat right all that goes away!!!!

[Slooknoo]

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It's interesting, because I do have anxiety. . . but I think it has less to do with sugar, and more to do with the fact that I know I'm going to gain weight from the food I eat. I am happier when I'm thinner. And have less anxiety when I know I'm eating on the Atkins plan, and doing the right thing to get slim!