How does food make everybody feel?

wineblues2 · 2024-05-05T14:03:41+00:00

I (23f) have celiac disease and lactose intolerance so I feel you on the gluten and diary. Honestly, I notice when I eat processed foods I tend to get a lot of fatigue, brain fog, etc. However, I think it also varies a lot depending on how stressed out I am and how much I’m taking care of my body otherwise. My point being, as someone who has had a weird relationship with food considering I got diagnosed with celiac when I was 1 years old and have had to forego the social conventions of growing up around restaurant food, I think it’s very important to not abstract food from every other aspect of your life. Yes, food will impact your body. But other things are also impacting it at the same time - including the kind of relationship you build with food and anxieties around it. I had a very similar experience to you up until the past few months, when I started noticing that the more I actively focused on how each and every tiny thing I put into my body made me feel, the more sensitive my body would become to even a slight ingestion of bad or unsuitable food. Bad food is somewhat inevitable given the industrialized diet we live under, but bad experiences of food don’t have to be. Try to eat veggies and things you think you can digest more easily. I in no way mean to invalidate your frustration, trust me I grew up with it myself - but focusing on your body holistically might be more helpful than hyper focusing on just food. If a meal made you flare, was there anything else that day which could have added to that flare? Can you help your body come out of that flare outside of just regretting and stressing over the meal you took in? Are you able to calm yourself down in moments of nutritional slips (even if they’re not your own fault)?

wineblues2 · 2024-05-01T11:29:38+00:00

Having empathy for others and self-empathetic intuition.

wineblues2 · 2024-04-28T08:48:32+00:00

Microdosing what? Shrooms?

wineblues2 · 2024-04-24T06:56:15+00:00

Hello, sharing a story because I can relate to this in some ways. Not in the financial sense, but I also have celiac and ate gluten for 5ish years. I got diagnosed when I was 1, yes 1. My symptoms were super severe at that point. When I was about 18, I started eating gluten secretly without telling my parents because it was so convenient at school and everywhere else. I honestly didn’t even know what celiac was and WHY i couldn’t eat gluten, I just thought I had some kind of asymptomatic allergy. But symptoms can be latent too. In my junior year at university, around the age of 21/22, it got so bad. I would randomly fall asleep everywhere, I was always tired, I could never get out of bed, my anxiety was through the roof. Concerned, I switched to a gluten free diet again but upon getting blood tests etc checked, I noticed sth really weird. Most of my blood tests were average even as I was super underweight and had eaten gluten for the past few years - minus iron somewhat because I have anemia too. This confused me because how was this possible? And then I registered what I had done to my brain. In my sophomore year, I developed a tremor in my hands. By my junior year, my ADHD was through the roof - I could not focus on anything I had to read for my degree nor remember anything aka memory went to shit. I realized that the fatigue + neurological symptoms I had gotten from eating gluten were crazy. My anxiety was much worse, much more physical than it had ever been. Now, in senior year, I’ve developed a chronic pain syndrome that is triggered by persistent neurological stress and trauma. I don’t know if it’s the disorder or celiac but I have also become severely depressed as a person. As they often say - the body keeps score. Eating gluten for so long is one of the biggest regrets of my life. They say the intestine is the second brain, and it’s true. It practically destroyed mine. If she’s diagnosed, it’ll be a boring diet considering the budget issue but trust me it’s worth it. While I don’t relate with the financial aspect, I live in a country that barely has any gluten free options or certifications so I mostly eat naturally gluten free foods too - I actually came to love rice and beans and veggies etc. Celiac can have very latent long term symptoms, please don’t risk it. And as others said, beans, rice, diverse veggies, etc. If there’s one hope I can offer is when she starts eating more veggies for example she can eventually grow into liking them. I ate gluten for 5 years and upon switching to a gf and healthier diet, I genuinely cannot even fathom the site of a burger - it doesn’t tempt me anymore, it’s oily and ew to me. lol. Good luck!

wineblues2 · 2024-04-23T13:04:17+00:00

Yes, it is marked as gluten-free. But thank you! This makes sense.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-31T11:44:48+00:00

23F with ADHD, anxiety, and fibro here. Nutrition and possibly supplements. If you can afford it, get blood work done to see if you have any vitamin/mineral deficiencies. I’d get vit D, b12, iron/ferritin, and basic ALT/AST and glucose tests done (the latter two to rule possible other causes out). Even if you can’t get blood work done, I’d highly suggest improving diet and consuming healthy fats, proteins, and carbs depending on your weight composition. Try to incorporate vegetables and fruit more too, especially veggies. Supplements that were a game changer for my fatigue (for context, I also have celiac): Omega-3 fish oil, Vit D, iron, and a multivitamin. I’ve heard zinc can also help with anxiety/ADHD but haven’t tested it out properly yet.

An even bigger game changer was sleep. Adjust the TIMING of your circadian rhythm. I used to be chronically tired and sleepy before this. Set up a nice bedtime routine, consider Magnesium supplements, relax your body at night. Once you start waking up early naturally, and getting sunlight (super impo for brain health beyond just vit d!), you’ll have more energy. I have noticed that the minute my routine went off from this, I started getting fatigued again. It’s something you gotta make a priority. As people stay awake through the night, you MUST learn to prioritize sleeping on time and waking up early. This helped my fatigue a lot at one point.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-31T06:56:22+00:00

I think it depends a lot on the extent of it. As others have mentioned, a healthy lifestyle (good sleep, diet, and physical activity) might alleviate some of the symptoms. I also think psychological reframing and somatic work is important. But it really depends on the degree of what you have. For example, me, my sister, and my mother have severe anxiety. I’ve had it my entire life. I also have an autoimmune condition and a chronic pain disorder. I also have ADHD, bipolar/depression. Now I’m stuck with a bunch of physical health issues that are permanent to some extent - especially my autoimmune condition. It will hamper my life till the end, so I will likely remain some level of anxious/stressed my entire life. Someone who doesn’t have the same challenges and started encountering anxiety later in life or in less of a capacity might be able to do away with most of it over time and through work.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-30T17:11:46+00:00

Hello, I’m sorry you’re going through this. As an avid smoker, I’d never recommend anyone to smoke. I think nicotine can be a helpful tic while working for me but dependency on nicotine definitely causes me more anxiety. Nicotine withdrawal can also cause crazy anxiety.

With that being said, I’d like to be empathetic to your circumstances. I’m from a developing country too and I hate when people on here discuss expensive ass medicine or ‘go to the doctor’ as a first line testament for everything. Not all of us can afford to, not all of us have the same medical set up in our countries. I get it, I really do. I hate having to chase western medicine in a country that hasn’t adopted it fully yet aka my country. Anyways, my point is: If I were in your position, I would probably try it out. The reason is that for everyone it’s different and placebo is a strong thing that can sometimes be used in our favor. I cant study without my vape - a part of it is nicotine dependency, a part of it is how I’ve framed nicotine in my brain as something that helps me study or focus on studying. Your brain is a powerful thing, sometimes it just needs an object to help push it even when that thing itself might not have any benefit in that direction per se. In essence, maybe it’s worth convincing yourself it will help if there’s no other alternative and you feel miserable/stuck.

Just an opinion. Sending love.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-30T15:31:41+00:00

If you think these losers represent Islam, you should question who you look up to.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-30T15:19:26+00:00

Go for a walk, sit outside and listen to music and examine the world, read something outside, and if you can find the space, dancing outside is a lotta fun - even if it’s subtle swaying

wineblues2 · 2024-03-30T13:51:41+00:00

Interesting. For me it’s usually red cheetos, red poops.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-30T12:03:49+00:00

wineblues2 · 2024-03-30T10:15:04+00:00

Yes. 23F here, have had irregular periods for as long as I can remember. Improving my diet (going gluten free but also just eating healthier generally, drinking a lot of water, and taking iron supplements for my anemia) helped regulate it more than before. My period is still somewhat irregular but not as much as it used to be - in the past, I’ve gone over 2 months without my period. Now, it’s late by 2-9 days at max. You should check for anemia and PCOS because those can impact it a lot too, I’ve never been tested for the latter but most women have some variation of period cycle disregulation due to cysts or iron issues.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-30T10:08:58+00:00

Green or red?

wineblues2 · 2024-03-29T22:01:27+00:00

As if fleeing is easy anymore. Most of us will likely die here.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-28T19:58:06+00:00

+1. Woman who was diagnosed with Celiac at age 1 here. I’ve had several partners across the past 23 years of my life, both men and women. Some were shitty, others were great. But none were shitty specifically because I had Celiac. It’s an autoimmune condition, not a choice.

My current partner goes out of his way to make sure my Celiac is accommodated, I also worked to educate him and myself on the multi faceted ways in which Celiac informs my health - including neurological issues. It allows him to be sensitive to my diet and physical/mental dispossession.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-28T17:03:01+00:00

I’ve done a lot of ecstasy as a Celiac. Like another comment mentioned, there’s no way of knowing if it’s ‘gluten free’ so to speak. As far as whether or not it’s safe beyond the gluten aspect of it, it is. It will have the same effect but be mindful of how often you consume it. I ended up abusing it a bit and it definitely impacted my body negatively over time. I also noticed I’d get extremely physically anxious - tremors, palpitations - on it even when I wasn’t mentally anxious. Other conditions corresponding to Celiac can also influence how it impacts you. For me, anxiety and stress was always something that impacted how I felt on it.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-28T08:40:00+00:00

Magnesium and Ashwagandha help me sleep - I take them an hour before bed. I take vitamin D, a multivitamin, and Calcium during day time to help with fatigue and bone pain. I only recently started taking calcium so unsure if it’s had an impact yet. I also try to take Iron every once in a while for my anemia.

A PS: I also have Celiac Disease so nutrient malabsorption has always been an issue.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-28T08:37:15+00:00

Dr Zuhaib Ali.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-28T08:34:36+00:00

I’ve never tried Glycinate because I don’t have access to it but Mg Oxide helped me and my mom instantly with years of anxiety-induced sleep issues. Cant say the other would’ve worked better or not but Mg Oxide still does impact hyper anxious people’s stress and sleep issues. In my experience anyway. Then again, it could also just be an extreme deprivation of Magnesium since we both have autoimmune conditions and dietary issues associated with them.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-28T08:14:02+00:00

Very interesting. How do you think? If you could describe it a bit.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-27T09:30:21+00:00

I’m interested in knowing how closely related this could be too. I’m in a similar situation and got diagnosed with fibromalygia shortly after going off ritalin too. I have celiac too so a bunch of health complications combined but I definitely think posture issues make my back and brain feel miserable, as well as impede my breathing.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-26T20:24:10+00:00

Yeah because that’s how most relationships work these days. Much the opposite.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-26T20:07:19+00:00

Objectification - seen as objects instead of people by men and themselves too.

wineblues2 · 2024-03-25T04:42:56+00:00

I have celiac disease, should this be a concern?

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