Diet to control anxiety.

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I am a strict vegetarian and I refuse to drink cow's milk as well (cannot drink it without feeling like I'm going to vomit, I drink long life soya milk because it is the only type of milk I can cope with).

However I admittedly do eat processed foods.

And sugary Coca Cola is the only thing that terminates my migraines (?!)

I want to know what sort of foods do I eat / avoid to help with hyperactivity (motor hyperactivity, I don't talk much), a "hyper brain", agitation, restlessness and difficulty in concentrating?

I also would like to be able to manage my autism symptoms (at least a little bit) as well.

I am on Olanzapine, Gabapentin and Desogestrel as daily meds. Although Olanzapine is for my psychosis, I was expecting 25mg a day would keep me calm, but for most of the days I'm hyper and agitated. I don't know if it is the Desogestrel that is causing my mood issues, but I can't come off that because I need amenorrhoea (periods = screaming and meltdowns for 4-5 days). Gabapentin for migraines but I'm on a really low dose.

Any dietary advice needed. But please don't say "eat meat / fish", because I won't.

All I can advise is to avoid caffeine. Like you, I drink Coca-Cola so I won't tell you to stop. As long as you don't drink them constantly you should be fine. Alternate with juice or water because Coke isn't the best thing to keep you hydrated.

As far as other foods go, it depends on your individual body chemistry. If you can, you might want to make sure you're not allergic to any types of foods; food allergies are common among us Aspergers folks. You might also want to consult a nutritionist.

You might be suffering from salt poisoning, it can cause restlessness and agitation in some people. What I do is take 16 oz of warm water, add a shot glass of lemon juice (NOT lemonade, but lemon juice) and stir, then drink. The salt will come out in your bodily waste. Once you have all the salt out of your system, you can adjust your diet. There is tons of salt in processed food. I know that people in India who are vegetarians have to closely plan their diets so they get the right nutrients.

I will tell you to stop drinking coke, and anything with caffeine.
I can suggest taking Flax oil for health.

I can't really push any diet for anxiety though, because mine obviously doesn't work all that well.

Maybe I can share some of my own experience with you. I suffered badly from anxiety, depression and mood swings.
Then I discovered that I was sugar-sensitive, after I stopped eating sugar the mood swings stopped and I was feeling
much calmer, but the anxiety and depression remained. They only stopped after I stopped eating any processed food, because
most of the added chemicals caused havoc in my endocrine and nervous system.
The most important change though, which eliminated all anxiety and depression completely, was to take iodine and selenium
in high concentrations. It has changed my life a 100 %, I feel strong and calm all the time now.
I've written something in more detail about iodine below:

THE IODINE AND BROMIDE CONSPIRACY

Since 1980 governments all over the world have deliberately induced anxiety and depression in their citizens by chemical means to suppress any spirited resistance to their oppressive rule.
How was it done and how can you undo it?

Guy Abraham M.D. , professor of endocrinology and the most knowledgeable expert on the thyroid in the world said that ? the removal of iodine and it?s replacement with bromide caused more misery and death than both world wars combined.?

Prior to 1980, Iodine was used as a dough conditioner in the production of bread and as a disinfectant in the processing of milk. Since then it has been replaced with bromide, a toxic metal which is causing depression, apathy, irritability, brain fog, lethargy, mood swings, and in extreme doses acute paranoid psychosis. They don?t just put it into the bread, but also plenty of it into soft drinks and many other processed foods and medications like asthma inhalers.

During the gulf war soldiers were dosed with pyridostigmine bromide to prevent death in the event of exposure to chemical warfare. It was one of the main chemicals which caused the gulf war syndrome. Statistics on the number of service men who were sent home as incurably ill psychotics aren?t available because of the cover up.

Bromide is so toxic, it is used as an insecticide that kills on contact. But they are happy for you to eat it!

The reason why toxic halogens like bromide, fluoride and chlorine can replace iodine in the body without fulfilling it?s function is because they are all in the same group of elements. Iodine is the element that makes you feel strong, calm and confident, while lack of it causes anxiety and depression.
All you have to do to feel cheerful and fearless is to avoid anything that contains those three toxins and replace them with plenty of iodine.
Now comes the tricky part.

The official Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) for iodine is set at 250 micro grams per day. This is a scam. In order to stay healthy the human body needs 12.5 milli grams of iodine per day (1 milli gram is a 1000 micro grams). So forget about iodized table salt, or the watered down stuff you get in the pharmacy, you would need kilos of it. Pretty much all over the western world, Lugols solution, which is a 5 % solution of iodine that used to be freely available in pharmacies, has been made into a presciption drug. Two to six drops of Lugols would supply you with a healthy daily dose of iodine. Good luck trying to get a subscription, I get my supply from the veterinarian, as it is still legal in New Zealand to give iodine to your cattle. Cows and sheep won?t organize any resistance to their oppressive governments after all.

The average Japanese person eats about 5 grams of seaweed per day, which coincidentally supplies them with about 12.5 milligrams of iodine. That?s why Japanese people are so long lived and healthy and why breast cancer is almost none existent in Japan, because not only the thyroid, but also skin, ovaries and breast tissue need plenty of iodine to stay healthy.
Iodine is one of the safest of all the trace elements, the only one which can be taken for long periods of time in amounts as high as 100.000 times the RDI.
The alleged reason for banning iodine from being sold over the counter is a condition called hyperthyroidism which is a hyperactive thyroid gland. Also called Hashimotos disease because it was first diagnosed in Japan. The alleged cause for this condition is too much iodine, which is of course nonsense. The people who got this condition in Japan were eating exactly the same amounts of seaweed as all the other Japanese people. The real cause for this condition was a lack of selenium in the soil, an element which the thyroid needs to balance its action.
If you have been deprived of sufficient iodine for most of your life you are also likely to lack selenium. To prevent hyperthyroidism from suddenly supplementing large doses of iodine, you would have to supply selenium as well, which is easily done by eating 3 to 4 brazil nuts a day. They reliably contain high amounts of selenium.

I?m writing about this because I know that it really works. I?m too pragmatic to bother with stuff that doesn?t work. Two years ago I was mentally and physically so run down that I had no choice but to find out what was wrong and fix it. I found all this information in an article in a Nexus magazine. I radically changed my nutrition, eliminated the toxic halogens and replaced them with iodine and it completely changed my life. I hope some more people will try this, heal themselves and spread the information. It?s really worth the effort.
And by the way, if you are so lucky to get Lugols solution, don?t take it with water, it tastes horrible that way. Add something acidic like juice or cider vinegar to the water, because that will completely neutralize the taste. You can also just drip it into your soup. If you can?t get Lugols you would need to eat 3 teaspoons of kelp powder a day or some other seaweed. They can?t easily ban that. In the beginning you would need much higher doses than 12.5 mg, but the first positive effects of it can be felt within days.

I could have used large amounts of Iodine and Selenium today.
I wonder if I try to acquire some that I might get put on a terror watch list.

Surely overuse of iodine can cause thyroid problems?

Well, caffeine is a mild analgesic as well. The migraine could be made worse by the fact that you may also be withdrawing from the caffeine- and by its natural properties, it also soothes your migraine a little.

If I said anything more about diet, I'd be a hypocrite. I'll simply lurk for good advice.

Birdsleep: How do you cut out bromide, fluoride and chlorine? Apart from a water filter and using fluoride-free toothpaste? Or is that all you need to do, apart from buy organic fruit and vegetables?

SteelMaiden: Since you won't eat meat...perhaps increasing other forms of protein like tofu (cringe) along with legumes and wholefoods in the diet might be beneficial. Bear in mind most wholewheat bread doesn't contain much wholewheat flour.

To summarise, going for a low-GI diet I think would help with the highs and lows. Coke wouldn't help. Fruit juice is also bad as it contains MORE sugar.

I'd avoid bright colours and preservatives...they sometimes affect the brain. They affect mine, anyway.

^ thanks for the advice. I'll implement it.

Read the thread in my signature.

I think all of the active ingredients to the diet protocol I followed so strictly for so long are vegan. You can get your protein from plant sources vs. the meat/fish/eggs I eat.

Feel free to pm any questions.

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It's important to eat healthy, whole foods and keep the processed crap to a minimum.

I get migraines and when I do it's the only time I'll ingest caffeine - it makes the tylenol work better. Otherwise I stay far away from it.

I take a number of supplements for health reasons including 250 mg of magnesium at suppertime. Magnesium is very good for anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Some studies have indicated magnesium is almost as good as Zoloft in treating general anxiety. Works for me and less side effects too.

I ate healthy most of today, except for the packet of ready salted crisps, but that was because I was in a newsagent with little choice, miles away from home and being in a rush.

My blood tests came out well except for mild leukocytosis which was probably due to a mild infection at the time.

I have contacted an old school teacher who now works in therapy and nutrition. She is helping me make a diet plan to get healthy.

Although I do not want to be skinny so I do not want to lose weight. I should be getting a rowing machine for my house soon, which means I can build up muscle again.