Drug users and mental illness

[wooger]

I'm convinced of a connection between insulin release and mood. Before i knew i was celiac, i craved sugar 24-7.. It was to the point that i would eat, eat, eat.. never feel full but always starving. I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue & fibromyalgia (constant back pain, weakness, stiff muscles) and was put on cymbalta, which only made me worse.. Eventually i figured out (doing my own research) i had candida overgrowth and did everything to get rid of it... including balancing out my electrolytes



Again, i used to crave alcohol, grains and sugar.. I became dizzy and faint if i didn't get my fix for the day. I'm not saying this is the case for everyone who craves alcohol, but it seems strange to me that so many people seem to crave grains and sugar.. so many people have blood pressure, weight, and mood disorders

Now that i've cut out refined sugar, grains, alcohol and started to drink lots of water everyday.. most of those issues i once had have disappeared, which to me, is more than a coincidence

Even assuming most people can tolerate gluten or refined sugar, looking at their everyday diet, it's a wonder how they could feel good/healthy at all

*End of rant*

I can totally relate to what you're saying about the craving bit, I keep eating bread/pasta/alcohol and general sugar (constant chocolate) which I used to hate because it was too sickly sweet for me. But I think the alcohol for me is I am well and truely an alcoholic.

It really sucks as I am only 25 and everyone around me drinks alot, I hate not being able to 'join in the fun' as it were, but I know for me its not 'fun' I just make a mess which takes ages to clean up

meh, I really really need to sort my life out

 

[Regenesis2]

Really the whole serotonin-depression link is only a hypothesis.

 

[Regenesis2]

Hey sideorderofopiates or anyone else with PTSD, what kind of sleeping problems if any do you experience? Sometimes I wonder if I've got a little of this too.