I've been gluten free for action year and a half to treat lupus. My mood was a bit better...still on meds and going to therapy, practicing mindfulness too. When I tried to cheat, I felt ill all over, swollen and burning pain in hands and joints and depressed. Not worth it.

I have been dairy free for a month. My body likes it. Chronic sinus congestion and drip are better and still improving. My mood is good overall, despite chronic pain.

Cheers!

Great to hear from you surfer chica. Yeah, cheating is the worst. Glad the diet is working for you!

I've never tried it but I've heard a lot of good can come from it... Has it made a difference in your moods?

Yes. Dairy especially puts an edge on how I feel. It is amazing. A few hours after consuming it, I start wanting to yell and scream and pound things (really). This dissipates in about 8 hours but best to wait a few days. Dairy has physical effects on my body, too, so no wonder it affects my mood. Our brain is but another part of our body.
Wheat makes me tired, achy, foggy minded and depressed. in fact, I am crying today because ....well because things are still hard at home but wheat makes my thought process slow and sluggish so escaping through work is hard.

Day 6 of me going officially wheat and dairy free. finally feeling ok thanks to dr fields miracle greens powder. I got soooo sick this time. I usually alternate between wheat and dairy free and eating them bc bread is everywhere. I hope to heck this time is different. would appreciate some support here.

I went gluten free about six months ago as an experiment. I feel so SO much better. I feel great (not manic great, just regular great).

When I was eating wheat products, I felt heavy all over, and very sluggish, I just felt like I was dragging my body through my day. And honestly, I was very constipated. No longer. I have a spring in my step, more energy, and I even feel that i can think more clearly. I made other changes at the same time, so I can't say that it is solely based on the gluten sensitivity, but I am absolutely positive that it was a major factor.

If you think it is a problem, try it out. What do you have to lose?

Aylamay2

I've heard that human beings are the only animals who continue drinking milk after infancy. Makes ya think. But I am seriously hooked on it. Tried to go vegan and got sick. I also need gluten or I'm in a bad mood, short-tempered. Guess I'm kinda a weirdo lol

Aylamay
The challenge is cost but have figured out how to get around that. I make my own flour with a coffee grinder and a blender. Thanks for the info, btw

It's all a joke

You are not wierd at all. You ARE going to feel badly when you stop with wheat or dairy if you are sensitive to them. This does go away in 3 days for dairy and 2 weeks (for wheat).

Oh, I didn't know it would go away. I just thought heck I don't think it's a fair trade for me to feel like this forever! Thanks

Oh yes, it does go away. some say that they can, after a while of being gfcf, have small amounts. well, i tried it after a month….too soon! feeling lousy as all get out. irritable and screaming and ice

So just found a group of docs (MD's who use nutrition therapy for psych patients ) on the net. They are sold on the ketogenic diet.
http://www.diagnosisdiet.com/bipola...
So that is the link to some testimonials.
Here is a link for the actual diet. Some can do a modified version and still find relief.

http://www.ketogenic-diet-resource…

I am moving forward with it.
Fell of the casein free bandwagon but am still gluten free and feeling ok.
soon to be dairy free then on to the ketogenic diet.

For those of you with rapid cycling, irritable and depressed moods where you are impatient but never ONLY euphoric, this is really not looking like bipolar. If you have distinct mania and depression, please take a look at the testimonials above because there are those that are healed almost totally on a ketogenic diet.

So the question is, how much of the disease is genetic, and how much from a response to the Western diet.

China boasts a significantly smaller number of bipolar patients (one in 60,000 not 1 in 50). Makes you wonder what else is the Western diet is doing. The chinese also don't rely on GMO's.
something to think about

fell off the wagon the other day and snarfed half a loaf of pumpernickel. my cold turned into some kind of flu thing. almost better a week later. I am still struggling with budgetary constraints. my husband needs to let me just buy some things like coconuts and almonds. can't wait to get another job. wish I never had to relocate….I wish my husband would have let me have my child and be in md.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22386570

here is a study that shows that mania and gluten sensitivity are connected

Still struggling but doing ok. I am off of wheat and most dairy. I eat minimal amounts of corn and soy.
I have no brain fog anymore but the dairy is causing problems. if it weren't for the Whitmans sampler I would not have eaten any at all.