Fw: Thoughts & Sugar

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Forwarded from an OCD group:

>I was wondering if anyone else has had the experience of removing some

>substance that you're sensitive to and then having obsessive thoughts kind

>of vanish. I have been battling OCD for over 40 years with about 10 year

>being undiagnosed, 10 years on Prozac (stopped the compulsions), and 10

>years on Cymbalta (supposed to mediate my depression). My energy level had

>been extremely low, to say the least, and in doing my own research found

>that I had an overgrowth of intestinal bacteria and also I had food

>sensitivities. I was able to resolve the problem with the bad bacteria in

>my gut by taking good quality probiotics and then totally removing sugar

>from my diet. Interestingly, when I removed 99% of the sugar that I was

>eating/drinking, I felt (1) TOTALLY relaxed and (2) I stopped obsessing

>about events, people, etc. I actually can think about anything I want to

>think about rather than feeling like my mind has been hijacked. I feel like

>I'm on tranquilzers every day even though I take no medications now. Like

>today, I'm giddy and happy...very freeing experience! I think what looked

>like depression were really symptoms of my sensitivities to certain foods,

>i.e. cheese, milk, tomatoes, yeast, sunflower seeds, and some other foods.

>

> It has taken about five months for me to diagnose and treat my lack of

> energy once I could figure out my symptoms. I have gone from being

> basically non functional to being able to have energy and have the start

> of a new life. I also took myself off all my meds, including the Cymbalta

> as something seemed to be interferring with my ability to have clear

> thoughts. While I'm not totally at the end of my journey (detoxed from

> Cymbalta about 2 weeks ago and am doing extremely well), I'm wondering if

> anyone else has experienced any food sensitivities that seem to drive

> their obsessions? Certainly, I can't be the only person this has happened

> to. Interestingly, I didn't even realize that (for me) sugar was my

> Achille's heel. Sugar is the chemical that truely did me in and even today

> I need to be alert to what I'm eating. This was a purely random discovery

> as I was mainly looking for the underlying cause of my lack of physical

> energy.

>

> Kate