Re: Cognitive issues in Adults with digestive problems

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This post is very informative.

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> , welcome!

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> I have never experienced major digestive symptoms (just 'normal' North

American bloating), but have experienced loads of cognitive/neuropsychiatric

things that have cleared up with SCD (and other restricted diets).

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> My experiences included: depression; inability to process information; verbal

dyslexia (ie.

> saying 'Camdonald' when my brain was thinking 'Macdonald' and not being

> able to get it right no matter how hard I tried); stuttering; various

> types of severe disorientation; irritation; agitation; intense fear; tactile,

auditory and visual hallucinations; feeling disconnected from people; etc. These

all came and went. (Well, the depression was pretty tenacious.) For long

stretches I could not concentrate/take in any information.

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> In other words, even without major digestive symptoms, my own cognition/mental

health is clearly linked to what I am ingesting.

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> Depression is common in celiac disease. And one friend who went gluten-free (I

have just intro'd her to SCD) found that her lifelong 'brain fog' cleared.

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> My son experienced intense cognitive things also, and eventually developed

chronic diarrhea. In his case, both the cognitive and bowel issues completely

disappeared with a couple of days of starting SCD.

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> Baden

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