10-03-2013, 04:23 PM
Been a while since I posted. I've been focusing a lot on my physical health lately. Often I make the mistake of assuming something is purely mental and tie my brain in a knot trying to figure it out.
Anyway, I've cut gluten out of my diet. So no wheat, rye, or barley. It's only been a couple of days but my thinking is much clearer and my depression hasn't been as bad. Also not as fatigued all the time.
Now I don't know if I have a gluten sensitivity or if this is celiacs disease. But there's something going on here. If my stomach lining is damaged from all these years of eating gluten then it's gonna take a while to repair. Something interesting I found was that serotonin is produced largely in the gut, so if your stomach is messed up it could definitely lead to depression.
Basically I'm doing all I can to track down the origin of all this. Whether mental or physical I'm determined to fix it. I pretty much refuse to believe that this can't be cured or that it can only be remedied with anti-depressants. The side effects from those things are enough to put me off from them.
Anyway, I've cut gluten out of my diet. So no wheat, rye, or barley. It's only been a couple of days but my thinking is much clearer and my depression hasn't been as bad. Also not as fatigued all the time.
Now I don't know if I have a gluten sensitivity or if this is celiacs disease. But there's something going on here. If my stomach lining is damaged from all these years of eating gluten then it's gonna take a while to repair. Something interesting I found was that serotonin is produced largely in the gut, so if your stomach is messed up it could definitely lead to depression.
Basically I'm doing all I can to track down the origin of all this. Whether mental or physical I'm determined to fix it. I pretty much refuse to believe that this can't be cured or that it can only be remedied with anti-depressants. The side effects from those things are enough to put me off from them.
