Hypoglycemia Support Group

I have a collection of probably almost every book every written on anxiety disorders. I believe almost every one cautions against eating high glycemic carbohydrates ( eg sugar and ones that metabolize fast).

Food or the wrong food can act as powerfully as a drug in our bodies. A low glycemic strict diet was part of my recovery program that had me anxiety free for over 25 years - well with lots of stress and wanting some comfort foods ( an also forgetting how painful anxiety is after 25 years) I started cheating - the cheating grew and since I am in a huge anxiety drug reaction that has brought back the anxiety I knew I had to clean up my diet.

So 10 days ago I went off all Halloween candy (was not eating much) home made cookies, potatoes, organic corn chips etc. Boy was I in for a surprise - SUGAR WITHDRAWAL major. I have been so sick with nausea - severe headaches and just plain sick.....good news is I am sleeping much better and the anxiety is about zero....but I am very sick and it comes in waves.

I did a bunch of research and found hundreds of people with severe sugar withdrawal just like me and many hardly ate any sugar: http://howtothinkthin.com/freedom.htm

Is anyone else on this strict low glycemic diet (not Adkins it made me have panic attacks) - has it helped you. I had two people tell me that the diet change totally cured their anxiety.

I recently cut out all sugar to control my hypoglacemia. I have GERD and my nausea was much worse lately but I never dreamed it could be connected to sugar withdrawl! I did quit cold turkey. I usualy had sugar in my coffee, 1-2 pepsi's, and other sweet stuff every day. I had been really craving sugar prior to quitting. Now I grab a frozen strawberry(unsweetened) when I crave a sweet. I have tea with splenda and lots of water.

I just pulled 9 anxiety books off my library shelf and every one cautions against high glycemic carbs or sugar - Potatoes are worse than a candy bar. I probably have 50 anxiety books and most also have this info but they often don’t make a big enough point of it. Almost no doctors and few patients really understand neuro-nutrition and how critical it is to anxiety states.

Here is a good place to start - this book will tell you why the wrong diet totally deregulates the nervous system - makes psyche drug withdrawal worse and why even one cookie can throw us out of balance.

This is not food faddism - I have studied neurophysiology and neuro-nutrition for years. I have seen patients with severe anxiety totally recover with the proper diet - of course not everyone will because anxiety is complex - but if you are not eating the proper biochemical foundation all the medication - therapy and drugs are worthless.

People with anxiety and under stress over react biologically to glycemic foods - they are literally poison to us. We also require substantial blood glucose in small amounts all day long. Just one bad meal can set you up for anxiety hell for three days.

If you smoke or drink alcohol all the proper foods in the world will not let the nervous system heal. Both spike blood glucose followed by a sudden drop and then the release of a cascade of excitory neurotransmitters to restore balance - might as well do Cocaine and drink coffee all day long.

I am still reading this book but so far it has some of the best info on this I have seen - and I have read dozens

http://www.amazon.com/Sugar-Stop-Addiction-Biochemical- Explanation-Carbohydrate/dp/0984192905

Wow!It sounds really interesting. Yes, I have noticed that it takes ages to recover and stress just makes it worse.

Panic attacks, hypos, anxiety.

A layman like me, always struggle to understand food mechanism deeply. No matter how much I try to understand. And because of this, I limit my food choices to very few. I feel safer.

Thanks MysticSoul. Please continue sharing.

Wow, having MS and hypo and OCD (anxiety and blood sugar related)....the concept totally makes sense.

- Cindy