Long story short I have this anger issue that comes and goes. When it comes, it can be a bit bad, bad enough to see a therapist (which I am) about this situation. It usually last for a few days to a weeks, and I am left feeling down, irritated and unmotivated to do things.
I am into meditation as a natural way to deal with this situation.
I have recognized that all of my anger issues is coming from me, not from other people/situations and I enjoy studying self help so this gives you an idea of how I am handing this situation before we can look at nutrition to see if there is something that isn’t helping.
There’s some sources that say that food allergies/intolerance can lead to mood changes and the commons ones include gluten, lactose, wheat, caffeine, additives. But is there an accurate correlation with food allergies/intolerance and mood especially something like anger?
Here recently I am been feeling irritated, a little unmotivated, brain fog, and have been overthinking alot. Also, recently I have included 2% milk/pasta in my nutrition to add some calories as I am trying to make some gainZzz. Is plausible to say that these foods (including whole eggs that are normally in my nutrition) are not helping my situation? I’m not saying that these foods are the root cause, but would taking them out help my mood? This isn’t the first time, I have observed when I felt down, I was also consuming milk and pasta during Summer of '17.
I am getting 7-8 hours of sleep, sometimes 6.
Also, there are some sources that say that going vegan can help with mood stability. Is this true?
Would you recommend taking any supps to help with this?
It is not plausible that that those foods have any influence over your symptoms directly, but having read what you read (on a blog, not an academic journal I presume) you’ve kind of set the expectation that this may happen to you and this may be the smoking gun. I think this is a generally fruitless road to go down, but if you decide that you think it may be therapeutic to you then go for it provided you do not ignore more important things like counseling, social engagements, mindfulness.
Also, no to the vegan thing. I would recommend sticking to high quality academic journals and off the blogosphere. People’s unique experiences are certainly interesting to read about when they share them, but taking those experiences as evidence that certain therapies work is a mistake IMO.
@Paramveer753 So a little off the nutrition topic but relevant …Sounds like you are doing self assessment and getting some assistance from a therapist which is awesome, that is a difficult step and scary for most people. I just wanted to let you know CBT and DBT therapies are very helpful in this realm and have good data to back up their effectiveness. I mean obviously with anything else it is how much you put into the work, using the strategies given and being very aware of your thoughts, emotions and actions in which you can make the biggest change. On the off chance your therapist is not using those therapies, you may want to talk to them to see if it is a practice of theirs (I suspect you may already be aware of them with the self study, but just in case:). I want to commend you in being aware, committing to self study and working so hard. As with most things it will be a continuous practice and is one that requires patience, hard work and kindness to yourself.
Actually, I am seeing a counselor, thought therapy and counseling are the same until I saw your response.
Also, doc. I forgot to mention something about blood sugars. Could an issue with blood sugars cause irritability? There’s been a few times where I was irritated and was in a thought process of non-resourceful thinking and it was soothed by eating some food. Hangry. My co worker, and girlfriend can tell when I am hungry, just by the way I act. Ex. sometimes I get fidgety or really quite. On the other side of the spectrum, brain fog arises.
What are your thoughts? More nocebo? Or is it… nuanced?