Re: OCD - ADD

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Hi ,

Your diet sounds like mine!

Yeah, I think on the gaps you may have to omit some of your gluten-free foods. I assume that those would be made with potatoes, rice or corn. I don't think that these are allowed in gaps, I think they only allow some legumes and nuts. But I know that I do MUCH better on a gluten free diet also without having to omit all starches. I think you're doing a great job and as long as you're doing and feeling better then I guess that's all that matters!!!

Love,

andra

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 3:26:19 PMSubject: RE: Re: OCD - ADD

Thanks!

My typical day has been:

Breakfast:

Gluten Free Cereal and Rice Milkor – gluten free bread with peanut butteror- Eggs

Mid morning:

Big water with ounce of organic cranberry juice (unsweetened)glass of Living Fuel Health Drink

Lunch-

I typically eat soup which I make homemade once a week. A big vat of it filled with cabbage, sweet potatoes, onion, carrots, etc. just whatever vegetables I have on hand or decide to get and then usually chicken or ground turkey in it for some protein. I did it pretty much through my pregnancy to make sure to get my 5 veggies a day. I used to eat it with noodles but now a small tad of rice.

Or – gluten free version of eggplant parm.

Or – gluten free bread peanut butter sandwich

Or – an Amy’s gluten free organic microwave meal

Dinner

Same options as lunch typically or fish/rice meat and veg type of thing

SnacksPlain Popcorn (not microwave)CashewsGluten Free PretzlesGluten Free CookiesGluten Free Rice Dream Ice Cream

That has been pretty much it. I haven’t had too much time to search for recipes etc. yet since just starting so I have kept it pretty simple.

From: Soundsensitivity [mailto:Soundsensitivity ] On Behalf Of andra RuizSent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 5:12 PMTo: Soundsensitivity Subject: Re: Re: OCD - ADD

Hi , I'm thrilled you feel so much better )

Can you please send us some sample days of what you eat so that we can have idea of what meals are like?

Thanks so much!

andra

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 11:21:09 AMSubject: RE: Re: OCD - ADD

The GAPS diet has been doing WONDERS for me. I had a bad few days after a few wonderful days, so not sure what I did wrong. Anyway, last night, I turned and there was my husband eating an ice cream cone. I hadn’t even noticed and he was almost done. That hasn’t happened in forever. Too, I’ve even been making popcorn for us. For me to suggest and actually give him popcorn – I KNOw I have turned a corner. I am feeling like a normal person. Even if it is intermittent - I am all for anything if it can help. I miss some foods, but for the most part these healthy foods taste great anyway and make me feel like I am doing a good thing for myself (and my family as we all feel much better when I am niceJ). Not sure how Easter dinner is going to be this year,

but that’s okayJ.

From: Soundsensitivity [mailto:Soundsensitivity ] On Behalf Of Multi-FacetsSent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 2:00 PMTo: Soundsensitivity Subject: Re: Re: OCD - ADD

I'm on a carb-free, sugar-and-all-its-relatives-free, starch-free, as-gluten-free-as-possible, everything-else-you-find-in-food-free, organic-as-possible diet. It's supposed to be good for people with Asperger's and bipolar disorder. It was Hell at the beginning; I was so nasty to my parents to the point they said if I kept up the attitude and went off the diet, they'd throw me out.

I cheat considerably on said diet, but for the most part, I really am eating better and losing weight, and my parents think my manners are better. I don't know if it helps the 4S at all, along with the WNGs, as I still cringe, flinch, curse, run away, and snap my head back if I'm under fire, but then again, I don't dare hope I'm getting better for fear I'll rapidly get worse.

= M-F.

,I am absolutely with you 100% on diet and 4S. I have been researching this connection for years, and have slowly getting better myself. I was wondering how closely you follow the diet, and if you eat the yogurt that the SCD diet recommends, or not. I try my best to follow the diet, but it is difficult because I eat on the go a lot. Everything has sugar in it. Even the roasted chickens in the grocery store are coated with dextrose (which is a sugar) and artificial flavorings. UGH!!I was also wondering if you have tried any supplements that have helped you. I am taking a probiotic that I think may be helping, but I want to give it a little more time until I decide if it's really working.Please feel free to email me if you want to talk more about the SCD and GAPS diet, or other natural treatments. Maybe we can compare notes. I really think there is a link

to what you eat and the severity of the noises.paula

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Just about every night I make what I call a "pottage": I grill and chop up some chicken, heat some soup and spice the heck out of it, cook and crumble some bacon, then mix it all together in a bowl with rice if possible. If no rice is available, I use crushed corn chips for texture. It's not bad-tasting, and pretty filling. One bowl, plus fruit and crackers spread with cheese if possible, is enough to get me through the night.I really do need to eat more vegetables, but it's hard to make myself eat them if I'm not craving them.Still, there ya have it: One recipe. ^n_n^= M-F.>I haven’t had too much time to search for recipes etc. yet since just starting so I have kept it pretty simple.>

[Guest guest]

(Very PG-13 here, folks. Tread wisely.)There have been times when I've lost my temper and couldn't control my emotions or the words I said, even if I didn't say them in ways that could be easily understood, especially when I was younger and couldn't organize my thoughts. (Sometimes I still can't, especially when short on sleep.) Getting into martial arts helped with that some, but hey, I was a kid. Fights happened.Other times, I keep my mouth shut and just go with the flow in an attempt to keep the peace during Mom's seven-to-ten-minute lectures. (Mom has a tendency to beat the dead horse, flay it to the bones, resurrect it as a zombie, kill it again, then grind the bones to powder and scatter it on the wind.) In more recent years, though, my sarcasm has taken a sharper edge, and I find myself caring a bit less about censoring myself around my folks, and yes, I've been deliberately nasty when it suited me. My parents are very convenient targets, and I'm learning which words could potentially cause someone the worst pain. There was a time during an argument when Mom mentioned that sometimes the two of us (my twin and myself) and her own physical frailty made her seriously consider suicide, even as recently as two or three years ago.I didn't react. I didn't flinch. My blank stare didn't change and my eyes didn't leave hers. But I also didn't care. My heart was empty.Coincidentally, the argument was partly about keeping my attitude to myself.Please don't get me wrong: I know my folks love me, and I love my folks very, very much, and I know I need their help (more than I'd like to admit), and they are in no way abusive; in fact, they're both from abusive homes, and they know how psychological warfare works. For my part, I've been pretty sheltered and even a bit spoiled my whole life. They've never hit me, but they're very stern, and their disagreements can be loud and poisonous. Therefore, I learned from the best. I don't like being angry. I don't like knowing how much I could and have hurt my parents. I don't like not caring when they tell me how my actions can hurt them. I don't like having to keep my emotions suppressed, my tongue curbed, and my face blank at the worst times. But I'm going to keep doing that as long as I live here, because I also dislike letting them know how much they could, and have, hurt me with their words, and I have nowhere else to live. Even now I feel dispassionate, relating this. "Just the facts, ma'am," and all that.I probably really do qualify as a part-time bastard.And the biggest part is, I could've ended up worse if I hadn't been adopted.= M-F.>I cheat soemtimes too on the diet M-F, it's very difficult not to. >I'm interested what you felt/feel when you are "nasty" to your parents. Is it because you feel like you truly cannot help your behavior or it it just because you choose to be?

[Guest guest]

No kidding Waleska... I'm addicted to Pasta and could survive on that alone!

LOL. Thanks for the tip M-F! That sound really good right about now.

> >

> > For pasta lovers, I recommend organic noodles made of rice or

> > vegetables, smothered in cheese if possible. Aw jeah. ^n_n^

> >

> >

> > = M-F.

> >

>

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Initially, I did gluten-free grains like teff, buckwheat(it's actually a fruit), quinoa, spelt (I think), almond flour. There are tons of recipes on line. Now I can eat whole-grain like wheat, rye, oat on occasion.

Re: OCD - ADD

,

I am absolutely with you 100% on diet and 4S. I have been researching this connection for years, and have slowly getting better myself. I was wondering how closely you follow the diet, and if you eat the yogurt that the SCD diet recommends, or not. I try my best to follow the diet, but it is difficult because I eat on the go a lot. Everything has sugar in it. Even the roasted chickens in the grocery store are coated with dextrose (which is a sugar) and artificial flavorings. UGH!!

I was also wondering

if you have tried any supplements that have helped you. I am taking a probiotic that I think may be helping, but I want to give it a little more time until I decide if it's really working.

Please feel free to email me if you want to talk more about the SCD and GAPS diet, or other natural treatments. Maybe we can compare notes. I really think there is a link to what you eat and the severity of the noises.

paula

>

> I was a huge pasta fan, and it was hard to give up tortilla chips too. I don't miss them anymore. I don't even miss chocolate!

>

> The greatest thing about going on a diet that works is that it becomes easier as you feel better.

>

> On the other hand, I'm actually eating yummier food than before, since my stomach problems kept me from most of my favorite foods anyway. Avoiding grains means I can eat peanut butter again So if you're used to eating whatever you want, it would be harder.

>

> I volunteered at the kids' school again today, and I barely noticed the loud "ticks" coming from the clock every minute. That used to drive me crazy.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hey M-F,

I know what you mean about the lectures, my dad, the professor, can

actually beat the dead horse back to life and ride off on it in full

armor..., I learned it was best to disengage, ignore my feelings, keep

my mouth shut or agree, whatever it took to get the lecture over with,

otherwise it would go on and on and on....oh the agony, cause he has to

be right. I think that kind of zoning out has turned out to be a useful

skill in life at times. Like my boss right now, who has a tendency to

scare his workers off with his hypocriticalness at times, I tend to just not listen, unless he is telling me how he wants a shrub planted or something.

Truth is at heart he is very sweet kind and generous person, but half

the time he is just talking hogwash. Though at times I choose to give

it back to him too, and he hasn't fired me for it yet. probably cause I work my ass off for him.

Probably your lack of reaction to your mother saying she was

considering suicide, was because you cut yourself off from your

feelings about it, in self-preservation, because that is a horrible

thing to hear from a parent.So cut yourself some slack.

All we can do is the best we can with what life gave us. I try to remember that about my parents too..

mp

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 8:38:42 PMSubject: Re: Re: OCD - ADD

(Very PG-13 here, folks. Tread wisely.)There have been times when I've lost my temper and couldn't control my emotions or the words I said, even if I didn't say them in ways that could be easily understood, especially when I was younger and couldn't organize my thoughts. (Sometimes I still can't, especially when short on sleep.) Getting into martial arts

helped with that some, but hey, I was a kid. Fights happened.Other times, I keep my mouth shut and just go with the flow in an attempt to keep the peace during Mom's seven-to-ten- minute lectures. (Mom has a tendency to beat the dead horse, flay it to the bones, resurrect it as a zombie, kill it again, then grind the bones to powder and scatter it on the wind.) In more recent years, though, my sarcasm has taken a sharper edge, and I find myself caring a bit less

about censoring myself around my folks, and yes, I've been deliberately nasty when it suited me. My parents are very convenient targets, and I'm learning which words could potentially cause someone the worst pain. There was a time during an argument when Mom mentioned that sometimes the two of us (my twin and myself) and her own physical frailty made her seriously consider suicide, even as recently as two or three years ago.I didn't react. I didn't flinch. My blank stare didn't change and my eyes didn't leave hers. But I also didn't care. My heart was empty.Coincidentally, the argument was partly about keeping my attitude to myself.Please don't get me wrong: I know my folks love me, and I love my folks very, very much, and I know I need their help (more than I'd like to admit), and they are in no way abusive; in fact, they're both from abusive homes, and they know how psychological warfare works. For my part, I've been pretty sheltered and even a bit spoiled my whole life. They've never hit me, but they're very stern, and their disagreements can be loud and

poisonous. Therefore, I learned from the best. I don't like being angry. I don't like knowing how much I could and have hurt my parents. I don't like not caring when they tell me how my actions can hurt them. I don't like having to keep my emotions suppressed, my tongue curbed, and my face blank at the worst times. But I'm going to keep doing that as long as I live here, because I also dislike letting them know how much they could, and have, hurt me with

their words, and I have nowhere else to live. Even now I feel dispassionate, relating this. "Just the facts, ma'am," and all that.I probably really do qualify as a part-time bastard.And the biggest part is, I could've ended up worse if I hadn't been adopted.= M-F.>I cheat soemtimes too on the diet M-F, it's very

difficult not to. >I'm interested what you felt/feel when you are "nasty" to your parents. Is it because you feel like you truly cannot help your behavior or it it just because you choose to be?

[Guest guest]

Hi, andra,

Gee, I wonder if we're related? We do seem to share a lot of these wonderful little problems. I've never heard of rejuvelac before. Is it something I can search for on the Internet? And no, I haven't tried kefer either. What is it, or I can look that up too. Thanks! I'll get right on it and give them a try.

And yes, I do know about the brain involvement--been there, done that too-- along with the triggers. Don't want to do that ever again. Bit of a nightmare!

I've been getting the caprylic acid from Swansonvitamins.com and I'll have to search my file to find the zeolite. Swanson has really good prices on the caprylic acid, but you can get it from Iherb.com or Vitacost.com too, I think. Not sure on the last 2 positively. If you have a really bad reaction to anything, it just clears the head fuzzies and nasal stuffiness pretty quickly. I also find it helps me handle my trigger sounds a little better, I think-- except for at work tonight when I was saying bad words to a doc as he repetitively sniffed and lip smacked his way through a 13-minute dictation. Called him some not very nice things! (I can do that--work at home!) He was none the worse for wear!

Re: OCD - ADD

,

I am absolutely with you 100% on diet and 4S. I have been researching this connection for years, and have slowly getting better myself. I was wondering how closely you follow the diet, and if you eat the yogurt that the SCD diet recommends, or not. I try my best to follow the diet, but it is difficult because I eat on the go a lot. Everything has sugar in it. Even the roasted chickens in the grocery store are coated with dextrose (which is a sugar) and artificial flavorings. UGH!!

I was also wondering if you have tried any supplements that have helped you. I am taking a probiotic that I think may be helping, but I want to give it a little more time until I decide if it's really working.

Please feel free to email me if you want to talk more about the SCD and GAPS diet, or other natural treatments. Maybe we can compare notes. I really think there is a link to what you eat and the severity of the

noises.

paula

>

> I was a huge pasta fan, and it was hard to give up tortilla chips too. I don't miss them anymore. I don't even miss chocolate!

>

> The greatest thing about going on a diet that works is that it becomes easier as you feel better.

>

> On the other hand, I'm actually eating yummier food than before, since my stomach problems kept me from most of my favorite foods anyway. Avoiding grains means I can eat peanut butter again So if you're used to eating whatever you want, it would be harder.

>

> I volunteered at the kids' school again today, and I barely noticed the loud "ticks" coming from the clock every minute. That used to drive me crazy.

>

>

>

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Thanks for sharing this with us M-F ) Sometimes I think that I'm the only one that experiences such extreme uncontrollable and irrational rage. As yourself, I too don't like feeling angry. For me, the noises or triggers have little to do with the noise and much to do with the feelings that they illicit. The triggers bring up feelings of resentment and rage of past and present events. Considering it logically, those things that I get so angry about do not justify the intensity, amount and duration of anger and rage. I understand how you feel when you say that you stop caring completely about how the other person feels. There are no boundries in trying to find those things to say that will cause the most pain and hurt in the other

person. It drives me crazy and afterwards I am overwhelmed with feelings of guilt. I really wait in despair for some sort of cure/relief to be found for us...

Love,

andra

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 6:38:42 PMSubject: Re: Re: OCD - ADD

(Very PG-13 here, folks. Tread wisely.)

There have been times when I've lost my temper and couldn't control my emotions or the words I said, even if I didn't say them in ways that could be easily understood, especially when I was younger and couldn't organize my thoughts. (Sometimes I still can't, especially when short on sleep.) Getting into martial arts helped with that some, but hey, I was a kid. Fights happened.

Other times, I keep my mouth shut and just go with the flow in an attempt to keep the peace during Mom's seven-to-ten-minute lectures. (Mom has a tendency to beat the dead horse, flay it to the bones, resurrect it as a zombie, kill it again, then grind the bones to powder and scatter it on the wind.)

In more recent years, though, my sarcasm has taken a sharper edge, and I find myself caring a bit less about censoring myself around my folks, and yes, I've been deliberately nasty when it suited me. My parents are very convenient targets, and I'm learning which words could potentially cause someone the worst pain. There was a time during an argument when Mom mentioned that sometimes the two of us (my twin and myself) and her own physical frailty made her seriously consider suicide, even as recently as two or three years ago.

I didn't react. I didn't flinch. My blank stare didn't change and my eyes didn't leave hers. But I also didn't care. My heart was empty.

Coincidentally, the argument was partly about keeping my attitude to myself.

Please don't get me wrong: I know my folks love me, and I love my folks very, very much, and I know I need their help (more than I'd like to admit), and they are in no way abusive; in fact, they're both from abusive homes, and they know how psychological warfare works. For my part, I've been pretty sheltered and even a bit spoiled my whole life. They've never hit me, but they're very stern, and their disagreements can be loud and poisonous.

Therefore, I learned from the best.

I don't like being angry. I don't like knowing how much I could and have hurt my parents. I don't like not caring when they tell me how my actions can hurt them. I don't like having to keep my emotions suppressed, my tongue curbed, and my face blank at the worst times. But I'm going to keep doing that as long as I live here, because I also dislike letting them know how much they could, and have, hurt me with their words, and I have nowhere else to live. Even now I feel dispassionate, relating this. "Just the facts, ma'am," and all that.

I probably really do qualify as a part-time bastard.

And the biggest part is, I could've ended up worse if I hadn't been adopted.

= M-F.

>I cheat soemtimes too on the diet M-F, it's very difficult not to.

>I'm interested what you felt/feel when you are "nasty" to your parents. Is it because you feel like you truly cannot help your behavior or it it just because you choose to be?

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Hy Lynn )

Thanks for all of the info ) Cabbage rejuvelac and kefir are excellent probiotics. Cabbage rejuvelac is great and really easy to make at home. Following I have included the recipe from Bee's candida overgrowth website.

Cabbage Rejuvelac Recipe

Cabbage is a vegetable that is teeming with lactobacteria. No starter is needed for making this rejuvelac.

Start one morning by blending together 1-3/4 cups distilled or purified water plus 3 cups of coarsely chopped, loosely packed fresh cabbage. Start the blender at low speed and then advance the blender to high speed and blend for 30 more seconds.

Pour into a jar (a quart jar is excellent to use), cover tightly (ensure there is at least 1 inch of space above the mixture), and let it stand at room temperature for 3 days.

After 3 days strain off the liquid rejuvelac and discard the cabbage. The initial batch of cabbage rejuvelac takes 3 days to mature, but succeeding batches take 24 hours each.

Each morning after straining off the fresh rejuvelac, blend together 1-1/2 cups of distilled or purified water plus 3 cups of coarsely ground, loosely packed fresh cabbage, for 30 seconds at high speed.

Pour it into a jar and add 1/4 cup of the fresh rejuvelac just strained off, cover, shake, and let it stand at room temperature until the next morning.

Making Cabbage Rejuvelac without a Blender:

Cabbage rejuvelac can also be made without using a blender.

Chop up 2-1/2 cups of cabbage very fine (replacing the 3 cups in the recipe above), with the same amount of water (1-3/4 cups).

Good quality rejuvelac tastes similar to a cross between carbonated water and the whey obtained when making yogurt. Bad quality rejuvelac has a much more putrid odour and taste and should not be consumed.

Avoid using tap water because chlorine will interfere with the production of the bacteria. Boiling tap water for 30 minutes uncovered will remove chlorine.

Refrigerate rejuvelac if it is to be kept overnight. Discard any rejuvelac on hand 24 hours after it is poured off the cabbage.

How to Take Rejuvelac

Drink each day's rejuvelac during the course of the day by taking 1/2 cup three times per day, preferably with meals.

To implant a healthy population of lactobacteria in the intestinal tract take rejuvelac for 1 to 3 months.

People who have candida are very sensitive to yeast so it is recommended they make a new batch every time, but they could start 3 jars 3 days in a row so they do not run out.

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 4:36:11 AMSubject: Re: Re: OCD - ADD

Hi, andra, Gee, I wonder if we're related? We do seem to share a lot of these wonderful little problems. I've never heard of rejuvelac before. Is it something I can search for on the Internet? And no, I haven't tried kefer either. What is it, or I can look that up too. Thanks! I'll get right on it and give them a try. And yes, I do know about the brain involvement--been there, done that too-- along with the triggers. Don't want to do that ever again. Bit of a nightmare! I've been getting the caprylic acid from Swansonvitamins.com and I'll have to search my file to find the zeolite. Swanson has really good prices on the caprylic acid, but you can get it from Iherb.com or Vitacost.com too, I think. Not sure on the last 2 positively. If you have a really bad reaction to anything, it just clears the head fuzzies and nasal stuffiness pretty quickly. I also find it helps me handle my trigger sounds a little better, I think-- except for at work tonight when I was saying bad words to a doc as he repetitively sniffed and lip smacked his way through a 13-minute dictation. Called him some not very nice things! (I can do that--work at home!) He was none the worse for wear!

Re: OCD - ADD

,I am absolutely with you 100% on diet and 4S. I have been researching this connection for years, and have slowly getting better myself. I was wondering how closely you follow the diet, and if you eat the yogurt that the SCD diet recommends, or not. I try my best to follow the diet, but it is difficult because I eat on the go a lot. Everything has sugar in it. Even the roasted chickens in the grocery store are coated with dextrose (which is a sugar) and artificial flavorings. UGH!!I was also wondering if you have tried any supplements that have helped you. I am taking a probiotic that I think may be helping, but I want to give it a little more time until I decide if it's really working.Please feel free to email me if you want to talk more about the SCD and GAPS diet, or other natural treatments. Maybe we can compare notes. I really think there is a link to what you eat and the severity of the

noises.paula>> I was a huge pasta fan, and it was hard to give up tortilla chips too. I don't miss them anymore. I don't even miss chocolate!> > The greatest thing about going on a diet that works is that it becomes easier as you feel better.> > On the other hand, I'm actually eating yummier food than before, since my stomach problems kept me from most of my favorite foods anyway. Avoiding grains means I can eat peanut butter again So if you're used to eating whatever you want, it would be harder.> > I volunteered at the kids' school again today, and I barely noticed the loud "ticks" coming from the clock every minute. That used to drive me crazy.> >

>

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Just to clarify--GAPS doesn't allow any grains at all, not even rice. No

starches either. So the " gluten-free " products are pretty much out, since they

usually contain rice or some other illegal ingredient.

>

> ,

>

> I am absolutely with you 100% on diet and 4S. I have been researching this

connection for years, and have slowly getting better myself. I was wondering

how closely you follow the diet, and if you eat the yogurt that the SCD diet

recommends, or not. I try my best to follow the diet, but it is difficult

because I eat on the go a lot. Everything has sugar in it. Even the roasted

chickens in the grocery store are coated with dextrose (which is a sugar) and

artificial flavorings. UGH!!

>

> I was also wondering if you have tried any supplements that have helped you.

I am taking a probiotic that I think may be helping, but I want to give it a

little more time until I decide if it's really working.

>

> Please feel free to email me if you want to talk more about the SCD and GAPS

diet, or other natural treatments. Maybe we can compare notes. I really think

there is a link to what you eat and the severity of the noises.

>

> paula

>

[Guest guest]

It's interesting that a lot of people have mentioned being really fond of or

addicted to pasta--carb cravings are a sign that you're literally addicted to

the morphine-like substances created by a digestive system that can't break them

down completely. It's one of the indicators that a person would benefit from

the GAPS diet.

Sorry to keep going on and on about it, but seriously, it's working for me. I

want to spread the good news, share the love, etc.

> > >

> > > For pasta lovers, I recommend organic noodles made of rice or

> > > vegetables, smothered in cheese if possible. Aw jeah. ^n_n^

> > >

> > >

> > > = M-F.

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

When you suffer and get blank stares all your life ... it's probably pretty

normal to eventually give some blank stares back for the suffering of others.

Not caring is not the emotional equivalent to toughening up and realizing that

sometimes there is not much you can do. You can probably ultimatley do less to

ease your families suffering than they could do to ease yours.

Just a thought.

[Guest guest]

Ah, very true and extremely insightful ...

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:42:02 PMSubject: Re: OCD - ADDWhen you suffer and get blank stares all your life ... it's probably pretty normal to eventually give some blank stares back for the suffering of others.Not caring is not the emotional equivalent to toughening up and realizing that sometimes there is not much you can do. You can probably ultimatley do less to ease your families suffering than they could do to ease yours.Just a thought.------------------------------------PLEASE BE AWARE THIS IS A STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL GROUP AND NO MESSAGES ARE TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OUTSIDE OF THE YAHOO GROUP

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No can do - I am a single mother. I wouldn't risk hypoglycaemia with only my children to revive me.

I have relatively low insulin doses anyway - total of only about 20 units a day. I still eat carbs all day long, just do a lot of exercise. I notice the difference in insulin requirements if I'm home sick and doing nothing (doubles).

Based on having to stick to the stupid diabetic diet for so many years I would be reluctant to try and incorporate more food restrictions into what is already a very strict regime. The control is excellent and I after nearly 30 years of it, I have no complications at all. If the GAP diet proves beneficial then that is great - but I can't see how I can mix the two diets effectively. It's good your husband can remove carbs from his diet - although I can't imagine how!!

Adrienne

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 11:15:50 AMSubject: RE: Re: OCD - ADD

Well, my thoughts to you would differ depending if you live alone or not. My husband is a type one and he has actually even done Adkins diet with me. (!)J. Though, it can throw you off because you will need to take much less insulin. Sometimes it can get tricky and upon starting a new diet for him. I have had to stick sugar pills in my husband’s mouth more than once because he woke up with too low of blood sugar. Basically, he took too much insulin based on how he had eaten prior to the diet.. He usually has gotten a good balance, though, to lower the insulin to accommodate the lack of carbs in his diet. So, if you have someone to keep an eye on you – it may be okay. If not, I probably wouldn’t chance it because it can cause some issues – especially

at first. I do think, though, that you could see what carbs are allowed on GAPS if you wanted to give it a try. Maybe some beans/lentils/ nuts etc. that do have good carb. Amounts. Here is the list of foods:

http://gapsdiet. com/The_Diet. html

Let us know what you decide!

From: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Soundsensit ivity@yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of A WSent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 7:14 PMTo: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. comSubject: Re: Re: OCD - ADD

I keep reading about the GAPS diet here and how it changes your health and you feel improvement.

I'd love to give this a try but I'm restricted on a diet for type 1 diabetes, which means carbs carbs carbs all day long.....

Weight-wise, I'm fine. Mood-wise, some improvement needed - because I'm so easily irritated by noise. I can't live my life wearing earplugs, but what more can be done?

Even as I'm typing this now, and getting ready for church on Sunday morning, the dog next door is barking its stupid head off and my blood pressure is rising!

Arghhhhhh!

From: smharde <smhardeyahoo (DOT) com>To: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. comSent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 6:30:43 AMSubject: Re: OCD - ADD

It's interesting that a lot of people have mentioned being really fond of or addicted to pasta--carb cravings are a sign that you're literally addicted to the morphine-like substances created by a digestive system that can't break them down completely. It's one of the indicators that a person would benefit from the GAPS diet. Sorry to keep going on and on about it, but seriously, it's working for me. I want to spread the good news, share the love, etc.> > >> > > For pasta lovers, I recommend organic noodles made of rice or > > > vegetables, smothered in cheese if possible. Aw jeah. ^n_n^> > > > > > > > > = M-F.> > >> >>

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PS love the way wine and vodka are on the allowed list

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 11:15:50 AMSubject: RE: Re: OCD - ADD

Well, my thoughts to you would differ depending if you live alone or not. My husband is a type one and he has actually even done Adkins diet with me. (!)J. Though, it can throw you off because you will need to take much less insulin. Sometimes it can get tricky and upon starting a new diet for him. I have had to stick sugar pills in my husband’s mouth more than once because he woke up with too low of blood sugar.. Basically, he took too much insulin based on how he had eaten prior to the diet. He usually has gotten a good balance, though, to lower the insulin to accommodate the lack of carbs in his diet. So, if you have someone to keep an eye on you – it may be okay. If not, I probably wouldn’t chance it because it can cause some issues – especially

at first. I do think, though, that you could see what carbs are allowed on GAPS if you wanted to give it a try. Maybe some beans/lentils/ nuts etc. that do have good carb. Amounts. Here is the list of foods:

http://gapsdiet. com/The_Diet. html

Let us know what you decide!

From: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Soundsensit ivity@yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of A WSent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 7:14 PMTo: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. comSubject: Re: Re: OCD - ADD

I keep reading about the GAPS diet here and how it changes your health and you feel improvement.

I'd love to give this a try but I'm restricted on a diet for type 1 diabetes, which means carbs carbs carbs all day long.....

Weight-wise, I'm fine. Mood-wise, some improvement needed - because I'm so easily irritated by noise. I can't live my life wearing earplugs, but what more can be done?

Even as I'm typing this now, and getting ready for church on Sunday morning, the dog next door is barking its stupid head off and my blood pressure is rising!

Arghhhhhh!

From: smharde <smhardeyahoo (DOT) com>To: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. comSent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 6:30:43 AMSubject: Re: OCD - ADD

It's interesting that a lot of people have mentioned being really fond of or addicted to pasta--carb cravings are a sign that you're literally addicted to the morphine-like substances created by a digestive system that can't break them down completely. It's one of the indicators that a person would benefit from the GAPS diet. Sorry to keep going on and on about it, but seriously, it's working for me. I want to spread the good news, share the love, etc.> > >> > > For pasta lovers, I recommend organic noodles made of rice or > > > vegetables, smothered in cheese if possible. Aw jeah. ^n_n^> > > > > > > > > = M-F.> > >> >>

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Yeah, sounds like that isn’t a possibility for you. You may try

to just remove wheat from your diet and see if that works. I unknowingly was

still eating rice and some starches and I still was feeling lots, lots better.

Though, I get you about the restrictive diets. It gets old quickly and it seems

like half of life revolves around food and eating with others. Today, Easter, I

totally ended up going off the diet. I didn’t eat 100 percent what I typically

would for Easter, but still, I’m hoping not to have a horrible day tomorrow

because of it. Uggg. It takes work and planning to follow any diet and the

second you don’t  -- forget about it!

From:

Soundsensitivity [mailto:Soundsensitivity ] On

Behalf Of A W

Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:14 AM

To: Soundsensitivity

Subject: Re: Re: OCD - ADD

No

can do - I am a single mother. I wouldn't risk hypoglycaemia with

only my children to revive me.

I

have relatively low insulin doses anyway - total of only about 20 units a day.

I still eat carbs all day long, just do a lot of exercise. I notice the

difference in insulin requirements if I'm home sick and doing nothing

(doubles).

Based

on having to stick to the stupid diabetic diet for so many years I would be

reluctant to try and incorporate more food restrictions into what is already a

very strict regime. The control is excellent and I after nearly 30 years

of it, I have no complications at all. If the GAP diet proves beneficial

then that is great - but I can't see how I can mix the two diets

effectively. It's good your husband can remove carbs from his diet -

although I can't imagine how!!

Adrienne

To: Soundsensitivity

Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 11:15:50 AM

Subject: RE: Re: OCD - ADD

Well, my thoughts to you would differ

depending if you live alone or not. My husband is a type one and he has

actually even done Adkins diet with me. (!)J. Though, it can throw you off because you will need to take

much less insulin. Sometimes it can get tricky and upon starting a new diet for

him. I have had to stick sugar pills in my husband’s mouth more than once

because he woke up with too low of blood sugar. Basically, he took too much

insulin based on how he had eaten prior to the diet.. He usually has gotten a

good balance, though, to lower the insulin to accommodate the lack of carbs in

his diet. So, if you have someone to keep an eye on you – it may be okay.

If not, I probably wouldn’t chance it because it can cause some issues –

especially at first. I do think, though, that you could see what carbs are allowed

on GAPS if you wanted to give it a try. Maybe some beans/lentils/ nuts etc.

that do have good carb. Amounts. Here is the list of foods:

http://gapsdiet.

com/The_Diet. html

Let us know what you decide!

From:

Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Soundsensit ivity@yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of A W

Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 7:14 PM

To: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. com

Subject: Re: Re: OCD - ADD

I keep reading about the GAPS diet here and how it

changes your health and you feel improvement.

I'd love to give this a try but I'm restricted on a

diet for type 1 diabetes, which means carbs carbs carbs all day long.....

Weight-wise, I'm fine. Mood-wise, some

improvement needed - because I'm so easily irritated by noise. I can't

live my life wearing earplugs, but what more can be done?

Even as I'm typing this now, and getting ready for

church on Sunday morning, the dog next door is barking its stupid head off and

my blood pressure is rising!

Arghhhhhh!

From:

smharde <smhardeyahoo (DOT) com>

To: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. com

Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 6:30:43 AM

Subject: Re: OCD - ADD

It's interesting that a lot of people have mentioned being really fond of or

addicted to pasta--carb cravings are a sign that you're literally addicted to

the morphine-like substances created by a digestive system that can't break

them down completely. It's one of the indicators that a person would benefit

from the GAPS diet.

Sorry to keep going on and on about it, but seriously, it's working for me. I

want to spread the good news, share the love, etc.

> > >

> > > For pasta lovers, I recommend organic noodles made of rice or

> > > vegetables, smothered in cheese if possible. Aw jeah. ^n_n^

> > >

> > >

> > > = M-F.

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Ok, so this doesn't really make any difference, but I'm going there anyway:). My cat has diabetes and my veterinarian recommends a no- carb diet for him, which he seems to be doing quite well on for a number of years now. My mother has been a diabetic for 45 years, type 1, and is 90 now with no problems from the diabetes, and she eats carbs, sugar, junk, you name it, but keeps it tightly controlled with testing 3 times a day and insulin. Of course, it's so tightly controlled that I used to be on a first-name basis with the paramedics because she ran her sugars so-o-o low! Don't know why I went there! Good luck, Adrienne. No fun, but sounds like you're handling it great.

Re: OCD - ADD

It's interesting that a lot of people have mentioned being really fond of or addicted to pasta--carb cravings are a sign that you're literally addicted to the morphine-like substances created by a digestive system that can't break them down completely. It's one of the indicators that a person would benefit from the GAPS diet.

Sorry to keep going on and on about it, but seriously, it's working for me. I want to spread the good news, share the love, etc.

> > >

> > > For pasta lovers, I recommend organic noodles made of rice or

> > > vegetables, smothered in cheese if possible. Aw jeah. ^n_n^

> > >

> > >

> > > = M-F.

> > >

> >

>

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3 blood tests a day? She's lucky. I do about 10. And have five injections a day. It gives tighter control, but then I'm always amazed when I hear stories of diabetics who eat freely and never have any problems. I have a theory that diabetic control is not always the determining factor in complications or not - as I know of diabetics who suffer horrendous complications after only a few years of diagnosis. It doesn't make sense that some get through life unscathed, and others really suffer with the disease.

Maybe cats with diabetes are different with carb intake in that cats don't normally eat a lot of carbs. Mine eat meat - biscuits if there is no other option, but they clearly prefer meat. Your poor cat - it must be heartbreaking having to give a cat insulin injections!!

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 4:48:21 PMSubject: Re: Re: OCD - ADD

Ok, so this doesn't really make any difference, but I'm going there anyway:). My cat has diabetes and my veterinarian recommends a no- carb diet for him, which he seems to be doing quite well on for a number of years now. My mother has been a diabetic for 45 years, type 1, and is 90 now with no problems from the diabetes, and she eats carbs, sugar, junk, you name it, but keeps it tightly controlled with testing 3 times a day and insulin. Of course, it's so tightly controlled that I used to be on a first-name basis with the paramedics because she ran her sugars so-o-o low! Don't know why I went there! Good luck, Adrienne. No fun, but sounds like you're handling it great. Re: OCD - ADD

It's interesting that a lot of people have mentioned being really fond of or addicted to pasta--carb cravings are a sign that you're literally addicted to the morphine-like substances created by a digestive system that can't break them down completely. It's one of the indicators that a person would benefit from the GAPS diet. Sorry to keep going on and on about it, but seriously, it's working for me. I want to spread the good news, share the love, etc.> > >> > > For pasta lovers, I recommend organic noodles made of rice or > > > vegetables, smothered in cheese if possible. Aw jeah. ^n_n^> > > > > > > > > = M-F.> > >> >>

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There are different approaches to diabetic nutrition, and low carb diets are on

one end of the spectrum. While GAPS isn't necessarily low carb, it's similar,

and there is some evidence that low carb diets can be helpful for diabetes. The

conventional diet is high in complex carbs, but if you want to try something

different, it might be possible to help both your diabetes and your 4s.

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> > > > For pasta lovers, I recommend organic noodles made of rice or

> > > > vegetables, smothered in cheese if possible. Aw jeah. ^n_n^

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > = M-F.

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> > >

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[Guest guest]

After reading this post, I can understand your reluctance to mess with a diet

that's working for you. Good luck, and I hope you continue to feel well.

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> > > > For pasta lovers, I recommend organic noodles made of rice or

> > > > vegetables, smothered in cheese if possible. Aw jeah. ^n_n^

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> > > >

> > > > = M-F.

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