Mmmaurshmallows
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My poor brain has been beat up my whole life...and it's been 52 years! My history...
-I was formula fed. (Great start, hey?) Anxiety/shyness/fearfullness as far back as I can remember. But, when around people that I felt comfortable with I loved to talk. My brain seemed to never shut off, although I loved my studies and did well in school, so didn't have much as far as focus problems. (I eventually got a degree in nutrition) I have also had stomach aches and low motility since beginning school, and I now know that gut and brain health are completely related. Also a lifetime of hypoglycemia w 3:00 headaches.
-Early teens began increased fear, self-consciousness, and panic attacks. My brain continued 'to have a mind of it's own' and I always had to be distracted by friends or television or music or I would get nervous. GAD.
-Age 25 rather depressed...no focus or direction in my life. I got pregnant, which brought on my first big mental problem. I didn't take a PG vit-min (can't swallow pills), and learned that was a very bad idea. At around 4 months my brain 'cracked' and suddenly nothing would shut it up...and fear ruled my world. I dealt with the non-stop obsessive fears for 6 years...then my brain really cracked!
-Age 31 my completely exhausted mind finally went into a world of depersonalization, and it hasn't come back since. It was a living hell the first 5 years...now it's just a living nightmare as anhedia (sp?) set in. I have managed to learn how to look past it and sorta pretend I'm living a normal existence, so life has gone on and so have I. Since removing most (I still eat out occassionally) plant oils and replacing with grassfed organic butter, etc. for the past 4 years I know I'm doing better, mentally and physically. But here's the catch...
-Age 37 I began LCHF because, of course, sugars always made me sick...mentally and physically. If only I knew at that time it was the plant oils I needed to remove!
-Age 42 I began having overbreathing problems. I breathed out too much, especially in cars (now I know I was hyperventilating and the car seats restricted my breathing). I also began using coconut oil and tried fish oils. The coconut oil was too strong for me, causing constipation and tense stomach muscles. I have never tested positive for hypothyroidism (which I know now was completely wrong!), but I continued to become more delicate and sicker physically as I aged. But really I want to focus on the fish oils and the apparent damage they've done to my brain. When I took them I would get very dark and depressed and more DP'd, so I stopped (at the time).
-Age 45 was another 'banner' year for me. I lost everything (job, money, home, daughter [we had to move to separate residences far away], life!) when my breathing problem turned into full blown hyperventilation syndrome. I lost 40 pounds in 4 months literally living on a couch cause moving messed with my breathing. Fear engulfed me cause I had no idea what was wrong with me. I did learn I had a bad case of silent reflux, which affects breathing. I also had (have) a beaten up nervous system and a lifetime of gut bloating, so the problem is definitely multi-causational. I got up occassionally when I had to, but had to go on STD, then lost my good job. Couldn't drive, cook, or anything. (I should mention I was able to work PT again a year later, and started FT 3 months ago. Yah!) You just learn how to manage your breathing...and learn you're not going to die.
So in all my good efforts to heal my breathing I tried eating smoked salmon (I hate fish) and a whole slew of vits and mins and herbs, etc. The problem was they (almost) all would make me depressed and angry and cry a few hours later. I have stopped taking most, since my boyfriend...and I...can't deal with my moods anymore. The herbs and minerals are always worse. I'm convinced they are removing heavy metals from my brain, and this is why I can't even tolerate much cilantro without becoming practically suicidal.
-Age 50 after many starts and stops of supplements, BUT ALSO CONSUMING ALOT OF G.F. BUTTER AND MEATS AND FARM EGGS and some salmon, I started losing my ability to remember what common things are called. I know this is the beginning of dementia Alzheimer's. All my waking hours have also become very dark and depressed, instead of just when I take a supplement, etc. I have been cutting back on the Omega 3 products (and glutamate) the last 6 months, and mood and memory have improved some.
-Age 52 began Peating 2 months ago. Relief for my brain and body has begun! I no longer have that almost suicidal 3:00 thought about my life. Thank you Ray Peat! Sugar and coffee and orange juice and milk and marshmallows and jello have never tasted so good! It's such a relief to go lowfat and highcarb instead...I wasn't barely even enjoying animal fat anymore the last year. Should have listened to my body. Lesson finally learned!
Sorry this is such a long post. Hopefully it was kinda interesting so far?!?
What has always been wrong with my brain, I believe, is my exposures as a little girl to pesticides. I lived on a parkway and loved to play outside. I also swam alot as a child (and drank city water), and all that chlorine exposure messed with my gut flora. Because of the chemicals, gluten and vegetable oils are major players, of course, and maybe even casein. My mom cooked all our food from scratch but used cooking oil and shortening, although butter was used mostly. Not alot of junkfood in our house, but I had my share of chips as I hit teenagedom. Then away to college w drinking and cafeteria food, etc. I think my DP was the result of waitressing at a Mexican restaurant for 3 years...all the chips and salsa I could eat. Vegetable oils, corn, and MSG...the final blows! Oh my aching blood sugar and thyroid! Icm sure those delicious margaritas didn't help either.
Lately my brain can get very very tired, like drugged, when I eat smoked salmon, alot of sugar, and do vagus nerve stimulation exercises. Now I know the Omega 3s are bad, the sugar is good, and I don't know about the exercises. I've also had ALOT of cortisol brain damage from a lifetime of mental and LC stress. Oy!
This is the only place on the web stating that Omega 3s are bad. Can anyone tell me what they did to my brain?
Thanks for listenining and maybe replying!
-I was formula fed. (Great start, hey?) Anxiety/shyness/fearfullness as far back as I can remember. But, when around people that I felt comfortable with I loved to talk. My brain seemed to never shut off, although I loved my studies and did well in school, so didn't have much as far as focus problems. (I eventually got a degree in nutrition) I have also had stomach aches and low motility since beginning school, and I now know that gut and brain health are completely related. Also a lifetime of hypoglycemia w 3:00 headaches.
-Early teens began increased fear, self-consciousness, and panic attacks. My brain continued 'to have a mind of it's own' and I always had to be distracted by friends or television or music or I would get nervous. GAD.
-Age 25 rather depressed...no focus or direction in my life. I got pregnant, which brought on my first big mental problem. I didn't take a PG vit-min (can't swallow pills), and learned that was a very bad idea. At around 4 months my brain 'cracked' and suddenly nothing would shut it up...and fear ruled my world. I dealt with the non-stop obsessive fears for 6 years...then my brain really cracked!
-Age 31 my completely exhausted mind finally went into a world of depersonalization, and it hasn't come back since. It was a living hell the first 5 years...now it's just a living nightmare as anhedia (sp?) set in. I have managed to learn how to look past it and sorta pretend I'm living a normal existence, so life has gone on and so have I. Since removing most (I still eat out occassionally) plant oils and replacing with grassfed organic butter, etc. for the past 4 years I know I'm doing better, mentally and physically. But here's the catch...
-Age 37 I began LCHF because, of course, sugars always made me sick...mentally and physically. If only I knew at that time it was the plant oils I needed to remove!
-Age 42 I began having overbreathing problems. I breathed out too much, especially in cars (now I know I was hyperventilating and the car seats restricted my breathing). I also began using coconut oil and tried fish oils. The coconut oil was too strong for me, causing constipation and tense stomach muscles. I have never tested positive for hypothyroidism (which I know now was completely wrong!), but I continued to become more delicate and sicker physically as I aged. But really I want to focus on the fish oils and the apparent damage they've done to my brain. When I took them I would get very dark and depressed and more DP'd, so I stopped (at the time).
-Age 45 was another 'banner' year for me. I lost everything (job, money, home, daughter [we had to move to separate residences far away], life!) when my breathing problem turned into full blown hyperventilation syndrome. I lost 40 pounds in 4 months literally living on a couch cause moving messed with my breathing. Fear engulfed me cause I had no idea what was wrong with me. I did learn I had a bad case of silent reflux, which affects breathing. I also had (have) a beaten up nervous system and a lifetime of gut bloating, so the problem is definitely multi-causational. I got up occassionally when I had to, but had to go on STD, then lost my good job. Couldn't drive, cook, or anything. (I should mention I was able to work PT again a year later, and started FT 3 months ago. Yah!) You just learn how to manage your breathing...and learn you're not going to die.
So in all my good efforts to heal my breathing I tried eating smoked salmon (I hate fish) and a whole slew of vits and mins and herbs, etc. The problem was they (almost) all would make me depressed and angry and cry a few hours later. I have stopped taking most, since my boyfriend...and I...can't deal with my moods anymore. The herbs and minerals are always worse. I'm convinced they are removing heavy metals from my brain, and this is why I can't even tolerate much cilantro without becoming practically suicidal.
-Age 50 after many starts and stops of supplements, BUT ALSO CONSUMING ALOT OF G.F. BUTTER AND MEATS AND FARM EGGS and some salmon, I started losing my ability to remember what common things are called. I know this is the beginning of dementia Alzheimer's. All my waking hours have also become very dark and depressed, instead of just when I take a supplement, etc. I have been cutting back on the Omega 3 products (and glutamate) the last 6 months, and mood and memory have improved some.
-Age 52 began Peating 2 months ago. Relief for my brain and body has begun! I no longer have that almost suicidal 3:00 thought about my life. Thank you Ray Peat! Sugar and coffee and orange juice and milk and marshmallows and jello have never tasted so good! It's such a relief to go lowfat and highcarb instead...I wasn't barely even enjoying animal fat anymore the last year. Should have listened to my body. Lesson finally learned!
Sorry this is such a long post. Hopefully it was kinda interesting so far?!?
What has always been wrong with my brain, I believe, is my exposures as a little girl to pesticides. I lived on a parkway and loved to play outside. I also swam alot as a child (and drank city water), and all that chlorine exposure messed with my gut flora. Because of the chemicals, gluten and vegetable oils are major players, of course, and maybe even casein. My mom cooked all our food from scratch but used cooking oil and shortening, although butter was used mostly. Not alot of junkfood in our house, but I had my share of chips as I hit teenagedom. Then away to college w drinking and cafeteria food, etc. I think my DP was the result of waitressing at a Mexican restaurant for 3 years...all the chips and salsa I could eat. Vegetable oils, corn, and MSG...the final blows! Oh my aching blood sugar and thyroid! Icm sure those delicious margaritas didn't help either.
Lately my brain can get very very tired, like drugged, when I eat smoked salmon, alot of sugar, and do vagus nerve stimulation exercises. Now I know the Omega 3s are bad, the sugar is good, and I don't know about the exercises. I've also had ALOT of cortisol brain damage from a lifetime of mental and LC stress. Oy!
This is the only place on the web stating that Omega 3s are bad. Can anyone tell me what they did to my brain?
Thanks for listenining and maybe replying!
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