Grouptose
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So today is day 3 of no starch, what I ate so far this morning:
Breakfast - Lamb liver, 1 glass of blood orange juice, large portion of papayas
I realized that I feel things a lot more, and this feels kind of liberating because I was still slightly numb from back when I took antidepressants 7 months ago, but after cutting starch it makes me feel pretty much the same as before I took the antidepressants, but with that comes that downside, I feel things more and therefore I'm more likley to get sad about things, or even bothered by things in general, it's not like I'm irritable, it's more like I care more about life in general which causes me to have a bit more anxiety, but the strange thing is it got rid of SOCIAL anxiety. I heard someone say once that general anxiety is linked to high dopamine and social anxiety is linked to high serotonin. Makes sense, I feel like I could talk to anyone with a normal tone of voice and not get all panicky/worried about people starting a conversation with me, but I get worried/anxious about things instead of people.
Another thing I noticed was that I see things the way they are rather than the way I think, things are more clear and certain things/information seem more obvious to me, I don't have to ruminate on thoughts because I feel confident that certain things are true, rather than overthinking "what if i'm wrong about this, what if this isn't the way it seems" energy is kind of gone. Which is good to see.
Also, bowel movements are good, no more diarrhea (which is confusing since usually eating more fruit causes more bowel troubles, but in my case it was the starch)
Breakfast - Lamb liver, 1 glass of blood orange juice, large portion of papayas
I realized that I feel things a lot more, and this feels kind of liberating because I was still slightly numb from back when I took antidepressants 7 months ago, but after cutting starch it makes me feel pretty much the same as before I took the antidepressants, but with that comes that downside, I feel things more and therefore I'm more likley to get sad about things, or even bothered by things in general, it's not like I'm irritable, it's more like I care more about life in general which causes me to have a bit more anxiety, but the strange thing is it got rid of SOCIAL anxiety. I heard someone say once that general anxiety is linked to high dopamine and social anxiety is linked to high serotonin. Makes sense, I feel like I could talk to anyone with a normal tone of voice and not get all panicky/worried about people starting a conversation with me, but I get worried/anxious about things instead of people.
Another thing I noticed was that I see things the way they are rather than the way I think, things are more clear and certain things/information seem more obvious to me, I don't have to ruminate on thoughts because I feel confident that certain things are true, rather than overthinking "what if i'm wrong about this, what if this isn't the way it seems" energy is kind of gone. Which is good to see.
Also, bowel movements are good, no more diarrhea (which is confusing since usually eating more fruit causes more bowel troubles, but in my case it was the starch)
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