Can Eating the Wrong Foods Cause Anxiety Attacks? Posted: 12-04-07 19:42pm
I have not had an anxiety attack in weeks
and today i did something stupid after
weeks of eating good like oatmeal for
breakfast,a small turkey sandwich for
lunch and broiled fish and veggies for
dinner.Today i ate two slices of pepperoni
and sausage pizza for lunch and within 2
hours i felt the symptoms of the good ol'
anxiety attack comin on like sweaty feet
and hands heart started to take off and
lightheaded.I got it under control before
it got real bad but ever since i have felt
like crap all day and very tired.Now i
have been doing nothing but worrying about
having another one,something i have'nt
worried about for the last few weeks until
today when this happend.I am really really
tired of this crap,weeks that i felt great
and had put this crap out of my mind and
then this.Seems like this disorder will
never let you forget,oh maybe it will
tease you for awhile then it rears it's
ugly head again.Does'nt seem like it will
ever fully leave my mind,as soon as i
forget about it and life seems normal
again it's back.Sorry for the ramble but
i'm tired of this.My question is can some
foods cause anxiety attacks,can the pizza
i ate have caused it since i have'nt eaten
anything like that in weeks? P.S. I have
been caffiene and junk food (Chips Soda
ect) free for over a year..
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jchartr1
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Posted: 12-05-07 03:33am
Well I don't know if food actually can
cause anxiety attacks, but I do know from
experience that hypoglycemia can cause you
to feel anxiety. I don't know if you are
hypoglycemic but I have found that when I
eat foods that are high in carbs and
sugars I start to feel shakey and that
shakey feeling can make me worry and I
have gone in to panic mode because of
stuff like that. Lately I have been
limiting my sugars and eating mostly
proteins and good carbs from stuff like
wheat bread or wheat pasta. It sounds to
me like your body wasn't used to having
the pizza and it really effected your
sugar levels. Next time you start to feel
that way and you suspect it is something
you ate, try eating some peanutbutter
crackers or something with a good amount
of protein in it, that should help a
little. ^_^
