TMS, Brain Fog, Medication and Diet (testimonial)

Hello. I want to start by saying that I am in no way offering medical advice to anyone. These are just my personal experiences. I recently completed a 36 course tms regiment for ocd/depression. Did it help? Somewhat. While it helped with my general sense of anxiety and for sure helped with depression, the results were not a miraculous as I’d hoped they’d be. I was struggling pretty badly with daily brain fog and anxiety. I even tried another ssri for a short period in hopes it would help the treatment (currently not on any prescribed meds). I did not tolerate the ssri side effects so quickly went off it. Now here is the part worth sharing. I did start to research ocd and inflammation. I found a plethora of data showing some causation between ocd and inflammation within the brain. I decided to try modifying my diet to see if something in it was inflaming me. I initially went to keto. Boy what a difference it made. My brain fog almost immediately went away. Anxiety and ocd are still there but more muted. I slowly incorporated some carbs back into my diet and found that it maybe gluten that is inflaming me. Hope this helps anyone trying to look for additional areas of focus in their mental health recovery journey. Cheers and keep up the good work.

NODA💕

Date posted: 2y

I have always wondered about gluten. Might it be causing problems. Thank you for sharing. Any suggestion is welcome.

YesYOUcan

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@NODA It may be another path worth exploring. There is a lot of literature linking mental health/anxiety disorders and gut health. Worth a shot. Please consult a doctor before doing anything to see if it is a good option for you.

NODA💕

Date posted: 2y

@Anonymous Thank you. I will. Have a nice and calm day.

beeziggz

Date posted: 2y

This post right here!!!! This is me to a T. I recommend you looking up PANDAS OCD. I think this is seriously linked…it’s rare to occur in people with OCD but it’s possible. Gluten flares my tics up so bad and my OCD. I began changing diets and doing different things but fasting has been the winner. I stay away from lots of breads, pastas, and I limit beer as well as fast until maybe 3-4pm. But I do recommend if you had OCD as a child lookup PANDAS if you do not know already!

YesYOUcan

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@beeziggz Thanks. I had recently heard about it. It’s rather interesting. My OCD onset later in life (27 years old). Although looking back on it, I do see that I had a lot of the tendencies and early hallmarks early on in my life. I’ve noticed that I have to limit my carbs and outright eliminate my gluten intake for my gi tract to function as intended. I just started to better understand the mechanisms that maybe impacting my anxiety. Caffeine also seems to hurt me considerably.

beeziggz

Date posted: 2y

@Anonymous Caffeine is fine with me. Although my tics get worse, but it doesnt stop me from consuming it lol. Im 25, ive had OCD for as long as I can remember…it hit me suddenly also, like overnight my parents saw a new person basically…which is a symptom of the PANDAS. I do think the gluten allergy has to be linked somehow, i need to look into it more but with having a bacterial infection be the premise of my OCD…i can imagine gluten would irritate me more and make things worse…

YesYOUcan

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@beeziggz Hopefully the more people like you and I share data and exchange testimonials about alternative treatment trials, the better I say. I’ve tried meds and am one of those individuals who cannot tolerate them. So I’m forced to try and figure out what else could bring some relief. Keep up the good fight. Wish you the best in your recovery journey.

beeziggz

Date posted: 2y

@Anonymous Meds also not for me. So far i strongly believe in a healthy diet. Limit alcohol to like once a weekend if you even drink…or just not beer lol. Beer kills me. I started eating alot more greens, all kinds of meat…and i been using spices with antioxidants mostly indian/middle eastern like curry since they have those properties in them to combat inflammatory cytokines. And low carbs, thats a huge one. If you like carbs like me, try red potatoes…they are the healthiest. Hopefully any of this helps you or anybody! It took me a long long time to understand my body and figure this out but so far so good!

YesYOUcan

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@beeziggz Thanks. Really helps. I like carbs so initially it was hard for me. But rice and potatoes as a minor substitute helps to curb the cravings. I eat a lot of nuts and fat to replace the carbs. Funny enough on the drinking front. I made a switch from hard liquor to beer before I tried the gluten restrictions. Admittedly. I love had some trouble in the alcohol arena in the past. I try to limit my alcohol consumption these days as it will exacerbate my ocd/anxiety. Maybe having a very limited amount of non glutinous drink will better serve me.

YesYOUcan

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@Anonymous Have* not love*

beeziggz

Date posted: 2y

@Anonymous Forsure! I used to drink alot of beer…i went to whiskey which doesnt help at all! But clear drinks do…vodka and water with some mio flavoring is golden🙏🏼 i never liked seltzer drinks much but those dont bother me either

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