Carbs and Depression...

Does anyone else find when they eat carbs they fall into a depression? I found when I wasn't eating hardly any breads I lost that sort of over weight depression coma I used to be in and then when I starting eating more breads the further out I got the depression came back with it.   Has anyone else found this? Cause I am thinking I need to cut breads out of my life again.

I haven't felt that specific connection, but I really haven't gone back to breads or pasta b/c they just don't sit well in my tummy now. I do believe that we need to learn to listen to our bodies and what they are telling us, so if your body is not functioning at peak performance when you eat carbs then I agree that you should cut back.

Yeah I don't eat pasta either but I do eat pita pockets and I let myself have some breads again and the minute I did I noticed I slowed down and feel sluggish and with my period too it was worse. I think I'm gonna try and research it a little.  :)

I have absolutely noticed a difference in my mood and consumption of simple carbs!  When I eat simple carbs like bread or sugar, I begin to crave more as the "high" wears off.  If I don't eat more, I do seem to get more depressed.  Awhile back, I did some research and it seems that simple carbs and sugar (think chocolate) stimulate serotonin release, which would have the same effect as an anti-depressant.  My mood is more stable and cravings are definitely less when I avoid those things.  That and the Time Out plan is really cutting the cravings for me!

Yes! It's like eat one slice of bread and then it sets you up to crave or graze all afternoon.  :)

First of all...this is a little OT but you are so pretty! I love your hair. Mine turned waaay curly after surgery and I love it! Anyway...all the best hair days in the world cannot help me when I am eating too many carbs. I will tell you right now that they are poison to me. I have totally sworn off of them (even healthy ones) for two weeks and just a few days into it have seen a marked improvement in the way I feel.  Being on a liquid diet is no walk in the park either but it is really helping keep my blood sugars steady and therefor helping me mentally. I don't know how clinical the depression is when I am on a carb bender but it causes me a lot of mental anguish and "feelings" of depression, saddness, shame, ect. I just don't know that it is offical depression due to chemical imbalance like I had preop BUT is does suck! Sooo...I do think there is some kind of link for me because it is just a vicious craving cycle. Also, my hypoglycemia gets whacked out and after I eat a half a cookie or something I am on the couch wanting to cry so I definately think there is a correlation there!

I made the mistake too of eating them and am now trying to cut them back out of my life. It's like I won't let myself eat pasta or drink pop but I did allow myself breads and I think it's a real problem with me in eating them and then as a result feeling hungry the rest of the day.  :) Thanks! I have my Dad's crazy hair lol :D

huh...  as i sit here eating my salad filled with seseme sticks and sunflower seeds and being depressed, i'm pondering if maybe you're on to something here.

I try to work in flax seed for crunch in my salad it may not be everyone but it just had me wondering because there is so much stuff in carbs they may be messing with me in more ways then one. :)

Yes. It's part of our disease. Chemically, I mean. When we eat carbs, we get a temporary serotonin "high", which is followed a by a low. Some ppl would call it emotional eating, since carbs send the serotonin way up. BUt of course, a crash follows and so we repeat.

Most of us are not actually LOOKING for a high, so much as we don't want the low. We'd like to be LEVEL, but that's NOT part of our disease.

And yes, I feel it, too. If I'm stupid with sugar particularly, I pay in my waist and hips, as well as temporary moods.