OCD and Raw diet

[ag_dwh]

I am suffering from severe OCD and presently. I get thought and impulses of violence towards my beloved one.I get horrible thoughts about the existence of whatever I see and imagine. I am on Luvox 300 mg daily.This has helped to an extent that I can work and perform my activities.Still I am in grip of OCD and far away from what I was before OCD.I also suffer from reactive hypoglycemia.
I am 31 and have lost all stamina, can't even run 100 M. Right from my childhood I used to eat excessive sweets.
But since last week I have left sweets and I am on raw diet(Not 100%). Out of my 3 regular meals, 2 are 100% raw.Dinner is cooked but not too much.

I have also started doing yoga and and also doing a specific breathing protocol for OCD (http://www.theholisticcare.com/research/An%20introduction%20to%20Kundalini%20yoga%20medita tion%20techniques.htm)

Please guide me will raw diet help in my OCD, because I have my target that I have to get rid of medicines in 1 year and want to completely off the OCD.

[chilove]

Hello there,

I recovered from severe anxiety and panic attacks and depression on a 100% raw vegan diet so I do believe that raw can go a long way in healing mental/emotional issues.

If you MUST still eat cooked, be very careful to eliminate ALL grains. Grains have a bad reputation for causing mental issues. They have been linked to schizophrenia and autism. Alse eliminate dairy and all processed foods. Eat only whole foods and try to stick mostly to vegetables.

Blessings,

Audrey
www.rawhealing.com

[ag_dwh]

Audrey
I take whole wheat, raw cheese and pasteurized milk.
is it OK

[VeggieMel]

ag, I admire how you're trying to deal with your issues holistically. They didn't explain how to use the yoga technique on that page. Where does it give specifics on the breathing technique.

[Hannah]

AG - props to you for trying to work through your challenges holistically - talk about empowering yourself to health!!!

My father has OCD and his is thankfully a mild case ... I wish you luck on your journey ... I have been raw 100% for a bit now and do feel ups and downs, and am told that it will even out in time ... Shine72 (a moderator) has a thread going about how raw has helped her son with autism ... banana search raw and autism is should come up ... wait try clicking this instead:
http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=25870

Also - since you mentioned yoga - I've seen many people work through mental health challenges using Bikram Yoga - its an amazing system! Truthfully all yoga is good yoga when practiced properly ... good luck on your journey and welcome to the board!

[EZ rider]

I wasn't sure what OCD is so i looked it up and found a very good article about it. Here's the link for anyone interested in learning more about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder

[Nurse in the Raw]

Audrey
I take whole wheat, raw cheese and pasteurized milk.
is it OK

All of the above can cause many symptoms. Go all raw if you can, it will reduce some of your symptoms but maybe not all.....it depends. I wouldn't discontinue your meds though without medical supervision. You may experience unpleasant side effects if you stop taking Fluvoxamine (Luvox) suddenly.

[raw_danceruk]

I also suffer from OCD..was taking prozac for it on and off, but found commiting to raw and stopping the grains helped me a whole lot. Its amazing the difference between 100% raw for me and when I am 80% and having "treats" of grain variety- I would find I suffer a bad few days of symptoms if not longer after breaking my raw.

Perhaps join the 30 day challenge? that way you can get some moral support.

Wishing you all the best

xx

[ag_dwh]

I plan not to keep 100% Raw.I want to be practical.I would like to follow what I think I can follow.
That's why I have decided to go for 2 Raw meals out of my 3 daily.
Because In India I cannot stick to Raw diet.We have so many festivals, functions.
I thibk it is always better to eat Raw rather than not even consuming it a little bit.

[Stina]

I've dealt with obsessive-compulsive disorder since age seven, when I started to count repetitiously and later in pubescence I had tricotollomania, where I would pull out my eyelashes. Later, that same energy morphed into alcoholism and drug addiction.

I'm doing remarkably well now. Don't believe the diagnosis that it's the worst anxiety order that only gets worse, never better. A major step forward for me was reading books by Dr. Skye Weintraub. N.D., explaining the connection between food allergies and mental illness. Also, Dr. D'Adamo notes the fact that the majority of people with OCD are blood type A. We run higher on stress chemicals with our physiology and that very much contributes to this disorder. So, I drink lots and lots of Tulsi/Holy Basil tea to keep my cortisol down and keep my high-strung temperament calm.

Grains in particular aggravate it for me. Gluten mostly but now my intestines are so trashed I'm done with grains. I get my carbs from my fruit. Oh, I do have a bag of raw buckwheat that I sprout and then dehydrate for cereal, but I tolerate that very well. And it's damn hard to get off of the grains. When we are allergic to them, they are addictive. They literally make our brains swell up and since the brain can't sneeze or break out into a rash, the symptons are mental illness. So, the solution is easy, but the application is very difficult. Many many of us on this board in general struggle with staying raw and off of junk food, but as someone who has swung back and forth between being 100% Raw and eating junk, it's the difference between night and day, freedom and bondage. It's the good fight I'll never stop fighting, and I surrender to Raw.

Remember, this is a multi-fold disease- mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual. Each need addressed. It goes beyond a mere chemical imbalance that your doctor will tell you. For example, in the last decade, dogs are now being diagnosed with OCD and being prescribed Prozac. For one thing, they're being fed grains that they have no business being fed, and they're cooped up with no fresh air, exercise, and attention. Well, kinda like my childhood.

I thought about privately e-mailing you but reconsidered it. This is a disease like any other and I'm not ashamed of it. Approximately ten million in the States suffer from it, but you just don't hear about it.

Please let us get to know you in this community here or privately e-mail me for support. This will be a journey if you want to grow out of this affliction. Who and what I am today from being influenced by this disease is profoundly deeper and more spiritual if I hadn't gone through hell with thousands of hours stolen from me by OCD.

Love and Peace, Stina

p.s. would love to hear about life in India!

[Blazin'Jane]

My hat's off to you folks suffering with OCD and other mental disorders. I am a chaplain in a long term psychiatric facility, and mourn the not helpful food that our folks have to eat. How much money we could save in pharmaceuticals if we just got the food part right from the beginning! Keep up your good work, and your fabulous witness! There are many many folks who could be helped by what you have learned on your journeys to health and wholeness! And I thank you for being so very willing to share so openly about your struggles and successes!

[raweater]

Audrey
I take whole wheat, raw cheese and pasteurized milk.
is it OK

Wheat and pasteurized milk are EXTREMELY toxic to humains, especially pasteurized milk, it's far more dangerous than smoking, read up on the studies done on pasteurized milk, it truely is a deadly poison.

Wheat is also quite toxic due to the gluten and very high sugar content (about 80%) and can indeed cause mental issues and other problems.

[Weezo]

I have suffered with OCD for most of my young adult to adult life, I noticed no benefit being about 80% raw last winter, but after going 100% raw a couple weeks ago for a few days I noticed it is all but gone! (avoid raw Cacao too... caffiene does HORRIBLE things to my OCD I've found!)

[ag_dwh]

I am really surprised by here how everybody is advocating Raw food.
I agree it is good but to say that eating 80% is useless and only 100%making sense.
I sense a lobby here, just now I was going through a research project done by Harward which says that it is not true that Raw is 100% good.
Here people say Grains are bad wheras it is researched that whole wheat is good.

My father who is 65 is damn fit and healthy and for his whole life he has been on india cooked food.He never even take Salad.
Had cooked been so toxic he would have certainly passed away 30-40 years back.

[RowanC]

I believe it depends on the person. Not everybody can eat wheat or corn, myself included. My body has forgotten how to digest it. Something's tweaked, probably from all the chemicals in our food supply.

My SO, on the other hand, can eat wheat, corn, soy, dairy, with no ill effects at all.

My body refuses to digest cooked food... and can't seem to use the vitamins and minerals from cooked food. It begins pulling those out of my tissues, and I get very sick.

I do thrive, however, on meat. I realize this is a vegan site, so I will not say anything further. However, because I'm afraid of the meat supply in the world these days, I have chosen vegetarianism and to some extent veganism.

I do not believe this raw food lifestyle is for everyone.
Each person needs to choose their own limits.

I do believe that a person should at least TRY Alissa's counsel to go raw for 30 days. Then if it doesn't work for you, do what makes you happy and healthy.

Some people seem to thrive on being sick.
I'm not sure they could be happy without their illnesses.

Some people are terribly handicapped by chemicals and additives in our food, water, soil, and air. Some seem to not be bothered by it, or treat symptoms instead of the cause, until it builds up in their bodies and it's too late.

Some people are passionate about their beliefs.
Their beliefs aren't always fact, nor are they always supported by scientific evidence.

On the other hand, I've come NOT to trust "scientific evidence," since the outcome seems to hinge on "who's paying for it?"

What and who do I trust?
Myself and my own experience.

I think everyone else should do the same.

[ag_dwh]

Rowan
Your reply do make sense but saying that cooked meal is poison and toxin is senseless.
World population would have been finished by now.

[Revvell]

Rowan
Your reply do make sense but saying that cooked meal is poison and toxin is senseless.
World population would have been finished by now.

"World population" is in dire need of healing. Why are people so overweight and so unhealthy if what YOU say is true? The body is a miraculous thing that it can sustain itself with all the junk we put in it. Thing is, after so many years, it becomes ill and can't sustain itself anymore. Then, instead of healing by using "food as medicine", we take drugs; then more drugs to compensate for what those drugs do until some body part wears out.

Revvell

[Revvell]

I am really surprised by here how everybody is advocating Raw food.


That's what this board is created for. Please read the Mission Statement.

Revvell