Food sensitivities

[Evoldnahturt]

I'm not sure what all I was sensitive to, I know dairy, nuts, and grains all caused me problems.  I also have at least one autoimmune disease that continues to cause skin and mild anxiety issues if I don't stick to my diet.  I just try to stick to the autoimmune protocol.  It's hard to say what symptoms are caused by with autoimmune disease(s) and what's caused by withdrawal syndrome, but I know that cheating doesn't make me feel as bad as it did right after my failed taper two years ago.  I'll intermittently test different foods, but it's difficult because symptoms don't usually pop up very quickly if I've been strict with my diet for a while.

[Callie]

Can anyone list the specific symptoms that are associated with food sensitivities? Also, how quickly after eating do the symptoms appear? I'd really like to know. It would help me a lot.

 

Much appreciative,

 

Callie

[Evoldnahturt]

I'm not sure there are any specific symptoms.  My impression from reading stories is that symptoms vary widely between individuals.  Many people believe the best way to determine if food is causing you problems and what problems those are is to do an elimination diet.

[Kallalily]

I am happy I found this topic because the main symptoms I seem to be having result from eating food. Mainly processed.

If I have anything with sugar, caffeine, or any additives I have a weird and very uncomfortable reaction. MSG seems to be the main issue. When I consume anything with MSG, I feel dizzy and weak and I have to lay down and nap afterwards to deal with the feeling. I never had any bad reaction before or during my time on Prozac. This food sensitivity didn't appear until 1 month after my last dose of 10mg Prozac. I've been off Prozac for almost 3 months now and I was only on Prozac for a total of 3 months as well. I am hoping to have a quicker recovery since I wasn't on the drug for that long, but right now I feel like this will never end. I plan to, of course, eliminate these types of foods but it's disheartening to keep finding another food that makes me feel ill. I'm starting to lose my appetite in general. Has anyone fully recovered from this? If so how long did it take for you to recover from food sensitivity? 

 

(I'm still learning about all of this since I believe I'm in the early stages of my withdrawal)

[Evoldnahturt]

4 hours ago, Kallalily said:

I am happy I found this topic because the main symptoms I seem to be having result from eating food. Mainly processed.

If I have anything with sugar, caffeine, or any additives I have a weird and very uncomfortable reaction. MSG seems to be the main issue. When I consume anything with MSG, I feel dizzy and weak and I have to lay down and nap afterwards to deal with the feeling. I never had any bad reaction before or during my time on Prozac. This food sensitivity didn't appear until 1 month after my last dose of 10mg Prozac. I've been off Prozac for almost 3 months now and I was only on Prozac for a total of 3 months as well. I am hoping to have a quicker recovery since I wasn't on the drug for that long, but right now I feel like this will never end. I plan to, of course, eliminate these types of foods but it's disheartening to keep finding another food that makes me feel ill. I'm starting to lose my appetite in general. Has anyone fully recovered from this? If so how long did it take for you to recover from food sensitivity? 

 

(I'm still learning about all of this since I believe I'm in the early stages of my withdrawal)

 

It seems like most people do eventually heal.  Often times in just a year or two.  It does sound like your case may not be as bad as many cases on this forum, which suggests that you're likely to heal more quickly than many of those more serious cases.  The really good news is this condition forces us to take better care of ourselves and to develop better habits.  You might overall live a longer and happier life because of this condition if the habits stick.  Focusing on silver-linings, when you have them, can make coping a lot easier and this is a pretty good one!

[Kallalily]

I sure hope so! Thank you for your feedback. I live with a bunch of different people who eat processed foods so it's been hard to keep up a decent diet. I'm going to do my best since I've been reading it helps push through recovery. 

And you're definitely right. One positive thing I see out of this is that it'll push my towards a healthier lifestyle. I just want to get to where I can handle a small treat here and there without feeling completely ill after. Lately I've been having a reaction very soon after I consume something that my body doesn't agree with. 

I know I'll get to where I'll feel a lot better eventually. When my waves hit, I can't help to have a moment of doubt.

I've been keeping a diary that I'll probably post on here in the future once my symptoms ease up. 

 

[LexAnger]

For those who are msg sensitive, here is some great info

 

https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/80645-symptoms-from-msg/

[jozeff]

Hi all, 

 

I was wondering. Are there any food sensitivities you experienced while tapering citalopram ( or other AD)?

 

The reason I ask is that I experience a lot of nausea while tapering citalopram. This doesn't occur every day but after some meals. I just can't figure out which ingredients might cause this because there doesn't seem to be a pattern.

 

If some of you have very specific ingredients to avoid that could ease my search for the right food!

 

 

Thanks in advance!!

Jozeff

[Ather]

At such a taper rate I doubt you are having that nausea because of the taper, whats your age ? 

By the way, having nausea sometimes is very common, try having Yogurt whenever you have it.

What other medicines do you take ? 

[Bruci]

On 9/16/2013 at 11:07 PM, Dani said:

Help...I'm hungry and i don't want to eat junk...but i feel like that's all i can tolerate. That's bad in itself.

I just want to be "normal" again...

Edited November 24, 2017 by Altostrata

 
Responding to this old post. I have struggled with food allergies on and off for years and now that I am withdrawing, they are coming back full blast.
 

One solution is to cook all your food. Cooked fruits and veggies are more tolerable than raw. Also, elemental nutrient formulas, are a tremendous help. They allow you to wash out foods that may be problematic and give a “food holiday” while still getting essential nutrients.
 

Of course, the goal is to re-introduce foods slowly in small amounts with the hope that you will regain tolerance. Often, food allergies are not for life, but you have to be very careful about re-introducing foods and be willing to remove a food if you have difficulty. 

[gn11]

On 10/27/2020 at 9:17 AM, Bruci said:

 
Responding to this old post. I have struggled with food allergies on and off for years and now that I am withdrawing, they are coming back full blast.
 

One solution is to cook all your food. Cooked fruits and veggies are more tolerable than raw. Also, elemental nutrient formulas, are a tremendous help. They allow you to wash out foods that may be problematic and give a “food holiday” while still getting essential nutrients.
 

Of course, the goal is to re-introduce foods slowly in small amounts with the hope that you will regain tolerance. Often, food allergies are not for life, but you have to be very careful about re-introducing foods and be willing to remove a food if you have difficulty. 

I am rereading this thread as I have an increase in my food sensitivities. I am at the end taper at 0.28 mg of Celexa. I thought all along I had a histamine sensitivity and that diet worked some for the past 4 years. Now I am reacting to pretty much everything (just eating). It

s mostly mild but bothersome. Can you tell me more about elemental nutrient formulas? Txs

[lucidity]

Might this be related to low stomach acid. at least in some cases? My food sensitivity problems are mostly gone now (thank GOD) but I happened to read some reviews of betaine (trimethylglycine) and noticed this one:

 

"I researched nausea and rapid heart beat after eating all foods - and low stomach acid kept coming up. I had tried everything from eating smaller portions more frequently to eliminating possible food allergens. My hair was falling out, my nails were thin and rippled, I was beyond tired all the time, I had extreme anxiety for no reason. I eat healthy, take vitamins, and yet I looked like walking death. I had gone to the doctor for these problems twice, and they looked at me like I was crazy. All my blood tests for diabetes and thyroid were within "normal" range. I take this with every meal now, and after the first time- no rapid heart beat after eating. Then no anxiety. My hair and my nails are growing back after a couple of weeks. I can think clearly again. Low stomach acid would have been the first thing I would have checked if I were a doctor with a properly fed yet malnourished patient. Thank you Amazon and Google for pretty much saving my life and sanity when my doctors said I was "fine". I never write reviews, but if it helps someone who has been confronted with an incompetent medical system, it was well worth the 5 minutes out of my life to help someone else."

 

I remember my "food sensitivities" always started off with rapid heartbeat and then severe anxiety after eating.  It's worth a look I'd say.  Some have said betaine/TMG can be helpful in withdrawal anyway

[Sicksagittarius]

Hi everyone, 

I was wondering if anyone knows if /has experienced eating high amounts of "detoxing" foods, such as broccoli everyday. Could this cause any increase of WD symptoms since we arent supposed to participate in liver detox methods? also does anyone have experience in switching from non organic to all organic without a gradual change and caused any WD symptoms from a natural detox of the harmful chemicals in non organic food? Thanks!

[Sicksagittarius]

Has anyone experienced reducing oxalates from their diet and gone through the oxalate dumping process? Its something I need to do to heal my gut. They're related to the inflammatory bucket that histamine and salicylates contribute to. Wondering how this will impact WD symptoms. Oxalates do not detox from the liver, they are in the gut. (https://www.facebook.com/notes/trying-low-oxalates-tlo/06-how-dumping-is-different-than-detoxing/2085276828220515/)

 

a little background on oxalate dumping:

-Dumping is the excretion of stored oxalate from tissues via urine (kidneys), stool (digestive tract), mucus (lungs and respiratory tract), tears (eyes, vitreous gel) and sweat/ skin secretions (skin).

 

-dumping can continue for months and years. oxalate dumping is a long process and it's suspected that we dump compartment by compartment.

 

-We see this electrolyte disturbance, which involves continued wasting of potassium and other minerals. We have to keep re-adding these minerals. Also, it’s almost like tissue dehydration. I really like to push salt, potassium, calcium and magnesium to help manage this sort of flushing …

 

-The two main causes of disease are toxicity and nutrient deficiency. Oxalate is causing both … You’re losing both B-vitamins and minerals. It’s very toxic. It is a poison. It’s messing with the basics of metabolism that allows tissue recovery, repair, [that] allows growth and flourishing.”

 

-Oxalic acid can harm glandular function, connective tissue function, neurological function and the function of the tissues of excretion, particularly the kidneys and bladder

 

-oxalates not only can cause kidney stones (calcium oxalate kidney stones) but also may be responsible for a wide variety of other health problems related to inflammation, auto-immunity, mitochondrial dysfunction, mineral balance, connective tissue integrity, urinary tract issues and poor gut function

 

-side effects of dumping: 

bloated stomach

black specks in stool

constipation diarrhea

cloudy urine

lower back pain

heart paps

flu like

weight loss or weight gain

dizziness

muscle twitching

back or neck pain achy all over

jaw pain

sweating

rashes

fatigue

anxiety depression, brain fog

loose teeth

pain and inflammation

[getofflex]

I've discovered, from my daily journaling, that eating foods like hotdogs containing nitrates, revs up my nervous system, and causes restlessness and insomnia in me.  Doing this journal has been very valuable in that it helps me find positive correlations between things I do on a daily basis, and my withdrawal symptoms.  Studies have been done on rats to show that those who consumed nitrates were much more likely to show symptoms of mania.  Here are some articles about this: 

 

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180718/nitrates-in-meat-may-be-tied-to-mania

 

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/beef-jerky-and-other-processed-meats-associated-with-manic-episodes

 

[Estman]

On 9/20/2013 at 11:51 AM, GiaK said:

actually histamine blood levels won't really tell you anything particularly meaningful and can be misinterpreted very easily...it's better to just eliminate the foods and see how you do...it will become glaringly obvious within a week or two.

 

all the lab work that can be done for this condition really isn't terribly definitive...and then you have doctors in the mix who will likely start shoving drugs in your face too...I'd spare myself, frankly. 

I have some reactions that I consider to be histamine intolerance
There are often watery and stinging eyes (the corners of the eyes are broken), sometimes there is also a runny nose, there are often vague headaches like migraines
There have been many problems with digestion in the past year
Especially in the last half of the year.
I took the histamine probiotic Histaminix (Seeking Healt) for several months last summer and fall.
I also tried the DAO enzyme from the same manufacturer
It seemed to get better in summer and autumn.
I started taking the same probiotic again on November 20, 2022
Digestion got worse and worse in December.
I sometimes also ate sweet things and gluten products
Before Christmas the situation got really bad and I went to the doctor.
The main thing was a feeling of fullness and heaviness after eating
Later it happened that after eating for about an hour it was more or less and 2-3 hours later it was as if the tiut stayed in the stomach and was fermenting.
Strong brain fog, dizziness, fatigue and a feeling like mild food poisoning
I don't know if it is SIBO, Candida overgrowth.
All samples were generally fine, the ultrasound also showed that it was fine.
The doctor prescribed the proton pump inhibitor Nexium and Metronidazine for a week, but then it got really bad - I stopped taking it.
The stool was still very light and parts of undigested food could be seen.
The doctor still suspected Helicobacter, but the samples showed that it was not
Then I realized that maybe I have low stomach acid.
Weaning for several years has caused a lot of anxiety and depression and maybe it has reduced stomach acid.
I took HCL with petaine for 3 weeks and it helped to some extent. I didn't feel heavy after eating, but I still had a feeling of fermentation several hours later, a lot of gas and nausea.
The nausea was especially strong when I ate proteins or fat.
Last week, I also tried to add a supplement to ox bile and L-Glutamine, thinking that it was a leaky gut.
I managed to take them for 4 days and I was hit by a heavy wave that continues now.
There also seems to be a connection with histamine because I ate some sauerkraut 2 days ago and some stewed lamb (fatty) the day before yesterday.
The next morning the stool was light brown and again undigested food parts inside, and there was also a great nausea as if I wanted to vomit.
In addition, facial redness and watery eyes (allergy symptom?)
For some reason, it's worse when I take the DAO enzyme, which is supposed to reduce histamine.
Histamine was supposed to help digestion, and reducing it will make it bad?
So I don't know what I have, is it SIBO, or Candida, or histamine intolerance?
For the last 1.5 months, I have given up sweet things, except sometimes cornflakes with oat milk and blueberries, sometimes also banana.
I no longer eat dairy and gluten products and fatty things.
I generally eat organic, natural foods grown in the countryside.
I have also lost weight in the last six months.
I don't know what to do with this histamine because I still need protein in our northern climate
I have noticed that my digestion is especially bad when the weather changes, there is high humidity or a change in air pressure (usually a drop).
Can a bile supplement or L-Glutamine also cause symptoms or trigger a wave?
I used to eat everything without problems - dairy products, gluten, fatty proteins, now I can't and it makes me unhappy. I have little energy and depression is strong because there are few carbohydrates.
So I'm a bit confused because I don't know if there is a lack of some acids or some kind of dysfunction or intolerance.
 

[Lenaf]

On 2/17/2016 at 9:25 PM, historygal said:

Also I should say I am 25 months into withdrawal and I literally the food thing is bringing me down. I don't take supplements but I can't eradicate veg and fruit as I'd rather get my vitamins from natural stuff, however if it's at the detriment to my recovery. I have no deals what to do?

I know this is soooo long after your initial post however this sounds like you are dealing with Salicylate issues. Look into the Failsafe diet or the book and website Fed Up by Sue Dengate.