I am hypoglycemic/glucose resistant and clinically depressed.
I follow a diabetic lifestyle. I take metformin. I take Wellbutrin.
When my blood sugar levels go UP I have a feeling that I am STARVING to death almost instantly. It's like the worst hunger pangs in the world. If I do not eat something within 20 minutes I can tell you without fail I am a verbal menace, I am short tempered, I can become dizzy, disoriented and the feeling is just so overwhelming I would literally steal food off a store shelf to satisfy the hunger pangs. It's that intense. I can eat a piece of fruit or a TBS of peanut butter, a slice of wheat low cal bread or some lunch meat and in 5 minutes I am fine.
When my blood sugar levels are DOWN I am sluggish, I am tired, I'm just tired, and I'm not irritable - but just slow to react or think. Finding a balance with my diet isn't hard..but sometimes my body despite my diet, does it's own thing.
I have noticed in Dude - the More he is at our home eating and drinking OUR lifestyle food - the nicer, cheerier and more pleasant he is to be around. We have less to no sugar things, low cal wheat bread, as much gluten free snacks as possible, lots of fruit, diet soda only, I drink only water or 1% milk, we limit starches, potatos once a week, and all sugar for coffee was replaced with Splenda blend. ALL of it - even the "real" sugar that DF uses in his cereal? (yup it's Splenda blend, but his sugar tastes better) lol.
We both have a Weightwatchers lunch or a lunchmeat sandwich and sugar free pudding cup or sugarfree jello for dessert.
Our other CARDINAL rule? No eating after 7:00 PM. NOTHING---nada..zip.
I think.....there is something to be said - about cutting out and eliminating the sugar in the diets....I've lost a lot of weight and Dude? Well like I said the days he's here and eats our stuff? He's nicer AND he said that he FEELS better when he eats like we do - and while he is here he's tried to carry that over to his own home. Not very successfully - but he's cut out eating almost all candy and sugar at home. No more sodas too - and he's not near as moody - says when he has the sugar and junk food - he's a crab and has BAD bad migraines and headaches...
So I think there IS a connection between bloodsugar levels and glucose tolerance and intolerance with moodiness...as far as it pertains to interaction with psychiatric medications and SSRI's? I dunno - but I think all on it's own sugar once regulated or eliminated in gobs - lets you see really nicer people. I am one of them.
Now if I can get the PMDD under control I should be a sweetheart...mwah hah hah...Until then? Just keep back....
VERY interesting topic......