Low on certain vitamins?

[Bettacreek]

Not really sure where to post this... Anyways, I get phases where I must be low on something. My body and mind start to crave EVERYTHING. I'm in one of those "ruts" right now. Now I'm not sure what's what, as far as deficiency and bi-polar, but it seems to go hand in hand with certain things. The past few days I've been eating almost CONSTANTLY, and I don't mean snacking, I mean four full meals in a day, when I usually only eat one meal, sometimes two and sometimes every other day. So, lately I've been eating like a horse, and even after bloating myself like a dead deer along the highway, I STILL want to eat. I also feel like I have to go shopping and I drive the boyfriend crazy with my neediness (want to talk CONSTANTLY and just need so much more loving attention, like, way too much). I also get to the point that I start to see "stars" when I haven't done anything to cause light-headedness, and get short of breath and collapse sometimes. Right now I just feel slightly weak (sometimes it gets REALLY bad) and my whole body feels pretty numb. The passing out and such is why I think it's more deficiency related than bi-polar, though some are mental/behavioral issues. I just bought kid's gummy vitamins (which are a b*tch to chew, btw) and 5000IU vitamin D3 (doc said that might help out my joint issues). I'm hoping SOMETHING works, because I know I can't keep this crap up. I know it's got to be totally irritating to the boyfriend to be so damn needy and when I'm working with clients, I can NOT be passing out!!! Anyone have ANY kind of advice or input please?

 

[Wifezilla]

If you are eating a lot, then later you feel dizzy and have to eat again, that sounds like reactive hypoglycemia. When you eat, what are you eating?

 

[Bettacreek]

I'm not sure that the food itself is causing the dizziness. I didn't eat breakfast today (ate chicken lo mein last night RIGHT before bed) and I was feeling that way. Usually I only get dizzy from lack of eating when I only eat every other day. Now it seems like I'm getting dizzy and hungry quicker. I go through these phases. And no, I'm not pregnant, lol. The food I eat all depends on what I'm hungry for. Sometimes I have to have ONE thing and if I don't get that one thing, I'll keep eating until I'm way past bloated and still need that one thing. Sometimes I just don't know WHAT I want, but will eat whatever sounds good until I bloat up. When I need a certain thing, the other foods usually turn me off, and I just won't eat anything unless I get a certain thing. When I get in these phases though, I'll eat whatever and still be craving SOMETHING, just seems like my body/mind don't know what it is that it needs, so it just craves everything (extra attention from the boyfriend, shopping, ANY kind of yummy food) and always WAY in excess.

ETA: Read the other thing about reactive hypoglycemia, I'm not sure it's that. I used to think this was an iron-deficiency, so I'd go buy a steak and eat only the steak, and I'd still feel whoosy later. :/

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

I'm not sure that the food itself is causing the dizziness. I didn't eat breakfast today (ate chicken lo mein last night RIGHT before bed) and I was feeling that way. Usually I only get dizzy from lack of eating when I only eat every other day. Now it seems like I'm getting dizzy and hungry quicker. I go through these phases. And no, I'm not pregnant, lol. The food I eat all depends on what I'm hungry for. Sometimes I have to have ONE thing and if I don't get that one thing, I'll keep eating until I'm way past bloated and still need that one thing. Sometimes I just don't know WHAT I want, but will eat whatever sounds good until I bloat up. When I need a certain thing, the other foods usually turn me off, and I just won't eat anything unless I get a certain thing. When I get in these phases though, I'll eat whatever and still be craving SOMETHING, just seems like my body/mind don't know what it is that it needs, so it just craves everything (extra attention from the boyfriend, shopping, ANY kind of yummy food) and always WAY in excess.

ETA: Read the other thing about reactive hypoglycemia, I'm not sure it's that. I used to think this was an iron-deficiency, so I'd go buy a steak and eat only the steak, and I'd still feel whoosy later. :/

Have you read the adrenal fatigue thread?
It causes weird blood sugar issues that are not hypoglycemia.
It has to do with the way cortisol is made and used.

 

[Bettacreek]

Would that cause the other "mental/behavioral" problems? I can't be sure that they're connected, but I do honestly think they just might be... :/ I'll have to go peep at that thread.

 

[Bettacreek]

That's creepy. Most of those symptoms I'm reading and saying, "yup, that's me." Not sure if that's a good thing or not though, lol. Guess it's better than some.

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

That's creepy. Most of those symptoms I'm reading and saying, "yup, that's me." Not sure if that's a good thing or not though, lol. Guess it's better than some.

Yes, it will mess with your head. Kind feeling like you are going crazy at times of the day?
Its the cortisol bouncing all over the place, instead of falling slowly through the day, and rising slowly through the night.

And it is a good thing to recognize stuff.
Now you can take better control of what you need to do to get better.

 

[Wifezilla]

Improper diet can cause brain cooties to get worse. On a natural diet high in good fats, my hubby has less issues with his brain cooties. Same with abi. Nutrient dense food + good fats + good meat = happy brain.

 

[Bettacreek]

Thank you guys. There are some times that I just sit down and think, oh my god, I wonder if I'm actually crazy... I mean, yeah, I'm bi-polar, but sometimes it just is way too much, but I actually recognise that I'm being crazy. They say during the crazy parts of bi-polar you don't realise that you're being crazy and it makes sense to you, and I get that way sometimes, but sometimes I KNOW (or at least think I might be) acting a good bit crazy, lol. I mean, thank god the boyfriend is pretty darn good, but I know sometimes I definately test his patience, lol.
But like I said, the other junk added onto it is what made me realise it's not just straight bi-polar. The only thing is, it's not all the time. It comes and goes. I can have a good two or three months without any issues, and then sha-bam! When I get light-headed and collapse, a lot of times it's over stupid stuff... Two days in a row I was shaving a client's face and just got overwhelmed... My throat felt like it was closing up, and I almost collapsed. And it wasn't from any of the facial chemicals he was using, since I had used them numerous times before without any issue.
It's just crazy, and it's driving me crazy!!! Hoping vitamins and such help me out. Been trying to go back to a more "whole and natural" diet. It's slow since stuff is hard to find and not exactly cheap, but I'm working on it.

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

Thank you guys. There are some times that I just sit down and think, oh my god, I wonder if I'm actually crazy... I mean, yeah, I'm bi-polar, but sometimes it just is way too much, but I actually recognise that I'm being crazy. They say during the crazy parts of bi-polar you don't realise that you're being crazy and it makes sense to you, and I get that way sometimes, but sometimes I KNOW (or at least think I might be) acting a good bit crazy, lol. I mean, thank god the boyfriend is pretty darn good, but I know sometimes I definately test his patience, lol.
But like I said, the other junk added onto it is what made me realise it's not just straight bi-polar. The only thing is, it's not all the time. It comes and goes. I can have a good two or three months without any issues, and then sha-bam! When I get light-headed and collapse, a lot of times it's over stupid stuff... Two days in a row I was shaving a client's face and just got overwhelmed... My throat felt like it was closing up, and I almost collapsed. And it wasn't from any of the facial chemicals he was using, since I had used them numerous times before without any issue.
It's just crazy, and it's driving me crazy!!! Hoping vitamins and such help me out. Been trying to go back to a more "whole and natural" diet. It's slow since stuff is hard to find and not exactly cheap, but I'm working on it.

My experience with those kinds of symptoms, has shown that is it was my adrenals shutting down briefly.

See if you can try these three at home tests... http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=117152
They are simple, and can head you in the right direction.
As too the bi-polar, I have watched a young lady that was diagnosed with it, make a complete turn around when eating real foods, with plenty of fat, and then later on, going back to the processed foods and falling apart right away.
Just something I have observed.