Originally Posted by
Ancient Weaver
Chrysmar09 has no-one asked about or suggested you increase your protein intake?
US recommended intake levels are what led me to trying out a much higher level than the 50g I was eating, and so cured my anxiety (among other things).
Baseline recommendation is based on bodyweight, at 0.8g to 1.0g, which alone indicated I should have been eating 65-82g, but also stress increases our use of protein, and boy was I stressed. I used to get stressed by anything and everything, so I aimed for 100g of protein daily.
That equates to 400g of high protein foods like chicken, steak, hard cheese, and nuts.
At first it was quite hard, as I hadn't discovered protein shakes, and had to do more cooking than I really had the energy for, but after a few days, my energy levels improved, and cooking became fun, trying out new recipes.
I quickly realised that I needed to cut down almost completely on carbs, to keep from putting on weight, but it's been plain sailing since.
I could give you a technical explanation of exactly why this helped so much, but for all I know, you eat a pound of steak everyday, so are not likely do be deficient in the building blocks of neurotransmitters (protein-amino acids), but as you are in the US, I wondered, has anyone checked that you are eating enough protein? As per US recommendations?