: Hello. My name is Amy and I have.
: Even “doing the food” on and off
: since 2000. In February 2013, I
: finally got serious and by the end
: of that year I was on step 6 and
: 7. I can honestly say these have
: been the best years of my life! In
: January of this year my husband
: and I moved our family from
: Arizona to Oregon. The move was
: stressful and challenging and as
: such I relapsed from the program.
: Now I still did breakfast with all
: four parts, took my vitamins, and
: ate three meals a day with
: protein, but fell in to eating
: sugar throughout the day, ate my
: three meals at inconsistent times
: throughout the day, and did not
: journal or have my nightly potato.
: As a result, I have been suffering
: from crushing depression. Two
: weeks ago I was able to drag
: myself back on the plan. I was
: able to go off sugar again and
: have no cravings, headache,
: crankiness, or other withdrawal
: symptoms. However, the depression
: is still almost crippling.
: Yesterday I added a carb
: (trisciuts and butter) three hours
: after breakfast and lunch in
: addition to my nightly potato to
: help increase my serotonin until I
: start to feel less depressed. Has
: anyone else done this and had
: success? Thanks!

Amy,

I think if you start dabbling with changes to treat your depresesion, you are
going to get into trouble. Focus on step 3. JUST that. If you are really suffereing,
go get some medication to bring while you work on the program.

let's try to get you steady and settled.

Kathleen