I read an article years ago by a doctor who had treated bipolar patients for many years, and his conclusion was that bipolar patients have a severe allergy to grains. Removing them completely from my diet made a huge difference in feeling tone. My husband even commented about it on the 7th day of the removal of them. Since then, I've learned more, but still come back to the removal of grains when I begin to sense an irritabiltiy in myself.

What else have I learned? Well, for one thing that some foods are naturally inflammatory, such as cheese. Secondly, that it is important to eat foods that help keep the fluids of the body on a more alkaline level.
See Alkaline Foods.com for a list.

Removal of caffeine in bipolar illness is essential; that, and alcohol. They both make the illness worse. (This from my psychiatrist) Please
read the article by Ruth Whalen on Doctor Yourself.com Her article appears under "allergy to caffeine". It will astound you; following her advice is a major contributor to my becoming so much better with this illness.

My first psychiatrist told me that we all needed to have a regular sleep schedule and to adhere to it as much as possible.

And finally, that we all needed to take our prescribed meds.

The major impression in my life that diet makes is that I no longer have to take medications except 10 mg. prozac once a day and a "food med"
called Deplin (which is a form of folate that can cross the blood brain barrier in those who cannot metabolize folic acid from the diet).

Happy to join you on this journey into healing.

Genetic