It could be. For a lot of those years my diet was poor.

The last few years it is much, much better. I cut out sodas almost completely, as well with candy, chips, red meat and fast food.

A typical day for me is: organic oatmeal for breakfast with strawberries. A fruit/vegie smoothy for lunch. Fish/chicken, some mix of beans and quinoa plus a huge heaping of salad, light on the lettuce. Romaine is the darkest lettuce I can stand. Fruit for dessert. It might sound boring but I am a good cook and use spices well. It is also really cheap. I have so little money for food but am still able to eat healthy. ~$70 a week

I am taking some supplements including B complex(started this when I got diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy), C, D and fish oil + a multivitamin. That is as much as I can afford but I recently learned that the VA stocks a ton of vitamins and even some herbal stuff in their pharmacy so it is a matter of getting my doc to order them.

It certainly doesn't explain everything but is a great reminder, I hope everyone reading this takes it to heart. At the very least it will help from getting other serious diseases. MH issues are hard enough!

I have so many minor issues and many of them point to both diabetes and multiple sclerosis but happily I don't have either. I have been convinced that I had both of those at different points which lead to more MH trouble. I really wish I could get off the merry go round of suck, one way or another.

I wish vitamin deficiencies could explain my weird impulses to saw off my feet and other weird things. Happily, I don't have an axe or a saw of any kind, so I would have get a strong enough impulse, drive to a store, buy it and find a place to do it since I wouldn't want to make a mess of my townhouse. At some point during all that, the impulse would hopefully go away.

My psychosis came after I changed up my diet and is a little better since being put on an antipsychotic. Geodon also massively reduced my appetite which, along with the better diet has resulted in me losing 50 pounds since September. Decreasing my dosage is what kick started the weight loss.

I am still about 10 pounds overweight but that weight loss so far gave me no extra energy which is frustrating. I am waiting on testosterone results that my pdoc ordered, before he starts my on ECT. A basic test showed low levels and he order a more complete test. My thyroid was smack in the middle of normal range. My iron levels are always good so it is not anemia causing my fatigue.

My lab work that goes along with my physicals are pretty extensive but I am not sure they test for everything. My potassium levels used to be low but haven't been since my diet change. I need to go see my pcp soon about my sacroiliitis apparently spreading to my tailbone so I will ask if they could do a complete workup.

It is easy to forget that the mind is part of the body. It is strange that I do that since my headaches cause all sorts of issues outside my brain and head, but it is true. Thanks for the reminder.