Jane,

That is very good to hear. I can totally relate to all of the emotional stuff Kathleen writes about in her books, and about five years ago I started having panic attacks. A lot of literature I have read on dealing with anxiety and panic attacks recommends reducing and eliminating sugar from the diet. Easier said than done without PNP. I am just starting on breakfast, but reading your post gives me hope that besides all the other great things I have to look forward to as I go through the steps, getting rid of panic attacks and anxiety is something to keep me motivated. I used to think the emotional roller coaster and depression were hellish until I started having panic attacks. I wouldn't wish them on anyone.

Thank you for the uplifting news.

Sherri

: Hi Debbie

: I had all the symptoms of sugar
: sensitivity that Chloe had, with
: added anxiety. I couldn't leave
: the house alone for two years
: unless it was completely
: essential. When I had to go out
: alone, I would be having panic
: attacks within a couple of
: minutes. We have a park across the
: road from our house and I could
: get to it and then start crying,
: feeling much too exposed, I also
: thought everyone hated me, felt
: fat and ugly and felt that anyone
: who passed me in the street would
: make a rude comment about me,
: which is why I always took someone
: out with me when possible, because
: when you are talking to someone,
: even if the people passing you
: were to mutter something under
: their breath, they wouldn't
: necessarily know you had heard
: them.

: Wow, what a difference this plan has
: made to my life. No more anxiety
: (I was on and off anti depressants
: since the age of 13, and I was 38
: when I found this programme three
: years ago. Anti depressants never
: worked for me at all, due to my
: depression being Beta Endorphin
: based, and the doctors basically
: told me they could do nothing more
: for me. As I had been suicidal
: many times in the past, I knew I
: had to find the answer myself. I
: had been researching certain
: things on the internet over the
: years looking for answers, I knew
: not everyone felt as bad as I did.
: Strangely, what I did find through
: research was about the acne I had,
: I googled acne and sugar and it
: came up with "acne is
: diabetes of the skin." My Dad
: had also made connections with the
: state of my skin and the amount of
: sugars I was eating at any one
: time.

: I found this programme by going into
: a bookstore and looking for either
: some sort of self help book or new
: weight loss diet book, and found
: the sugar addicts total recovery
: programme. I didn't know that
: sugar caused my depression but I
: knew I ate way too much sugar, so
: thought from the title that the
: book would help me to stop eating
: sugar to be able to lose weight.
: As soon as I looked inside the
: first few pages, I realised it was
: about much much more than that. I
: didn't know it was possible for
: sugar to be the cause of so many
: bad parts of what I thought were
: my personality, and the relief I
: felt at finding the book was huge.

: Now, as I say, I have no anxiety at
: all, and the person I used to be
: who wanted to be invisible is now
: very happy to be going out alone
: and sitting in a crowded area of
: town, and enjoying talking to
: people.

: As an added bonus, I lost 100 pounds
: the first year after detox.

: Hope that helps

: Love

: Jane
: xx