Have panic attacks become a limiting factor in your life?
When symptoms of anxiety feel unmanageable, decision making and behavior choices are impacted. You may feel like you’re just barely holding on and, left unchecked, you may experience a panic attack or total shutdown
The buttons below connect you to our best resources related to how glucose regulation impacts PTSD, panic attacks and sleep disturbances. We encourage you to try some food-based experiments to keep symptoms of PTSD in check. These resources address anxiety as well as other similar conditions, so you will find overlap with other condition-specific pages.
This material is provided for educational and informational purposes only. As Dr. Allott is also a licensed medical practitioner, we must make it clear that none of the products are intended to constitute medical advice, consultation, recommendation, diagnosis, or treatment. If you are concerned about your health, please seek appropriate care in your area.
Resources
Handouts & Worksheets
I Need Help Now! (handout)
A Three-Day Protein Experiment (handout)
Proteina versus carbohidratos (Spanish handout)
Be At Your Best For High Stake Events (handout)
Emergency Food Plan (worksheet)
Snapshot of Anxiety (worksheet)
Storytelling
You might also be interested to read a story to see how some of this information plays out in daily life:
Store
Our Workbook: Fuel Your Brain, Not Your Anxiety Available from:
Pre-Recorded Online Training from PESI for continuing education credits: 2-Day Certificate in Nutrition for Mental Health Disorders: Non-Pharmaceutical Treatment Strategies that Work! (Available for purchase in digital format).
Other digital products available from Dr. Allott:
Understanding Labs for Mental Health
Serum Ferritin (pdf)
C Reactive Protein (pdf)
Surviving the Holidays: How to Reduce Anxiety & Weight Gain (pdf)
Pre-Recorded Online Training: Addressing the Physical Causes of Anxiety
Videos
We know that sleep is essential for clear thinking and vibrant energy, but there are many things that can disturb sleep, from nightmares and night terrors to early morning waking. Medications that override these challenges often just leave people drowsy n the morning without providing restful sleep. In this video, Dr. Allott discusses some possible experiments for people who need to get some sleep.
PTSD AND NIGHT TERRORS (45:41)
A fueled brain is a smarter brain - Understanding the physiology or anxiety (35:40)