--- Persephone wrote:

 I have exactly the same effect if I take my carbs
> too low. I'm normally
> relaxed like you, but I become irritable and
> short-tempered. Within half
> an hour of eating paleo carbs, I'm calm again.


Scott Bonner wrote:
>Me, too.  And I've always attributed my irritability
>to hypoglycemia, figuring that if I ate plenty of
<vegetables or a piece of fruit, every 2 or 3 hours,
>then my blood glucose levels would remain stable and I
>wouldn't get moody.  But whatever the reason, I'm just
>glad to hear I'm not the only person with this
>problem.

I have the same irritability until about the fifth day and then I'm fine.  I
think it might be ketosis for both of you that causes the irritability. Once
I'm in ketosis I feel great.  Oliva