So I'm working in a new building and who do I bump into but the first doctor to write me a prescription for happy pills, aka anti-depressants. (While a fine person, I felt more comfortable with a woman and switched to a female doctor after only 2 visits.) At any rate, we spoke briefly this morning and I asked him if he was familiar with Paleolithic nutrition. Of course, he wasn't. But he DID say there are two types of food: those to which we respond very quickly and those to which we respond very slowly and quick-response foods aren't good for mental health and too many of us are eating such foods these days. How true! I told him I may print out some info for him to take a look at. Which brings me to the point. Are there any studies out there on high-carb foods, insulin resistance and depression? I've seen references to this phenomenon, but I can't remember where and at the time wasn't tucking such info away for later use. Any such information would be great and will wind up on his desk pronto. Thanks! Dori Zook Denver, CO P.S. By the way, between two periods I'd guesstimate my total time on anti-depressants to be 8-12 months. I've long since been off medication and feel just fine. Contributing factors? Having to a) get up at 4 am and b) endure incredible stress in the workplace immediately after c) enduring the stress of brain surgery and taking d) an anti-seizure med (Tegretol) which is also an anti-depressant, something I didn't learn until after e) going off the drug cold-turkey during recovery, a big mistake no one bothered to warn me about. But my gut feeling (pun intended) is that a lifetime of carb-filled, overprocessed food combined with insulin resistance is perhpas the biggest factor of all. I'm shocked and offended at the number of people who, after learning I once took anti-depressants, think I'll need to take them for the rest of my life and since I'm not taking them now I may just blow up at any moment. What the hell do they know? ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com