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  Posted by ahimsa32fa at 05/13/16 04:48:28

  All four of my dictionaries describe "anxiety" as a psychological condition. It can manifest into physical experience such as an upset stomach.
  
  A psychologist would have questions for you such as...when do you feel this anxiety, what are your motivations for becoming a vegan, and are you unsure of your reasoning or embarrassed by it?
  
  The solution may be in reading books that support your decision to go vegan or simply hanging out with a vegan or two...
  
  Of course, one must also ask if the vegan diet that you've chosen is actually a healthy vegan diet.

  
  
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  Posted by patcee at 10/01/16 01:30:55

  I need to be around some vegans, as I am new to the diet, too. So I am going to attend the Herbivore Festival they are having in Yucaipa Sunday to get more information and hopefully hear the experiences of some vegans. Perhaps there is something like this where you are if you are feeling kind of alone in your decision. You can use google to try to find events taking place. I have no friends who are interested in a healthy way of living and get no real support from my family. I think it will be good to see there are many others living a vegan or vegetarian life.

  
  
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  Posted by mmccance at 10/02/16 00:04:05

  I became a vegan recently and I've experience anxiety at different times in my life. Sometimes it comes simply from my mindset or the pressure in my life -- but there are also foods that cause certain people to experience anxiety. I have found that if I begin eating anything that is fermented (alcohol, pickles, yogurt, kombucha, etc.) on a daily basis I will soon be having low levels of anxiety. If I don't stop eating them, it just gets worse and worse. I discovered that it comes from lactic acid that is found in fermented foods. I can have them for about three days with no problems but no more than that. So I don't have to eliminate them, I just have to keep them at a minimum. I also just finished 21 days of eating only potatoes with a group call Spudtember and I noticed that by the middle of the third week I was getting anxious. That is why I stopped before the 30 day goal. As soon as I switched to Ezekial bread and sweet potatoes with other vegetable, things calmed down again. There are only a few of us out there that respond this way, but I am one of them. Perhaps you are too. Have you been eating anything that is fermented?