Can eating certain food items like potatoes worsen anxiety?

Hello doctor,

I read your query and understand your concern.

I suggest you should know more about anxiety. Anxiety is your body's defense mechanism. It is an essential defense mechanism. Anxiety helps you make a "fight or flight" decision according to the situation. Anxiety symptoms such as fast heartbeat, shivering, feeling uneasy, sweating, etc., are not harmful to your body. These symptoms are produced by your body to save you. So anxiety cannot be cured. Repeated anxiety episodes are called anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorder mainly happens because you fail to understand anxiety as an integral part of your body and start fearing anxiety symptoms. The more you fear the symptoms (fast heartbeat, shivering, feeling uneasy, sweating, etc.) of anxiety, the more you get anxious. So understand anxiety. The anxiety symptoms mentioned above cannot harm you at all. Food has nothing directly to do with anxiety triggers. Your fear of anxiety symptoms triggers anxiety symptoms. I suggest anxiety education for you. Anxiety education takes time, so I suggest you consult a psychiatrist.

Thank you.