Sat, Oct-11-08, 05:22
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Plan: none yet
Stats: 190/192/135
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I have not tried the low carb diet yet. I'll tell you why, though. I am a huge skeptic. I wanted to go with one thing at a time and see the results first. Then, if it works, add something potentially even more beneficial. That way, one knows what it is thats working and what is not. Kind of my own "double blind" study of sorts. I'm looking to begin dieting and add in more exercise soon and will probably begin with a version of low carb just to see if it does make any difference. One step at a time lets me know if I'm on the right track or not and what it was that affected that either way.
To VegGirl..
There are so many reasons that it may not have worked. for one, what you describe is cycling, and yes, I know it's going to take a while to reverse all the effects. My first gut instinct is that you didn't give it long enough. Just because you only "think" you got sick a couple months before, isn't necessarily true. In fact, for most FMS patients, it's a gradual thing and rarely (I hate to say never) happens that someone ever gets "sick" and then is even able to get a diagnosis of FMS within a couple months. That's not the patient's fault, it's having to prove one's illness to so many who won't listen or to find someone who will listen, then have all the "tests to rule out" done. The protocol states it's 2 months MINIMUM, for every year one was ill. But thats only after the proper dosage is begun.
You may not have been taking the correct dose, and from what your story says, you may even have been taking too little or too much, or just been cycling. Think of it this way..... Being someone who lives in chronic pain, meaning tylenol just won't cut it on a daily basis, what if, just WHAT IF, you stopped short just a few months or even a year too soon? What if someone told you that one more year of chronic pain (while your body rids itself from the cellular level takes time) would give you lets say four of seven days each week as livable again? Would that be worth feeling bad for one more year? Do you not see that that year is going to pass either way?
Last edited by deb63501 : Sat, Oct-11-08 at 05:30.
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