About three months ago, my family practitioner referred me to a rheumatologist for a bunch of weird symptoms. Anxiety, brain fog, falling asleep when not moving, yet waking up at 2 AM too anxious to fall back asleep, IBS issues, and general muscle pain (not joint pain) that was pretty heavy. After checking me out, she indicated that I probably had fibro. She went on to explain that they arrived at that diagnosis by eliminating everything else.
I asked her what caused this. No clue. I asked her how to cure it. No clue. I asked her what she suggested, and she said that I had to start taking a bunch of prescriptions, including sleeping pills.
I told her that wasn't in the cards. She told me that without the drugs, I wouldn't be able to function. I told her to watch me.
Since I didn't want her drugs, she sent me away.
On the way home, I thought about what I could do to reduce inflammation, and remembered that refined carbs, and wheat caused inflammation. I also remembered that those foods also made me feel crappy. So I eliminated any refined sugar, and all wheat from my diet. I still ate fruit, brown rice, and other complex carbs like old fashioned oatmeal.
Within 1 week, most of my symptoms vanished. The brain fog, the rotten sleep, the muscle pain, the anxiety. Two weeks later, I ate a pizza, and the symptoms came back with a vengeance. Two weeks without, back to good health. A large handful of pretzels? Back to feeling horrible.
Has anyone here tried eliminating wheat and all refined carbs to see if that helps? If you haven't, would you mind giving that a try for 7 days, and report back whether that helps you?
I know this is not easy, as everything has sugar and wheat in it. I know you'll have to watch labels, probably skip eating out, and change your dietary habits, but I'd really like to see if anyone else sees what I've been seeing.
Thanks
I asked her what caused this. No clue. I asked her how to cure it. No clue. I asked her what she suggested, and she said that I had to start taking a bunch of prescriptions, including sleeping pills.
I told her that wasn't in the cards. She told me that without the drugs, I wouldn't be able to function. I told her to watch me.
Since I didn't want her drugs, she sent me away.
On the way home, I thought about what I could do to reduce inflammation, and remembered that refined carbs, and wheat caused inflammation. I also remembered that those foods also made me feel crappy. So I eliminated any refined sugar, and all wheat from my diet. I still ate fruit, brown rice, and other complex carbs like old fashioned oatmeal.
Within 1 week, most of my symptoms vanished. The brain fog, the rotten sleep, the muscle pain, the anxiety. Two weeks later, I ate a pizza, and the symptoms came back with a vengeance. Two weeks without, back to good health. A large handful of pretzels? Back to feeling horrible.
Has anyone here tried eliminating wheat and all refined carbs to see if that helps? If you haven't, would you mind giving that a try for 7 days, and report back whether that helps you?
I know this is not easy, as everything has sugar and wheat in it. I know you'll have to watch labels, probably skip eating out, and change your dietary habits, but I'd really like to see if anyone else sees what I've been seeing.
Thanks