Re: Anyone nearing the end of their journey/ how to cope with beginning of journey

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I am only at the beginning of journey...about 2 months. How do you cope with

going to work and functioning with day to day issues while having brain fog,

mood swings (I assume bipolar) emotional spells, anxiety, lethargy...etc. I

just had a meeting with my manager and started crying. I work in Finance and

this behavior is so unacceptable. I was told that I need to focus more and

pay attention to detail. I don't know if I going to be able to continue

working. How did you cope? Wondering if you may lose your job is just more

added stress of not even knowing what is wrong with you.

Thank you,

Jess

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:21 PM, nocalc <nocalc@...> wrote:

>

>

> Hey Sherry,

>

> I'm almost at the end of the trip, if you count in months... one more to

> go, to cover my " in utero " life, and then I'm tagging on a few weeks just in

> case. It's been more than 2 years. As Bee and pointed out, most of

> us spend less time on the forum as we get more well. I remember my early

> days on the list, and the frustration that I occasionally felt because these

> people were " absent " . However, I now understand it better. The diet really

> takes care of itself, after a while. As the mind and body function better,

> our focus moves to other aspects of our lives - at least this is what has

> happened for me.

>

> As for cheating - I just don't. I have no desire to. It might seem like an

> incomprehensible frame of mind if you are early in the diet - I know I used

> to count weeks and months since I started, and to think about all the things

> I wished I was eating. I almost never eat out - finding food which is truly

> on-diet and not affected by unmentioned ingredients can be tricky, which is

> only one reason - but I get an immediate reaction if the food isn't

> " kosher. " I feel great that my body clears it out immediately, but you know

> what? If I can predict diarrhea and headache from looking at a plate of

> food, I really don't want to eat that plate of food anymore.

>

> I had a long list of dis-ease when I first started on this diet, and it is

> ALL gone. Things I never associated with dis-ease have improved and

> disappeared also. There are other members of the group who started off in

> worse shape than I did, but I was miserable, and my quality of life was

> poor. I never, ever want to go back there. So wheat is never coming back

> into my diet.

>

> I am looking forward to adding in CHEESE! and milk (both unpasteurized, of

> course) this spring. I actually fantasize about the cheese, LOL.

>

> I hope this inspires you... as your body becomes healthy, your mind

> changes, too. It's a really awe-inspiring thing. You will love it! Keep up

> the fight.

>

> Best,

> andra

>

>

>

> >

> > Is there anyone out there nearing the end of their healing journey? Say,

> you had 30 months and now you are on month 25, 27??

> >

> > Do you get over your cheats easier? ( are you not as sick as say when you

> cheated in month 12 or so)??

> >

> > How do you feel?

> >

> > Do you feel your body is ready to add in some things without going

> backwards??

> >

> > Really am needing some inspiration today. Thanks

> >

> > Sherry

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jess,

I am at the 6th month of the candida diet.  One thing that really helped me cope

with my anxiety is acupuncture.  This diet also helped tremendously but I think

acupuncture speed up the process with my mental status.  After a few sessions my

anxiety disappeared.  I also had lots of fear and that disappeared too.  One

thing that helps me is trying to live in the here and now and not focus on what

I think people think so much.  I still have a lot of issues with candida and

numerous healing reactions at this point.  When I could afford acupuncture it

made me feel more balanced in general.  It is rather expensive though and if you

can't afford it then you could try meditation.  This is just how I coped when I

could afford it.  Right now I am low on funds so I haven't been in a while.  So

mostly I do meditation, deep breathing, and yoga to help with stress.

Hi All,

I am only at the beginning of journey...about 2 months. How do you cope with

going to work and functioning with day to day issues while having brain fog,

mood swings (I assume bipolar) emotional spells, anxiety, lethargy...etc. I

just had a meeting with my manager and started crying. I work in Finance and

this behavior is so unacceptable. I was told that I need to focus more and

pay attention to detail. I don't know if I going to be able to continue

working. How did you cope? Wondering if you may lose your job is just more

added stress of not even knowing what is wrong with you.

Thank you,

Jess

[Guest guest]

****Hi Jess,

I've been on the diet 6 months. I started a new job about 2 months in

on the diet and lived in fear of being fired because I couldn't

concentrate on the detailed work. I'd have to go to the bathroom to

breathe deeply when I had mini panic attacks. At about 3 months on

the diet, however, the brain fog and anxiety improved significantly.

I still have emotional swings and have to fight back tears at my desk,

though. Sorry I can't give you much advice, but hopefully your brain

will function better soon. I can definitely sympathize! As another

person posted, yoga and meditation helps. Also, I have a CD of

progessive relaxation that I would play at night before bed (like a

body scan) that helped a little. I like the Jon Kabat Zinn CDs.

Sometimes I just listen to his voice to calm down while I'm cooking or

getting ready in the morning.

Hope it gets better soon,

Hi All,

I am only at the beginning of journey...about 2 months. How do you cope with

going to work and functioning with day to day issues while having brain fog,

mood swings (I assume bipolar) emotional spells, anxiety, working. How

did you cope? Wondering if you may lose your job is just more

added stress of not even knowing what is wrong with you.

lethargy...etc. I

just had a meeting with my manager and started crying. I work in Finance and

this behavior is so unacceptable. I was told that I need to focus more and

pay attention to detail. I don't know if I going to be able to continue

Thank you,

Jess

[Guest guest]

Jess wrote:

> How do you cope with

> going to work and functioning with day to day issues while having brain fog,

> mood swings (I assume bipolar) emotional spells, anxiety, lethargy...etc.

+++ Hi Jess. I can't speak personally to any of your issues but I know a gal

from another forum who is following a similar program (high fat,low carb) who is

bipolar and has been part of a study to use a ketogenic diet to control her

bipolar-ism. She has been on this pgm for just over a year and is off her meds

entirely. It would seem Bee's pgm is going to take you in a similar direction

so keep on keeping on.

began 03/09/10

[Guest guest]

Hi Jess,

I just saw your message. Other members of the group have given some good

suggestions... I really liked meditation, especially, and I did tai chi from a

few months in, as well. I found both very helpful. I was not working at the

time - I was in a master's program, and it was very difficult to focus on my

classes because I was depressed, and it was VERY difficult to write my thesis

because my brain felt so sluggish. I am certain I could have done a better job

if I was doing it now, but I did get through. I started working a few months

later, and it was tough - and I was " only " temping!

The main thing is to take things one day at a time. Is it only you using the

word " unacceptable " ? You can choose to let it go. Practicing deep breathing of

any kind (which is part of meditation and tai chi, btw) is so helpful. Things

will begin to get better without you noticing right away... remember: the past

is done, the future is yet to come, but today is a gift, that's why it's called

the present. Live there.

Sending lots of healing thoughts,

andra

>

> Hi All,

>

> I am only at the beginning of journey...about 2 months. How do you cope with

going to work and functioning with day to day issues while having brain fog,

mood swings (I assume bipolar) emotional spells, anxiety, lethargy...etc. I just

had a meeting with my manager and started crying. I work in Finance and this

behavior is so unacceptable. I was told that I need to focus more and pay

attention to detail. I don't know if I going to be able to continue working. How

did you cope? Wondering if you may lose your job is just more added stress of

not even knowing what is wrong with you.

>

> Thank you,

>

> Jess