Types of food our bodies don't like

[Cosette123]

I avoid milk, cheese,yohourts(I used to eat a lot of them "before" but I don't like them anymore now), sugar, cakes ,chocolate, meat...
I drink 2 cups of coffee every morning (Cannot live without!) and some cappuccinos during the day.
I don't drink sodas, fruit juices, wine ,beer:only water.

[Iggy131313]

ok, heres a controversial thing...

who here smokes?

Luc? you are Polish and in my experience the POlish are big smokers, as are the French so come on admit it you guys! lol!!

I do, and I know it will probably not help but I also know that the stress and chemical changes it would take for me to quit would be nasty in w/d too.

When I was at the kids party the other week and feeling ok, I walked to the side to have a ciggie and I really noticed it have an effect on me, but I couldnt stop so its not an option for now.

I cant even say that Im trying to keep the smoking to a minimum I smoke maybe between 10 and 20 per day, roll ups so not the big nasty chemical filled normal ciggies and I roll them very thin.

[Luc]

I used to smoke for a couple of years, and when I got into WD, I decided to quit. All at once - going down all day from more than a packet a day *in a day*. Little did I know then that such drastic move would only worsen the already double c/t from the drugs. So, basically, I got myself into 3x c/t. *Any* changes in WD may bring severe worsening. If you decided to quit smoking, do it incrementally, testing waters, Iggy.

[Cosette123]

I don't smoke...

[Sheila]

Françoise, my friend, I hate to be a nag, but that's a lot of caffeine for someone who is suffering from anxiety. I realize it's probably complicated, and the caffeine serves you as an antidepressant, but what do you think about tapeing down just a bit on the the coffee drinks and seeing if that works well for you? It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Even a decrease of 20 % might take the edge off your anxiety.

[Sheila]

Iggy -- It's probably not a good idea to try to w/d from nicotine at the same time your w/d-ing from the medication. But, smoking does slow down healing, so maybe later, you might taper down on the cigarettes somewhat. Again, it doesn't have to be all or nothing -- just going down in quantity some will help your health.

[Luc]

Oh, my god - I somehow haven't seen this part in Francoise's post - this about the coffee. So great that Sheila has pointed it out. Oh yes, I agree whole-heartedly here. That "much" coffee may surely worsen your symptoms - I can't tolerate the smallest amount of caffeine - my system goes into a "trembling" mode for a long time if I only dared to look at the picture of coffee. Francoise, I know you like drinking it, but please consider at least going down with the amount of it. :)

[Cosette123]

Françoise, my friend, I hate to be a nag, but that's a lot of caffeine for someone who is suffering from anxiety. I realize it's probably complicated, and the caffeine serves you as an antidepressant, but what do you think about tapeing down just a bit on the the coffee drinks and seeing if that works well for you? It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Even a decrease of 20 % might take the edge off your anxiety.

You are right,Sheila. Caffeine is not so good for me but honestly I already tried to drink tea instead of coffee but I don't like it...But I shall drink only one little cup of coffee in the morning!

[Sheila]

Well, that's a great attitude, Françoise! But, do you think it might be better to taper more slowly? Maybe go down by 20 % of your usual caffeine intake, and stay there for 2-4 weeks? You don't want to get caffeine w/d, and you don't want to exacerbate dysautonomia.

Also, what about decaf (good quality, safe method) coffee substituted for one of your regular coffees?

Also, what about coffee ice cream? We need to fatten you up! ;)

[Luc]

PS May I add that, despite this over-sensitivity (especially to carbs), in the last 3-4 months or so it's managed to improve a bit.