Just curious if anyone has any advice:
Two years ago when I went raw, my detox symptoms were not that bad. Sure I had headaches and mood swings, but nothing that wasn't unbearable. Then, last year, with my senior degree project I gave my diet up completely, well, not completely, but its safe to say it wasn't my prime focus. So this time around going back to raw has been miserable... to say the least. The first thing that happened was a horrible sore throat, as if all my drainage was draining down my throat, which was then followed by the cold/sinus infection from hell. Now that I'm starting to recover from that, I have been having the weirdest feelings... as if everything is happening in slow motion. It's hard to describe, but yesterday I was wearing heels and I kept thinking 'I'm going to lose my balance and fall over.' Eventually it went away, but then again today, I can hardly function. My head is beyond foggy and again, I keep losing my balance. Some might be able to relate to this comparison, but I remember when I was younger and I would take Sudafed or any other cold/sinus medication and I hated it because I would turn my head and the room would slowly follow me--- Well, that's how I feel-- as if I'm effed up on Sudafed.
So I guess what I'm wondering is if anyone has experienced this same feeling and if so, is there anything I can do to help settle it down? Or maybe this is a sign that I'm not getting enough of a certain vitamin/mineral in my diet? Any information would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
I should note, that this time around I changed my diet rather quickly... meaning in one day I gave up adderall, effexor, coffee, fish, dairy, etc... and Starting juicing greens like crazy. So maybe, that wasn't the brightest move, but hey, I'd rather get it all over with at once.
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Yup, I was starting to wonder if this wasn't directly affected by giving up the Effexor. Thanks for suggesting the E3Live product- I actually had never heard of it, but after some googling it's seems it might be worth a try.
Thanks Suasoria, I actually was using fitday to add up my calories yesterday and I realized that I could consume a lot more fruit/vegetables than I thought I could! I'm trying to up the fruit/veggies this week and I will see if this doesn't help a bit. However, I'm still blaming this on the massive change my body is going through.. good news: everyday gets a little bit better, yay! baby steps....
Susan121: Im totally going to try the carrot juice... I love juicing and I try to start every day with green lemonade... Maybe I'll just throw some carrots in it.
Annabelle77: You sound like my Dr. two years ago when I did this same thing, quit my zoloft cold turkey, I keep forgetting what those two weeks were like, HELL... However, I'm slowly starting to remember. I loved the info you posted, as it just reassured me that my random/nightmaric (not a word, I know, ha) symptoms are most likely related to the remission of my effexor.
Zemphira: Instead of adding the prescriptions back, because I feel like I've already been off a week + and I don't want to go back, I've added a cup of coffee in the morning to my diet. That coffee, whether mentally or physically, has really really really helped. I also have started taking a pre-natal veggie multi-vitamin, which again, within one day, changed my mood tremendously! I was taking effexor for ocd/anxiety and I've found that the 5-htp only exaggerates those symptoms with me... so strange.
suasoria: Cashews can boost serotonin levels!? I love that, I now have a good excuse to eat more of my favorite food, ha. But seriously, that's really interesting. And yes, magnesium always makes me feel better (just happier), I need to re-order some cal-mags.
Thanks again for all the replies... I think everyone just reassured me that stopping my meds cold turkey (which yes, I've done before, stupid/stubborn) was again, not the brightest idea. However, yesterday was actually a fairly good day, and today, so far, feels like it's going to even be better ..... not to jinx myself.... ha.