Concerned my diet is what is making my withdrawal protracted...

[[Bi...]]

I am 27months off K, and I know that part of the reason it's protracted is probably due to having had to go onto other AEDs after coming off of it (as that's why I was prescribed it in the first place), but with all the posts I do get very confused about my diet.

I have had improvements throughout and this past weekend I had a real improvement in my headspace, as I feel a lot more like myself which is good, but that may be as in the past few weeks I have really cut down my sugar intake (this has varied a bit throughout, although never been really high), plus increasing my intake of fruit and making my snacks a lot more wholesome. But then things like carbs I have had to have throughout - although my appetite was extremely low and just slowly picked up over time - due to how all food worked out for meals and things. I am now trying to cut down carbs and gluten where possible and things - based on what I see helps other people - just to see if it can improve anything. 

Has anyone been okay with things like carbs? As worried how else I will go forward to keep getting on top of symptoms?

[[En...]]

3 hours ago, [[B...] said:

I am 27months off K, and I know that part of the reason it's protracted is probably due to having had to go onto other AEDs after coming off of it (as that's why I was prescribed it in the first place), but with all the posts I do get very confused about my diet.

I have had improvements throughout and this past weekend I had a real improvement in my headspace, as I feel a lot more like myself which is good, but that may be as in the past few weeks I have really cut down my sugar intake (this has varied a bit throughout, although never been really high), plus increasing my intake of fruit and making my snacks a lot more wholesome. But then things like carbs I have had to have throughout - although my appetite was extremely low and just slowly picked up over time - due to how all food worked out for meals and things. I am now trying to cut down carbs and gluten where possible and things - based on what I see helps other people - just to see if it can improve anything. 

Has anyone been okay with things like carbs? As worried how else I will go forward to keep getting on top of symptoms?

I am food sensitive. I have to watch what I eat or the next day is a bad day. I eat lots of fruit and eggs and whole grain bread and chicken and fresh vegetables and lots of romain lettuce with no sauce.

I have to eat plain no seasoning or sauces. I eat a variety of nuts for snacks. 

If I want to try something new I try it one day and see how it affects me. It is hard to find anything satisfying to eat. I have cut my sugar intake alot. I noticed I have lost lots of weight. 

[[Bi...]]

Ah that makes sense, thank you.

I do need to review how I've been eating more clearly - as I can see a definitely improvement in how I feel since I started eating more fruit and having more smoothies, and can't see any problems caused by the wholemeal bread I've had and things. 

I just have a real tendency of overthinking it and getting myself into more anxiety and worry, instead of sitting back and looking at it logically. But where my head is feeling a bit better I can think about it a bit more logically. 

[[mi...]]

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Edited June 27 by [mi...]