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#81
Books & Articles / Re: David Bedrick - The Unsham...
Last post by Hope67 - January 12, 2026, 01:46:52 PMThank you SenseOrgan, I was impressed by everything written here and also the reviews I saw on Amazon, plus the fact it was on a special price at the moment, so I actually ordered it! I am looking forward to reading it - although I have a line-up of books I need to get through, and feel like I don't have sufficient time (but I am going to pace myself!!!)
#83
General Discussion / Re: Psychosis from extreme dis...
Last post by Chart - January 12, 2026, 11:38:12 AM
Teddy bear, your posts are good in the sense that they revive certain subjects and re-activate threads that others (definitely me) might never have come across.
Thanks!
Chart
#84
Recovery Journals / Re: Papa Coco's Recovery Journ...
Last post by Chart - January 12, 2026, 10:11:23 AM
#85
Frustrated? Set Backs? / Re: stuck in a loop
Last post by dollyvee - January 12, 2026, 09:58:19 AMI'm sorry asdis, all that is really tough.
It took me years of trying to get someone to believe me that something was going on and it wasn't all in my head, trying to manage it on my own. Sometimes that's what you have to do and it is in way, like reliving my trauma again ie being in the hospital with my m because I couldn't breathe at age 5, questioning if I really needed to be there because she had to get up and go to work the next morning. Did she stop smoking or consider it when the doctors told her it was a problem for me? Definitely not.
So, I read a lot and tried a ton of different things, trying to get some answers from doctors over the years. What I found that worked for me, was making some changes ie cutting out gluten when I thought my symptoms were related to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. I cut it out for three weeks and had a reaction (acute joint pain) about 20 minutes after I ate it. That signalled to me that something was up. So, I stuck with it. However, all my symptoms didn't go away, but I could see a very real cause and effect from that. I asked the doctors to genetically test me for celiac and they did, but it was neagative. They had no further answers. The inflammation took a long time to go away and clear from my system, but it did until I moved and was exposed to mold again and then proceeded another round of trying to find out what was going on. I miss eating sourdough bread, but to me, the benefits of not feeling sick that I could distinctly feel, outweighed the foods that I could no longer eat.
I will also say that my symptoms were not just on a physical level, eating gluten also did something to my mood and cognitive function. I would feel like I "hated the world," and would feel quite mentally dark as well as lacking the ability to focus. So, this stuff is tricky because the symptoms aren't always solely physical. I know someone who tried the autoimmune paleo diet after I suggested it to her, and it made an incredible improvement (so much so that she was thinking about selling her car because it was so painful to shift at the end of a working day, to not having that problem), but the diet is/was so difficult, and she was having to meal prep on top of working 14 hour days that she didn't know how to keep up. Of course if you're having issues with oxalates and/or salicytes as well, it can compound the foods that you can't eat. But over time, these little steps help to calm your body down a bit to take the next step.
The other thing I found that helped me was to find online communities of people who had the things I thought I did and learn for them. It helped me find out what are the correct diagnostic tests that doctors should be running, so there wasn't your test results are fine and there's nothing wrong with you, as well as what are the functional levels that actually need to be on a good lab result (functional medicine was what helped me source the problem and it does suck because it costs an absolute fortune, but your insurance may cover it as I think some peoples' do). It was also good to hear stories about what did and didn''t work for people, but there are also dead ends too, and people chasing their own snake oil cures.
You are taking care of yourself in a way that your FOO didn't and that's great
Sending you support to take the next step.
It took me years of trying to get someone to believe me that something was going on and it wasn't all in my head, trying to manage it on my own. Sometimes that's what you have to do and it is in way, like reliving my trauma again ie being in the hospital with my m because I couldn't breathe at age 5, questioning if I really needed to be there because she had to get up and go to work the next morning. Did she stop smoking or consider it when the doctors told her it was a problem for me? Definitely not.
So, I read a lot and tried a ton of different things, trying to get some answers from doctors over the years. What I found that worked for me, was making some changes ie cutting out gluten when I thought my symptoms were related to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. I cut it out for three weeks and had a reaction (acute joint pain) about 20 minutes after I ate it. That signalled to me that something was up. So, I stuck with it. However, all my symptoms didn't go away, but I could see a very real cause and effect from that. I asked the doctors to genetically test me for celiac and they did, but it was neagative. They had no further answers. The inflammation took a long time to go away and clear from my system, but it did until I moved and was exposed to mold again and then proceeded another round of trying to find out what was going on. I miss eating sourdough bread, but to me, the benefits of not feeling sick that I could distinctly feel, outweighed the foods that I could no longer eat.
I will also say that my symptoms were not just on a physical level, eating gluten also did something to my mood and cognitive function. I would feel like I "hated the world," and would feel quite mentally dark as well as lacking the ability to focus. So, this stuff is tricky because the symptoms aren't always solely physical. I know someone who tried the autoimmune paleo diet after I suggested it to her, and it made an incredible improvement (so much so that she was thinking about selling her car because it was so painful to shift at the end of a working day, to not having that problem), but the diet is/was so difficult, and she was having to meal prep on top of working 14 hour days that she didn't know how to keep up. Of course if you're having issues with oxalates and/or salicytes as well, it can compound the foods that you can't eat. But over time, these little steps help to calm your body down a bit to take the next step.
The other thing I found that helped me was to find online communities of people who had the things I thought I did and learn for them. It helped me find out what are the correct diagnostic tests that doctors should be running, so there wasn't your test results are fine and there's nothing wrong with you, as well as what are the functional levels that actually need to be on a good lab result (functional medicine was what helped me source the problem and it does suck because it costs an absolute fortune, but your insurance may cover it as I think some peoples' do). It was also good to hear stories about what did and didn''t work for people, but there are also dead ends too, and people chasing their own snake oil cures.
You are taking care of yourself in a way that your FOO didn't and that's great
Sending you support to take the next step. #86
Recovery Journals / Re: Desert Flower's Recovery J...
Last post by Chart - January 12, 2026, 09:49:31 AM #87
Letters of Recovery / Re: To my sub-conscious
Last post by Chart - January 12, 2026, 09:36:40 AMI love NarcKiddo's idea of nomenclature for Cptsd symptoms and crises!
TheBigBlue, your description made me think of Woody Allen's film Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sex... the bit where they're all in different parts of the body...
Yeah, laughter is really a nice change.
TheBigBlue, your description made me think of Woody Allen's film Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sex... the bit where they're all in different parts of the body...
Yeah, laughter is really a nice change.
#88
General Discussion / Re: Psychosis from extreme dis...
Last post by Teddy bear - January 11, 2026, 09:03:05 PMThanks, Blueberry, I understand
#89
Symptoms - Other / Re: Contentious Symptom
Last post by Teddy bear - January 11, 2026, 09:01:24 PMHi DogMan,
Not sure whether you are still experiencing the symptoms, as this topic hasn't been updated. Hopefully not.
But just in case, the voices you described sound similar to what I was hearing.
I am on a neuroleptic now and don't hear them while taking it. I've had a few attempts to taper off, which resulted in psychotic episodes—likely due to dopaminergic sensitivity.
My diagnosis is schizophrenia, though I have doubts about it. In my region, doctors rarely question a diagnosis when symptoms resemble psychosis.
But I feel I differ from other patients with psychosis or schizophrenia whom I've met.
I also considered dissociative disorders before my first hospitalization. Back then, I was persuaded it was psychosis, but now I'm reassessing that again.
Not sure whether you are still experiencing the symptoms, as this topic hasn't been updated. Hopefully not.
But just in case, the voices you described sound similar to what I was hearing.
I am on a neuroleptic now and don't hear them while taking it. I've had a few attempts to taper off, which resulted in psychotic episodes—likely due to dopaminergic sensitivity.
My diagnosis is schizophrenia, though I have doubts about it. In my region, doctors rarely question a diagnosis when symptoms resemble psychosis.
But I feel I differ from other patients with psychosis or schizophrenia whom I've met.
I also considered dissociative disorders before my first hospitalization. Back then, I was persuaded it was psychosis, but now I'm reassessing that again.
#90
General Discussion / Re: Psychosis from extreme dis...
Last post by Blueberry - January 11, 2026, 08:52:14 PMNevish hasn't been on the forum since 2017 So likely not to reply Teddybear.