There have been quite a few things that have helped me in my ongoing recovery. I'll list as many as I can think of here.
I had to change my diet. I'd developed a number of new food sensitivities since I got sick, and a few mild ones from pre-sickness days had gotten much worse. For me, a high protein and low carb diet with lots of non-starchy vegetables and good fats, made a huge difference. Gluten and dairy, eggs and corn, potatoes and tomatoes and peppers, are often allergenic, so worth checking out. To do this, just omit that food for a time and see if you feel better for it.
Adding Omega 3 oil as liquid fish oil helped, as did adding Vitamin D3. I take Vitamin B12, have used milk thistle and a number of different things for adrenal support. Acupuncture once a month. Many other supplements may have made a difference.
Rest is a huge factor. Don't be on the go (if you're able to be on the go) for more than 2 hrs tops. Take time to rest, 20 min., half an hour, longer than that if you can. If you are doing very poorly, take more breaks more frequently. Never go to the ends of your energy. If you use it all up you will have none for regenerating.
Hope. Hope has been essential, especially during the times when there seemed no reason to hope. Hope to get better. Picture it. Savour it. Believe it. Even when you don't believe it. Hold on to it like a rope that is pulling you out of a hole.
If you are interested in looking further into the treatments that have helped me, have a look at my website at http://www.ncubator.ca.
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There have been quite a few things that have helped me in my ongoing recovery. I'll list as many as I can think of here.
I had to change my diet. I'd developed a number of new food sensitivities since I got sick, and a few mild ones from pre-sickness days had gotten much worse. For me, a high protein and low carb diet with lots of non-starchy vegetables and good fats, made a huge difference. Gluten and dairy, eggs and corn, potatoes and tomatoes and peppers, are often allergenic, so worth checking out. To do this, just omit that food for a time and see if you feel better for it.
Adding Omega 3 oil as liquid fish oil helped, as did adding Vitamin D3. I take Vitamin B12, have used milk thistle and a number of different things for adrenal support. Acupuncture once a month. Many other supplements may have made a difference.
Rest is a huge factor. Don't be on the go (if you're able to be on the go) for more than 2 hrs tops. Take time to rest, 20 min., half an hour, longer than that if you can. If you are doing very poorly, take more breaks more frequently. Never go to the ends of your energy. If you use it all up you will have none for regenerating.
Hope. Hope has been essential, especially during the times when there seemed no reason to hope. Hope to get better. Picture it. Savour it. Believe it. Even when you don't believe it. Hold on to it like a rope that is pulling you out of a hole.
If you are interested in looking further into the treatments that have helped me, have a look at my website at http://www.ncubator.ca.
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