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MightyFall
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CellularIconclast said:How long have you tried some of these various diet solutions? I think raising metabolism with a more nutritious diet can be a slow process. For example, if T4 production had been very low but suddenly becomes 'just adequate', it could still take months to stabilize at the new higher level, as it's constantly getting cleared out of the blood.
Well I've been pretty much eating a moderately high calorie intake from all three nutrient sources; fat, carbs and protein since August of last year. My carbohydrate intake is always 400g+, with adequate protein and between 10 and 20g of fat a day. I don't restrict my food intake other than my fat intake just to maintain my weight. I have not felt any improvements whatsoever. My hypoglycemic episodes have slightly subsided and my blood sugar dips briefly throughout the day but manages to stabilise. The extremity of the reactive hypo to food has also subsided.
Other than that, my energy levels are constantly low. Attention span, productivity and concentration levels have also not improved, neither has my mood. I had a blood test in October and showed the exact same 'optimal' results.
ONE WEEK UPDATE: It's been difficult increasing my gelatine intake. Jelly just gives me cramps, and my teeth are growing more sensitive to hard candy. However, I've noticed my mood improve and brain fog subsiding. A user recommend hydrolysed collagen supplements so I'll be ordering some online. As most of my protein intake is sourced from muscle meat, I'd probably need a lot of gelatine to balance it out.
I'm just helplessly witnessing my youth, education and opportunities disappear before my eyes. I want ambition, drive, enthusiasm. I want to sit and have an intellectual conversation or debate with confidence and assurance. I want to pick up and a book and not have to reread the page five times just to process a paragraph, and remember what I read the next day. I want to concentrate in classes and engage, but instead I'm daydreaming about resolving this burden.
Instead I'm laying aimlessly in bed all day, in despair, helpless, with no ambitions or goals just because I ****88 up and fell for some hard dogma bull**** lurking in shitty 2003 designed Atkins forums.
I hope whatever solution I eventually identify will just give me my life back. Otherwise, it's not worth suffering.