New here - concerned about cravings

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Love Lynne

 

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Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:16:49 -0000

" jeannie_rose_13 " <jeannie_rose_13

Re: New Here - am concerned about cravings

 

 

 

Lynne,

 

Thanks so much for your support! So you know how I feel - that's

comforting. And I didn't even write about all the symptoms I'm

having. Probably the one that freaks me out the most is my biggest

symptom during detox - I get really, really bad dreams and nightmares.

I don't know if that happens to anyone else (I can't be the ONLY one

though, right?), but it's not fun. In the past, that is really one of

the things that makes it difficult for me to stick with raw all the way

through detox.

 

Currently, but against my better judgment because I don't really and

truthfully agree with taking supplements but said I'd try it, I've been

taking 100mg of 5-HTP daily, in the late afternoons. The main reason

in the beginning was for pretty severe mood swings, but as I did more

research, I found that it's also supposed to be helpful for sleeping

soundly with better quality dreams, and regulating intake of foods,

among some other things. To be truthful, I don't think the 5-HTP is

doing anything, and I just know deep-down to my core, that it's all the

processed sugar I've been ingesting that is the culprit. I think

somehow though, taking the 5-HTP slowed my brain down enough (for lack

of a better explanation) to actually see the pattern of my sugar ups

and downs. It's all so interesting.

 

So, I have a pretty good feeling that I'm moving in the right direction

with going raw (again), but feeling that I'm ready to be more

disciplined about it, as well as really needing a strong support

system. I know that because I've been eating all over the map, AND

because I have been trying a number of supplements lately, that my

detox will be very interesting.

 

Congratulations to you for making it as far as you have - I hope to be

there too! And thanks again - hope to chat with you more!

 

Jeannie Rose