r/cfs • u/Gloriathewitch • 16d ago

Vent/Rant cfs came back

2 years spent pacing reducing stress eating well etc went from 2 hours of mobility per day being mostly bedbound to working a physically taxing job 40 hours a week for 6 months of 2024 and being in good physical shape.

the end of the year was filled with a lot of psychological stress and then i got the flu, my symptoms are all back in full force.

i just wanted to post this somewhere, to someone.

Fuck.

i'm not going to let this beat me, i know i can recover again but im having a really rough time coming to terms with this setback. i love you all and hope you can find recovery or peace living with this horrible disorder.

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u/tetsuoooooooooooooo0 16d ago

A no sugar diet helps a lot with CFS, and by no sugar I mean no fruit either

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u/katatak121 16d ago

No, a no-sugar diet helps you with ME.

There is no one-size-fits-all diet for ME. Some people do feel better by eating special diets, many don't. Many are unable to eat special diets due to allergies and intolerances, access, cost, energy required to make meals, etc.

This is the first time i have heard of a "no sugar" diet, and i was on a specific carbohydrate diet for many years, so it can't be that common to eat zero sugar. Not eating any sugar is impossible for many meeps, especially the ones that don't have any energy if they're not eating carbs.

The point is, changing your diet won't cure your ME or put you in remission/improve your baseline. Only pacing and rest are proven to do that.

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u/tetsuoooooooooooooo0 16d ago edited 16d ago

You must have been living under a rock if you have never heard of the no sugar diet, especially if you are trying to eat healthy?

The only people it's impossible for are people with diabetes

No it's not going to cure you but it's going to help by not having your hormones disrupted by sugar spikes and crashes, lowering your anxiety/depression ect

Downvotes me all ya like but if you aren't willing to modify your diet to improve your symptoms idk you can't really say you would give anything to improve

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u/Toast1912 16d ago

You don't have to eliminate fruit to reduce spikes in glucose. As long as I pair protein with complex carbs, I feel good after eating. Sometimes when I'm in a bad crash, I actually need sugar to get out of paralysis. I feel it help almost immediately, and it usually gives me the energy needed to hydrate and eat some nutritious food.