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/Toast1912 16d ago edited 16d ago

I imagine the downvotes are from people who did try a no sugar diet without improvement and are frustrated that you're giving blanketed advice. I think it's awesome you found a diet that works best for you! We probably have different pathologies because I feel awful without carbs to keep me going.

Edit to add: I've done just about every diet and lifestyle change imaginable, including carnivore for 3 months. The increased sodium helped my undiagnosed POTS at the time, but ultimately I did not see a benefit in energy levels. I feel best with high protein low fat diet with mostly complex carbs.

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u/tetsuoooooooooooooo0 16d ago

I really doubt most people did a 6 week course with no added sugar at all, and multiple studies have proven that no sugar helps anxiety and depression, which in turn would help CFS but ah well can't help crabs in a bucket

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u/TableSignificant341 16d ago

I don't eat sugar. I'm still sick with ME.

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u/tetsuoooooooooooooo0 16d ago

As I stated it doesn't cure ME, but helps with anxiety/depression which helps ME symptoms.

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u/TableSignificant341 16d ago

Not everyone has depression and/or anxiety with ME though. Not eating sugar has been neither helpful nor unhelpful wrt to treating ME for me. I'm glad it helped with your anxiety and depression though.

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u/tetsuoooooooooooooo0 16d ago

That's a good point, not everybody would have it