Types of food our bodies don't like

[Sheila]

Oh, goodness, I'm so sorry you have to be so careful with the chocolate. I really think that once your body has a chance to heal from the meds, you will have more liberty. I have to limit the coffee for the reason of caffeine and anxiety.

Yeah *sigh* I haven't had pizza in years, but I will!

You know, a lot of people seem to crave chocolate in w/d. It may have something to do with the specific chemicals in chocolate and the nature of SSRI w/d. I was craving it intensely at one point. Now, it has calmed down.

[Luc]

Yeah *sigh* I haven't had pizza in years, but I will!

Talking of pizza, I tried eating it in WD, and there's no doubt some ingredients in it stir up the dysautonomia; could be either lots of carbs or the spices. Or both.

You will have pizza again, Sheila. Just a matter of time. Some time ago, I came across this classic from the Back to the Future;

[Sheila]

Hydrate Level 4, please! Ha ha!

For me, it's the cheese and the sinus. My sinus has been *very* bad in my recovery. Slowly improving.

[Astrid]

I smoke...and of course I know how bad it is. I changed buying cigarettes into only rolling my own, so I can make them very thin. But it's still bad, I know.
I can hardly tolerate alcohol anymore. I used to drink quite a lot before tapering, but while tapering I stopped drinking alcohol and now,
when I have a small beer, or a glass of wine I can feel it taking all my energy and it takes days to recover again...it's like a demon to me. So I avoid it.
I make a mix with decaffeinated and caffeinated coffee, but the best thing would be to only drink decaffeinated. Coffee makes me tremble and agressive....
I have no problems with fizzy drinks. I discovered that Indian Tonic is a good replacement for a beer, because it has a little "bite", and a bitterness that I liked so much about beer.
So I drink tonic quite often.

[Sheila]

Astrid -- You're doing very well at cleaning up your diet!