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5 Days Into Diet And Sort Of Feeling Better!

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I hope this is not a fluke or a "placebo effect."

Let me start by saying my symptoms aren't too bad, nothing diabilitating like some of you. I am also waiting for the official diagnosis.

Normally, I just have some D in the morning and my GI symptoms are done for the day. Today I had my first almost normal BM in months! (I know the weird things we can discuss here and get excited about.)

Today around 1:30 or so without even thinking, I decided it was time to dust my room and fold clothes. Suddenly I realized this is the time I crash every day. I didn't feel tired. I had energy and I finished the job I started. It also happened to be a rainy dreary day which usually doesn't help with that tired feeling. I'm really hoping this wasn't a fluke.

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Normally, I just have some D in the morning and my GI symptoms are done for the day. Today I had my first almost normal BM in months! (I know the weird things we can discuss here and get excited about.)

Ha, yes - kind of funny when there are tons of people here who will be cheering for regular poop, LOL. And we totally are!! :D

I hope that your symptoms are a result of your diet. Many here most definitely see an effect within days, so it's not unheard of!

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I didn't have horrible symptoms prediagnosis, so I saw improvement within days! The good news...it just keeps getting better! :D

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Skylark
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I had horrible symptoms and still did better in a week or two as far as GI. It's not in your head an I'm glad to hear you're feeling better!

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TPT
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With me, I think it's going to be a case of not realizing I was sick until I start feeling better. My "normal" isn't really normal.

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Bella001
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I hope this is not a fluke or a "placebo effect."

Let me start by saying my symptoms aren't too bad, nothing diabilitating like some of you. I am also waiting for the official diagnosis.

Normally, I just have some D in the morning and my GI symptoms are done for the day. Today I had my first almost normal BM in months! (I know the weird things we can discuss here and get excited about.)

Today around 1:30 or so without even thinking, I decided it was time to dust my room and fold clothes. Suddenly I realized this is the time I crash every day. I didn't feel tired. I had energy and I finished the job I started. It also happened to be a rainy dreary day which usually doesn't help with that tired feeling. I'm really hoping this wasn't a fluke.

Yay! I felt better within 3 days. Energy went back up, mood swings weren't as bad, skin looked better, hair wasn't falling out as much..oh yeah and I could go #2 without severe pain and major C! It is funny how we get so excited for other peoples BM!

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srall
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With me, I think it's going to be a case of not realizing I was sick until I start feeling better. My "normal" isn't really normal.

Yup. My normal before was operating at about 65% good health. Now my normal is 100% if I'm really being good about my diet. I don't eat wheat/dairy/corn and mostly soy, but a lot of grains and processed foods slip into my diet, esp this busy time of year and I don't feel as energetic. But when my diet is pure I feel amazing all the time. You will just get better and better. I'm always a little excited for people at the beginning of this journey because I know they are going to keep feeling better and really the big health puzzle starts to come together for many people. Years of questions and doubts start to get answered.

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TPT, we started our diets about the same time (Thanksgiving day for me!). I could tell a difference with the GI symptoms within two or three days. SO GLAD!!! For me, the biggest difference has been when I wake in the morning. I actually want to get out of bed! Well, except for this morning...my little one was up in the night with a stomach virus (EEWWW!).

And I have no diagnosis. Just a year and a half of pure misery and twelve puzzled doctors. They did a scope when I first got sick, but only biopsied my esophagus. :blink:

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I waited until after Thanksgiving, too. Several of us have about the same start date, then. :) I'm surprised...I haven't had a nap yet this week! I had gotten to the point where I couldn't make it through a whole day awake.

People are very emotionally attached to their holiday rituals and holiday foods. My boyfriend's mother got unnecessarily upset when she forgot the cranberry sauce one year. :/ I can't imagine what it would be like to tell them that the only thing they make every year that I could eat would be the turkey, and maybe the cranberry sauce.

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