If I ever found a food that could help me sleep for 7 hours without waking I would be very very happy. But then sleep and I have a somewhat fitful relationship.
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Burrell - Apr 28, 2010 1:19:08 pm PDT #17472 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Strix - Apr 28, 2010 1:21:39 pm PDT #17473 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That food grows on the pharmacus ambienus bush, Burrell. It is bitter, but sophoric.
Steph L. - Apr 28, 2010 1:29:07 pm PDT #17474 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Steph, any tips on detoxing? If there was a pill, I'd take it!
None that I know of, beyond drinking a lot of water and eating as healthily as possible (within whatever dietary restrictions you have). I'm guessing it's possible to "taper off" wheat products, which would probably make the withdrawal less severe, but it would last longer.
To be clear, this withdrawal is nothing -- NOTHING -- like the junkie withdrawal I had when I stopped the percocet after my surgery. That was full-on, cold-sweats, no-sleep, crying-jag junkie withdrawal. And this is also not even close to the kind of withdrawal I've had when going off/switching anti-depressants. But I'm having otherwise-unexplainable muscle/joint aches and massive fatigue.
But the gastrointestial symptoms -- notably the massive bloating -- have calmed down (though not totally gone, which I wouldn't expect just yet).
Burrell - Apr 28, 2010 1:29:47 pm PDT #17475 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Is that Ambien? I don't think it's a good idea for me to take something like that, not with small kids and a husband who is blessed with the ability to sleep through just about anything.
Strix - Apr 28, 2010 1:33:39 pm PDT #17476 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
There might the that. Have you tried valerian capsules? Two washed down with a small sherry sometimes help, but my insomnia is epic, as is my tolerance to meds. Maybe one?
Trudy Booth - Apr 28, 2010 1:34:33 pm PDT #17477 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Two weeks into giving up HFCS I went absolutely bananas for a day and a half. Laughing, crying, cranky, achy, bloated... it was like PMSx10.
Could be a coinky-dink, could be the human body's dislike of change.
Sean K - Apr 28, 2010 1:44:15 pm PDT #17478 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I have a passport.
Sean K - Apr 28, 2010 1:44:36 pm PDT #17479 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I feel like a super-spy or something.
beekaytee - Apr 28, 2010 1:47:57 pm PDT #17480 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
If I ever found a food that could help me sleep for 7 hours without waking I would be very very happy. But then sleep and I have a somewhat fitful relationship.
But the 7 hours didn't make me feel good! I'm groggy, bloated and sluglike.
And, while I totally agree with you Steph that this withdrawal is not like a narcotic, but I'm not joking...I find myself making the most ridiculous rationalizations for my wheat seeking behavior. It's pathetic, especially since I know the impact on my physiology and psyche.
Strix - Apr 28, 2010 1:51:27 pm PDT #17481 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yay, Sean!