VeganGypsie
03-04-2008, 02:34 PM
I am 25 years old, and am a recovering sugar addict. I have been off of refined sugars and flours for 20 days - actually all sugars (honey, maple syrup, excess fruit) and flours until I have healed, but the bad ones won't be part of my diet ever again. I have a Candida overgrowth which was my "hitting bottom" experience that made me decide to go cold turkey. Diflucan, that little pill that "cures most vaginal yeast infections in one dose" let me down, and I realized that If I didn't change my ways, I would always be sickly.
My SAD also made me sad and I had terrible depressive episodes early in college. I have been taking anti-depressants for 6 years, and getting off of these pills safely is one of my main health goals - it wouldn't be good to stay on them if I decide to get pregnant for one thing - SSRIs cross the placental barrier and are excreted in breast milk. I tried to get off of them before, but without the right energies and practices in place to succeed - there are withdrawal symptoms involved as well as the original factors that messed me up in the first place. I plan to eliminate the original causes (have already eliminated major money troubles, & sugar) before trying to step off the pills again.
I am not yet committing to 100% raw, but am learning to sprout and juice, (i've got a champion) and am already vegan (On and off, don't-ask-don't-tell in social situations, for the past 2 years - totally vegan for the past 2 months). I want to be radiantly healthy, and I know that I can eventually, but as you can tell, I'm kinda slow.
My SAD also made me sad and I had terrible depressive episodes early in college. I have been taking anti-depressants for 6 years, and getting off of these pills safely is one of my main health goals - it wouldn't be good to stay on them if I decide to get pregnant for one thing - SSRIs cross the placental barrier and are excreted in breast milk. I tried to get off of them before, but without the right energies and practices in place to succeed - there are withdrawal symptoms involved as well as the original factors that messed me up in the first place. I plan to eliminate the original causes (have already eliminated major money troubles, & sugar) before trying to step off the pills again.
I am not yet committing to 100% raw, but am learning to sprout and juice, (i've got a champion) and am already vegan (On and off, don't-ask-don't-tell in social situations, for the past 2 years - totally vegan for the past 2 months). I want to be radiantly healthy, and I know that I can eventually, but as you can tell, I'm kinda slow.