Cramps more painful since raw!

[Teraw]

I have been raw for a year and my cramps are worst now then when I ate meat. The only time I saw any relief is when I was Cooked food vegan for 3 years. I recently began eating cooked food to say funds during a rough financial time, and i had very little cramps with only a few days of eating cooked foods. Cramps are why I changed my eating habits, so what's going on? As a raw vegan I am literally refined to my bed and medications seems to loose their effects. When I eat cooked foods the medications over the counter work fine. What am I missing?

[edenvegan]

Teraw,

it would help to know where the cramps are at...legs, abdomen, etc. Are they daily?

I see it as your body just trying to talk to you and tell you what it needs. I know someone who got cramps from not getting enough postassium. I hope the answer to your problem is that simple.

Are you craving new foods lately? Listen quietly to your body and see what it's telling you. This has helped me.

[Teraw]

Lol, I was really hurting when I typed this message. My cramps are of the mentrual kind. Aunt Flo really brings it when she visits.

Now that I have a clearer head I can make a better assessment. My mentrual cramps are more painful when I am raw because over the counter pain killers loose their effects when I am eating raw. I have noticed this for headaches as well. I used to rid myself of a headache in about 30 minutes with Excedrin, now I must sleep it off because I will wait all day for Excedrin to kick in and it never does while eating raw.

Back to my cramps....when I am eating raw I have more pain, but I only have the first day to deal with it and it's gone by the morning. When eating cooked food I am bearing the pain for 2-3 days although it's mild on the 1st day, the heat definitely gets turned up after that.

[katchmoleen]

My guess? Stick with raw and in a few months you will have no cramps.

[Green_Woman]

when I am eating raw I have more pain, but I only have the first day to deal with it and it's gone by the morning. When eating cooked food I am bearing the pain for 2-3 days although it's mild on the 1st day, the heat definitely gets turned up after that.

Then I would say you are definitely healing on RAW, and you're not doing yourself any favors by eating cooked food and not sticking to RAW.

I have advanced Endometriosis. I would LOVE to be one of those lucky girls who no longer experiences ANY bleeding or cramps because of 100% RAW, and I have set my intentions accordingly. :D

I have ALSO noticed that when I'm 100% RAW, the cramps only last ONE DAY... but when I eat cooked, I suffer for a WEEK at a time!!! Sometimes longer... in fact, in the last three years I was hospitalized THREE TIMES because of Endometriosis-related pain and symptoms... I am changing that with RAW!

Stick with RAW foods... one day of pain WILL someday vanish and you'll be wondering where those nasty cramps went, and be HAPPY they're gone!

[Veganforlife]

Have you tried the "Cramp Reliever" drink on page 543 of Alissa's book?

[Green_Woman]

I just did a search for this thread and I'm so glad I found your reply, VEGAN, because today had started out good but went downhill... I'm now having pretty intense cramps + my head feels fluffy and I'm nauseas. Time to whip out Alissa's recipe!!! Thx for the tips, Vegan...

[ReneeH]

WOW! I really feel for you!!

Since becoming more serious about RAW the past 4 months, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY MENSTRAL CRAMPS OR PMS!!! My cramps were really baddd, too!!! As a matter of fact, I have to remind myself when I'm due because I don't have any more painful indications anymore, which is lovely...

Hope you get relief soon!!!!