The Detox Rant Thread

[Seductive Arts]

This is for those going through detoxing while new to Raw or new to Fasting. I think this thread will be great emotional support so you won't feel alone going through this challenging process.

I am just starting fasting myself, I always detox horribly when I do.

[Seductive Arts]

Okay, this is day 2nd of fasting and I am feeling really cold. I was reading online that being cold is a detox symptom. I am not used to this, because my past detox symptoms was diarrhea, feeling agitated, huge cravings, nausea and headaches. I have none of these, except the cold body temperature. I ain't complaining, because I rather feel a little chilly than being irritable with cravings and a headache.

I am off to fix some cayenne pepper tea to help warm me up...hopefully.

[Seductive Arts]

Okay, I will discontinue the juice fast. I was reading various websites on detoxing and having cold chills is the only detox symptom that is suggested that no one should fast on. I should eat SOMETHING. So I will add a green salad to regiment once a day. Like Mono-eating. Just one detoxing vegetable once a day to get rid of the coldness.

[Conscious Midwife]

Had a groggy feeling this morning that I welcomed cause I know it's part of the process and my mental clarity was still on point.


Flatulence kicking in too.

[GreenT]

Being cold is a dotox? That is SOOO good to know. When i was just raw for a few weeks before Thanksgiving, i was always freezing. I soaked in the hot tub every night :) I noticed now again after being raw for a few days, the chilliness has started to kick back in.

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[lovenlife]

I might say....being cold as well as raw emotions have been the only two and biggest challenges for these past three plus years!

[EscapeArtist]

I am loving this thread


Whenever I go raw and go through detox, I go through this 'clear black cloud' period of just missing so many things and moments from my past. It's like I can finally look back into my past and FEEL what I felt during those times. I miss them so dearly. Siggggh myy emotional detox!!

[mycatislove]

My joints suddenly all ache and they have been aching for 5 days off and on. It feels like little knives marking their territory inside my body. Then its a dull ache. I can't tell if this is the remnants of a flu I had last week or part of detox. It doesn't matter! I just want my mommy to tell me what's happening and make it all go away or at least tell me how its going to go. And, the emotional crap, it's coming up too, like every time I was sick my mother treated me like it was a major inconvenience...OK it was that one time I had the stomach flu, I was 12, and I moaned "I feel like throwing up" and my mom spat back 'THEN GO TO THE TOILET AND THROW UP ALREADY". A friend is staying with me. She left the house an hour ago, and I walk into the kitchen and what do I see? A BAG OF DORITOS AND A BAG OR OREOS. I miss my pizza comfort so bad I want to crawl into a little hole and live there. I have no appetite anymore. I'm so sick of eating raw food that I could PUKE! (even tho the truth is I mostly feel so much better). Where is my appetite? I'm never hungry! I've lost 15 lbs. I'm already thin enough. I want my mommy AND my daddy! Yet, they're both screwed.

I want PIZZA. No I don't. No, I just want detox to be OVER!

[mycatislove]

I am loving this thread


Whenever I go raw and go through detox, I go through this 'clear black cloud' period of just missing so many things and moments from my past. It's like I can finally look back into my past and FEEL what I felt during those times. I miss them so dearly. Siggggh myy emotional detox!!

Oh UGH. But it's also a good thing, too, right? Sorta? I feel you on this.

[mycatislove]

This is for those going through detoxing while new to Raw or new to Fasting. I think this thread will be great emotional support so you won't feel alone going through this challenging process.

I am just starting fasting myself, I always detox horribly when I do.

I'll hold your hand. Its going to be OK.

[imaquillen]

I hate the phlegm. I can't stop spitting it up, yuk! I'll be sooo glad when this is over.

[beckyh]

I just finished my master cleanse...and I just read your post about being cold, i was cold the whole time I was doing the master cleanse! I thought that it was normal! Wish I would have read this while I was doing this cleanse. Thanks for the info though, because I plan to do the fast again.

[imaquillen]

13 days into the 30 day raw challenge and the phlegm is gone. I also had lots of acne on my neck--weird, but it is finally gone, too. The first time I went 100% I was also doing a colon cleanse and I don't remember my detoxing being as bad. Either way, I'm glad it's over, hopefully.
Amber

[Draginvry]

Okay, this is day 2nd of fasting and I am feeling really cold. I was reading online that being cold is a detox symptom. I am not used to this, because my past detox symptoms was diarrhea, feeling agitated, huge cravings, nausea and headaches.

I'm not raw, which is one of the reasons I rarely visit these forums. But I have done lots of fasting and various other detox methods. One thing I noticed is that the symptoms of detox will actually change depending on how toxic I am. I'll post a chart of my data in case it helps anyone here:

1) Very toxic
Fasting is physically uncomfortable. If fruits or fruit juice is consumed, it often creates messy diahrrea. I will tend to get very aggressive and angry during a rapid detox.

2) Fairly toxic
Fasting is slightly uncomfortable. The feces isn't as messy, but it still has a nasty smell. Consuming fruits or fruit juice doesn't cause diahrrea as quickly as before. The feces may be more sticky and less liquidy. During detox I will experience a general rage, but without the aggressiveness of before.

3) Somewhat toxic
Fasting is easier to manage, but I still won't want to do much activity. I will watch movies or browse the internet. The feces appears more normal. Sometimes there is an increase of acne during this stage. During this stage I will start to feel cold starting at the extremities, particularly after eating fruits or other foods high in simple carbs. If too much fruit or fruit juice is consumed it causes itching in the anus (most likely yeast infection from the sugar). If the detox happens quickly I will get headaches and I will start to feel very cranky and bitchy like a woman does during her PMS.

4) Slightly toxic
Fasting is very peaceful. It is easier to slow down and just observe things. More fruits and fruit juice and be handled with less side effects. I have a greater resistance to the cold, although I will still feel cold after eating simple carbs. At this point, "rushing to the bathroom" from consuming too much fruit is a thing of the past. The acne is much less at this point. If detox happens too quickly, I will begin to feel tired or peaceful. I may spend a lot of time sleeping or just sitting around. I don't feel like I need to do anything, and I will feel much less obsessive about health/detox.

5) Barely toxic
I don't know, I'm still trying to get to this point. Maybe one day, I will find out!

[EscapeArtist]

How to get through emotional detox? I become very irritable, emotional and quiet when I am trying to go raw and am going thorugh detox. This often leads my family to pressuring me about it, and then arguing to me about it, and then family relationships get broken. I then decide that the emotional detox isn't worth it and so I go off of raw. As soon as I'm off of raw, I realize I must go back to raw for ME. It appears that I've been in detox for 2 months straight simply because I keep having to re-detox simply beacuse I eat cooked when I fear that my emotional detox is wreaking too much havoc... I can't figure out why my emotional detox is so extreme.
How can I ease the emotional detox and moodiness but yet progress into raw?

[ZenBlue]

First day raw. My head is going to explode.

[Aleesha Sattva]

(((hugs))) go have a warm bath with some himilayan sea salts in it.

[rawnhealthy]

Also, my experience is that detoxing can be a lot easier if I have colonics/colon hydrotherapy. I even do juicing on days when I am having colonics and it makes the pain/headaches/uncomfortable feelings release more easily.

[RighteousYogini]

13 days into the 30 day raw challenge and the phlegm is gone. I also had lots of acne on my neck--weird, but it is finally gone, too. The first time I went 100% I was also doing a colon cleanse and I don't remember my detoxing being as bad. Either way, I'm glad it's over, hopefully.
Amber

thats crazy amber! Because 24 hours after I started my transition to raw... I got this awful cold. THEN the mucous and phlegm! holy man!! Today is Day 13 also and it's finally gone...... now THAT Is gross! I had no idea that was a detox thing. NOw Im just chilly and desperate for coffee :( Caffeine withdrawl is the WORST. Day 3, mid-afternoon headache and nap isn't an option, sadly.