Posted by alexandra_k on January 27, 2006, at 6:48:49
In reply to Re: Too much medicine » alexandra_k, posted by ClearSkies on January 25, 2006, at 21:32:44
> Today is a lot better. Feeling sharper and more coherent, thank goodness.
:-) That is good news.
> I think that's what was upsetting me the most; not being able to follow conversations, express myself articulately, or interpret the written word correctly.
Yes. I find it hard when those things go out the window too.
> Yes, that's exactly it. Since alcohol is essentially sugar, recovering alcoholics often have pretty intense sugar cravings and can feel quite addicted to sweets, desserts, all the stuff that is bad for you and makes you fat...
Ah. And that is related to the eating chocolate thing? I've heard that somewhere... Maybe it was something you said about eating some chocolate to help with alcohol cravings.
> Literature I've read suggests that a diet similar to that of a diabetic helps to smooth out the up and down moods that alcoholics experience.
Ok. I'm not to sure what a diabetic diet looks like, but I'm guessing low sugar? I used to think that natural sugar (ie fruits) were okay and it was just the processed / refined sugar you had to watch out for but then there was something on the news about how that was a popular misconception and there are now warnings on orange juice. Maybe... That is more processed than it used to be. Or maybe... That is fairly concentrated.
> It's pretty much been discussed all along - and I have swapped much of my diet out for the "better for you" choices. Whole grains, less (should be NO) refined sugars, eating more fruits.
Ah. I really like fruit. I tend to crave what I eat. If I have a chocolate bar then the next day I'll be craving another. If I manage to lay off the chocolate for a month or so then I don't really crave it. And I feel better after eating fruit (as opposed to chocolate bars). It is just... Cost. Availability. And, my worst enemy: habit. But fruit really is terrific for sugar cravings.
> Remind me to tell you of my experiences with the NHS in England. Boy many of the GPs I met with really did not approve of the uppity North American questioning why I was being given tablets for my complaints without any explanation of what they were!!Yeah. How long ago was that? Methinks... Times are changing. Still that being said I didn't get many straight answers out of the surgeon who operated on my feet / legs. He said I'd need to wear these gel insoles because I didn't have a smooth heel. I asked him why he couldn't make me a smooth heel. Put the gel insole under my skin instead of in my shoe. He just looked at me funny... Maybe my body would have rejected it as foreign... Maybe they don't have the proper material to do that yet... Maybe the public health system will only do so much... Who the f*ck knows. I'm none the wiser.
> Yes, that's true. And when I ask my pdoc about specific possibilities and options she listens to me and responds.
That is great :-)
> In my case at the moment she thinks there are too many variables to look at as possible culprits, so to simplify we are doing one thing at a time.
Okay.
> Yes!! I think we should all have sous chefs so that we may eat healthier!! Chop, chop.
:-)
Yeah.Glad you were feeling better today.
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