ME/CFS since birth, somewhat better on plant-based diet; still struggles with whole foods
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- since birth
- Last post
- May 2024
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I've had CFS from my birth.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
Since I stopped eating sugar and started eating whole-food plant-based diet, I see slight improvement in my CFS overall. But note that it can be a placebo effect, and I am biased.
In context ↗ - Began after: nothing they could name
I've had CFS from my birth.
In context ↗
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
Pebble 80525, a man posting in r/cfs, says he has had CFS since birth. He became vegetarian as a child with no improvement in his CFS, and eating meat again also brought none. Since 2021 he has eaten a whole-food plant-based diet and quit sugar, and in late 2023 reported a slight overall improvement that he admitted could be placebo; by May 2024 he still struggled to digest whole foods.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- stoicism / critical thinking · Helped
This approach paid off for me: I'm dependent on my toxic parents, and I've saved a lot of energy by thinking critically
In context ↗ - vegetarian diet · No change
I became a vegetarian later in my childhood -- it didn't improve the CFS.
In context ↗ - eating meat again · No change
Doctors told me that my diet causes the illness, so I tried to eat meat again -- again, no improvement.
In context ↗ - whole-food plant-based diet · Helped
Since I stopped eating sugar and started eating whole-food plant-based diet, I see slight improvement in my CFS overall.
In context ↗ - quitting sugar · Helped
they stopped stinking just days after I stopped eating sugar -- the nail fungus that was giving the smell, died
In context ↗ - limiting how much I eat · Helped
overeating worsens my fatigue, I limit how much I eat
In context ↗ - porn-free · Not said
So I'm staying porn-free, hoping, that that will fix either the CFS directly, or that will fix my digestion
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| birth | CFS from birthI've had CFS from my birth.In context ↗ |
| 2023-11-26 | slight overall improvement on whole-food plant-based diet and no sugarSince I stopped eating sugar and started eating whole-food plant-based diet, I see slight improvement in my CFS overall.In context ↗ |
| 2024-05-02 | still struggling to digest whole foodsBut still I'm struggling to digest the whole foodsIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
But still I'm struggling to digest the whole foods
In context ↗
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