ME/CFS
Mild → no benefit
ME/CFS: restricted allergy diet left them barely able to get out of bed, no improvement
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Mar 2012
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
r/cfs ... I was still really exhausted
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I am a very busy college student ... I was still really exhausted
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
Although, when I stopped eating all the foods I was allergic to I was still really exhausted.
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Summary
A college student who in 2012 reported allergies to wheat, oat, rye, corn, dairy, eggs, tree nuts, legumes, melon and shellfish. Cutting out all those foods left them about 12 pounds lighter in two weeks and so weak they could barely get out of bed, and their exhaustion persisted on the restricted diet. They said they still needed to work on the diet but had no time at the moment as a busy college student.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- cutting all of this out · Worse
It lead to me not eating much and I lost about 12 pounds in 2 weeks and I could barely get out of bed I was so weak
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | onset of ME/CFS, undated; ongoing exhaustionwhen I stopped eating all the foods I was allergic to I was still really exhaustedIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| before 2012 | cut out every food they were allergic to at once and became too weak to get out of bedI lost about 12 pounds in 2 weeks and I could barely get out of bed I was so weakIn context ↗ | Severe | Elimination diets (other) |
| 2012-03-08 | busy college student, still exhausted, no time for an elimination dietI am a very busy college student who does not have time to spend an hour cooking/eating each mealIn context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Elimination diets (other)“It lead to me not eating much and I lost about 12 pounds in 2 weeks and I could barely get out of bed I was so weak.” In context ↗ Refeeding or deficiency problems
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
I'm allergic to wheat, oat, rye, corn, dairy, eggs, all tree nuts, legumes, melon, shellfish
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
I could barely get out of bed I was so weak
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