I'm very glad to have discovered this site a couple of months ago and have been eagerly learning a lot from all of your posts. I'm pretty sure I need to start doing liver flushes, but find myself feeling very lost today...I'm really hoping to get some advice on my next step.
A little bit of history:
For the past ten years I have been on various forms of psychiatric medication (mood stabilisers, anti-psychotics, anti-depressants and sleeping pills). My initial diagnosis was Bipolar, but this has since been questioned and changed. During this time my standard of life was very poor and involved an unhealthy diet, with minimal exercise (I really didn't take care of myself at all). The last 3 years have seen a slow change and I have now completely started over...moved to a new location, returned to school etc. I have also slowly come off all medication and have been drug free for nearly 7 months. My mental health is a lot better, although I feel the chronic depression/anxiety is still there. However it is the ever-increasing physical symptoms that are driving me to look for answers. A few of which are:
Digestive issues, bloating, sickness, various intolerances
Muscle and joint pain
Headaches
Dizziness
Menstrual irregularities
Racing heart
Sweating and extreme reactions to temperature
Brain fog, memory issues and a general disconnect I attribute to the depression, but from reading these forums I now understand could also be caused by a congested liver.
I have spent the last few months completely cleaning up my diet, cutting out all processed and refined foods. The last six weeks have also been completely free of gluten, dairy and soy. I have been gearing myself up to do my first flush by taking malic acid supplements and making sure my bowel is clean, but then had a really bad weekend which saw me eating the wrong foods again. I have a strong suspicion this is simply a case of self-sabotage as I am feeling very nervous that I may not see the results I'm hoping for.
My question now is should I forge ahead and continue with my flush, or wait another few days until I clear this crap out of my system? I'm in that situation which I'm sure a lot of you will recognise, where I really need to do something, but am feeling very scared.
Apologies for the length of this post, but from reading the site it seems that this is the best way for others to offer help.
I would appreciate any and all advice...thank you in advance.
p.s. I am UK based, in case that is relevant.