Hey!

Are you "stalking" me?  JK, lol!  Glad to see we agree on some stuff.  I don't know if you saw one of my posts from May in which I mentioned that a chiropractor/nutritionist I met socially told me to eat protein "every 2 hours".  I thought that was exaggerated but I really knew where he was coming from.  Having suffered from hypoglycemia for... well, I really don't know so I'll say "having been officially diagnosed with hypoglycemia in 1985", and having read a really good book about it, I knew protein was essential in every meal, and 5 small ones was the standard even back "then" (or before, who knows).  All I know is that it's always been extremely important to me, and whenever I could do it low-carb was really great for me, but I'm SO addicted right now, or maybe my body does need them at this point, that I'm not ready for that.  I only got away with not adding (animal) protein to a salad one night about 9 days ago and was pleasantly surprised that I didn't wake up too soon due to a blood sugar low.

Ugh, now that I think about it, it appears my poor adrenals have been SCREAMING for decades and I never knew it because even in that old book (which I still have) it says the adrenals and liver have to do with it...  In fact, back then my reactions/crashes were really, really, really BAD!  My mind was so badly affected I was hospitalized several times in 2 years and treated only with anti-depressants and other psychotropic drugs.  Then was more or less OK for a few years... then I had kids...  Perhaps blessedly because I went to precisely a chiropractor/nutritionist who agreed with my suspicions about being hypoglycemic (I'd read about it in a library book) I held on a little more before my next major crash, months after I'd given birth to my 2nd and last child.  But after that I made a concerted effort to lay off sugar and as long as I did I could manage my life reasonably well.

OK, I know my ramble is seemingly unconnected, but it may help to explain why I'm still here at Curezone (Uat asked me...), and you've no idea how much more there is to my story!  I wonder if other AF sufferes also have "juicy" stories like mine, I wish I could find out what brought everyone "down", might make me feel a bit better about my life, lol!  Hey "Uat", wanna be the first?  You can PM your story and if you're nosy enough I'll tell you more of mine!