Fasting and Pain

Hello, My problem was originally diagnosed as compressed vertebra in my neck with a secondary injury of a herniated disk. Recently, I was also told I had fibromyalgia, possibly as a result from the nerve inflammation from the original injury. I confess that I have not yet sought a second opinion on this, but since all the symptoms fit I think fibromyalgia is a distinct possibility.
In the fasts I've done since the onset of the pain, I found the pain intensified the first few days. I did read where it is very common for injured joints and areas where bones have been broken to become very painful during detox. Perhaps from scar tissur being reabsorbed? Ater a few days the pain would deminish. In my best fasts, I would get this incredible feeling of well being. However, I did one twelve day fast I was doing a modified version of The Master Cleanse (I cut the amount of Maple syrup to a fraction of the recommended amount) I plunged into a deep depression, one so profound I ended the fast several days earlier than planned.
I never experienced a return of pain later in a fast. It may be from either a chemical imbalance that affects the creation of endorphins and other pain control chemicals, or it may be you were reaching a deeper level of detoxification and either scar tissue or inflammed tissue was stirred up during catabolic breakdown. I am very interested in how your chronic pain will be affected by the fast. Although I have many reasons for fasting, pain relief is the #1 reason.
By the way-you are an example of how to fast properly. I know I sometimes sound negative, but I just want people to do their fasting in a safe and healthy manner. I confess to doing many foolish things in my younger days because weight loss was my first priority.In the long run it was detrimental because with each failure I ate more and gained more. While 21 days is a long time to fast unsupervised, it worked for you because your body was clean enough to deal with the detoxifying aspect. Tweet