Fasting to fight years of depression, emotional instability, eating disorders

#1

Hi, my name is Eve. Just as a disclaimer, I will probably be talking about some triggering issues as i am using this forum to stay accountable and to record daily thoughts, so please don’t read if you are triggered by talking about depression, eating disorders, or emotionally unstable personality disorder. Also this is just something i have decided to do for myself i am not saying it is a cure for any of these conditions.
I have been fighting with depression and a series of other psychological problems since the age of about 14. I am now 27 and life is not going my way you could say. I have read so much about the clarity and self discovery and emotional healing and focus that comes with fasting and I have tried everything else including about 20 medications and therapy and i’m tired of not living and just hoping to get through another day. So this is my personal experiment i guess as nothing else has worked. I don’t have a very high opinion of myself but i want to do this for myself.

So I haven’t had any food since 23:00 6/4, but i had a coffee with almond milk at 10:00 today so official start of fast is 10:00 7/04/2020.
I had couple of bouts of hunger actually but since i have been using food to deal with emotional distress i don’t even know if it was about food. Feeling okay now.

I would really love to do 2 weeks but I am not sure it would be healthy for me, so i’m going to see how it goes. 7 days is a minimum though hopefully as I would really like t gain some emotional stability and mental clarity.

Thank you to anyone reading.

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#2

Welcome to our fasting community!

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I suggest you read the daily journal of @Anna, she is one of our most successful members and also used fasting to address her mental issues. She’s probably the best guide for you on your journey.

Best of luck!

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#3

So its now officially past 24 hours. Had a few urges to just have an apple or something but have gone away for now. I know the first 3 days are the hardest and I just want to feel the mental clarity that comes after that so i wish that time sped up a bit. Feeling okay a bit anxious . But there is no reason I cannot do this .

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#4

thank you so much for the advice i did read it shes very inspiring =)

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#5

Hi, I was wondering if it is normal to feel extremely nauseous and weak only 45 hours in? Also a strong ache in my left side?

#6

Almost 48 hours in if im counting food and not the tiny bit of almond milk. I’m feeling really terrible but i don’t want to give up. I don’t know if it is the detoxing already or if i am just not prepared, i feel really nauseous and weak but i am hoping it will pass.

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#7

Hi Pegasus,
Congrats on finished the first 48 hours.
Don’t give up! I was feeling just like you during that time period and now that I have entered the 4 day I am so much better, entering the productive and clear-headed zone. I don’t know how to explain the science part behind it but give yourself sometime!

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#8

Its the transition from glucose burning to ketosis. It takes about 3 days for most people. If you have an existing sugar/carb addiction it worsens the transition symptoms.

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#9

Hi Chiara, thank you so much for your message it really helped. I felt so awful i was so close to giving up but i didnt and now day 3ing =) feeling much better already! xx

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#10

on day 3 , don’t know how i managed as i got about 2 hours of sleep and all i wanted to do was have a beautiful bowl of fresh fruit but i didn’t and feeling much better today. Although I am not really able to exercise as feeling physically weak and i miss it a lot but I am starting to notice the freedom from using food to deal with my emotions and really liking it. I have an amalgamations of eating issues among other diagnoses, but I am hoping to help all of this by taking this obsessive coping mechanism away and dealing with the underlying issues separately. So it is the 3rd day I have not self harmed or binged and purged or drank. I am not used to being kind to myself and this is the first thing i have allowed myself to do FOR myself in 14 years probably. It feels foreign and surreal but good.

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#11

Day 4, yesterday evening I felt will pretty bad again not nearly as bad as the day before though, and throughout the fast have been getting about 4 hours of sleep so im exhausted. I keep waiting for the good part to start? I have a lot of uni work to do and the added focus would really help me it is another part of why i did this. I am hoping to get a mental boost very soon. I am not feeling hungry just generally weak and unfocused.
Aside from pretty low mood and physical weakness, there are positives. Cutting food out of the equation of how to deal with myself and just getting some distance from it. I do really like that.
After today i will be more than halfway through I really hope I make it a week at least .

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#12

Hi!
I know exactly how you are feeling! I am in the end of the semester for my masters degree, lots of papers and exams this and the following weeks.
I was feeling like that as well! It was hard to concentrate, I get thinking of the end of the fast. What helped me was to meditate (Headspace is a saviour) and write down my thoughts whenever they started taking charge.
It’s supposed to get better!

Wishing you well!

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#13

Me too masters end, papers plus dissertation =(
Yea i used to have headspace should probably get back to it !
Thank you for your kind words and support =)

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#14

How far along are you now? and do you feel good? I am getting no work done at all as just feeling weak =(

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#15

Day 5! My best day so far!
I’m getting more work done than the past few days…this quarantine situation makes me very distracted, but today it has been fine.
I was postponing a 3k word essay for days, and now I’m half way through in once sit. You have to be strong and persist because it will get better!

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#16

Hi, you have to be drinking salted water & potassium & magnesium!!! That’ll help with nausea weakness & energy

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