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I must admit, I'm beginning to wonder about this elimination diet thing. I just finished the second week of the elimination phase - getting rid of common allergens in my diet like corn, soy, wheat, dairy, eggs, and yeast. So far, the good: my digestive issues are gone, I have energy to carry me through the day, I can concentrate on my work for the most part, I'm happy and not going through inexplicable mood swings. The bad: My year-round allergies don't seem to be helped much at all - from one day to the next it's unpredictable whether I'll wake up with a stuffy nose, itchy ears, dry puffy eyes and a headache, or not. I've been faithfully taking the desensitization drops, noticing little difference. My doctor and everyone dealing with me has spoken of a "rain barrel effect," to wit, your body's resistance against allergens is like a rain barrel - it can take a certain amount before it starts to overflow. Ostensibly, ridding my body of some of the built-up food allergy problems should contribute to making my year-round inhalible allergies better. It doesn't seem to have.

The corollary to this is my still fucked-up sleep schedule. With my new-found energy, I now want to stay up until 2 a.m. doing work or having fun! Then I get up, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, a little before 10 - a nice, round, eight hours of sleep.

If I am a good girl and go to bed before midnight, I still can't get out of bed until 10, and feel groggy, grumpy and guilty doing it.

Oh, the body, she is a complex place.

Here's the thing: what if I'm not allergic to any foods? What if, in fact, I've just spent two weeks ingesting no caffeine, alcohol, or refined sugars, and my body's just really happy about that?

Memeage.

From moominmolly:

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Whee!!