xchocoholic
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Everything happens for one or more reasons. Working out what those reasons are is another matter, especially with ME!
It doesn't help that reactions can occur days, weeks or longer after we change something we are doing.
Symptom diaries can sometimes identify causes, but not very often from my personal experience. It's very frustrating - shall I stop this, shall I start this, shall I increase or decrease that?
Hi @MeSci
This is why pwcs should keep diaries tho. Most of the non pwcs I know can readily relate certain symptoms to their triggers.
Since we have so much more going on than non pwcs it's more difficult but doable. It just takes time and patience.
I was overwhelmed at first but did it because my doctor insisted. She gave me handouts to record my symptoms so that was helpful. When I ran out of those I just used a notebook but the info I recorded was the same as the handouts. It was called the LEAP program. Symptom list was a full page and divided into gastro, neuro, skin, etc etc.
Recognizing keeping a diary will be confusing and frustrating in the beginning may help. But patterns will emerge.
This also teaches us how to listen to our bodies. Once you eliminate one or
More triggers it gets easier too.
Tc .. x