First time in remission with ketogenic diet
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 5.5 years
- Published
- Jul 2018
Summary
Adopted a strict ketogenic diet after 5.5 years of moderate ME/CFS with escalating weekly crashes: a 48-hour initial fast, under 25g net carbs a day, roughly 75/20/5 fat/protein/carb macros, electrolyte and baking-soda supplementation, and blood monitoring to keep a glucose-ketone index of 1-2. After just 1.5 weeks describes an "absolute 180 degree turn" -- tremors, visual blurring and tinnitus resolved, pain eased, sleep and cognition improved, "virtually no fatigue," and a return to work, with no PEM observed yet. The account is explicitly early and self-described as untested against real exertion ("I need to test this by pushing harder"), so durability beyond the first two weeks isn't established in the post.
What they credit
Credits Diet, Supplements, Elimination and ketogenic diets.
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Pain & fibromyalgia, Post-exertional malaise, Tinnitus.
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