Maybe we wouldn't be in this position, due to lack of modern food/medicinal/environmental toxins in the past?...but... how UNBELIEVABLY FORTUNATE are we to be in a time that we can be indoors, warm, dry and toasty on a wet winter's day, chatting with people from everywhere in the world with the same fairly rare condition with very similar thoughts and goals,...right from the tips of my fingers??? Unreal! The internet is awesome! You guys are awesome and it's been moving to hear from everyone!
Bax, as we all agree, any time away from the symptoms is highly cherished. No sleep on the other hand, can be pretty destructive in itself. I've also been through bouts of insomnia since starting enbrel. I think the max it lasted was 2 weeks for me. Maybe try some long walks,(rigorous exercise should be avioded when sleep deprived) mindfulness/meditation/vagal nerve stimulation? White noise or running water application for your smartphone? I work very hard at bettering myself but determination and obsessiveness are sometimes hard for me to tell apart. You are having good results with enbrel but are still seeking better. Maybe that obsessermination is hard for us to put to rest? Try to find out if it's the meds causing the insomnia. I honestly don't know in my case what causes it?
That sucks about your lower body pain. In my case, I'm not saying it's because of enbrel,.. or that it made me more susceptible,.. or that it wouldn't have happened without it,.. or that I don't have a tendency to go on huge chocolate binges
but I didn't have Iritis before I started enbrel.
Marion, I'm excited to hear of your progress. My game plan is very similar to yours. I'm also going to have to do a strict elimination diet. Do u have any good resources for one?
We also plan to start a family within the next two years and wonder of any adverse effects of enbrel on unborn children and their future well being.(obv fathers and mothers will vary... but still)
Outside of finding out your trigger foods, what is your plan of attack for healing your gut?
Any help from the medicinal plants?
Happy new year everybody!!!
