apologies in advance if i get really mentally ill again in the next couple of weeks/months. getting your metabolism back to normal after a protein-only diet is really difficult
(if you're new here: i had a bad medical episode that resulted in an extremely limited diet. the medical episode has ended and now i'm trying to claw back to normalcy and heal from malnutrition.
the medical episode in question is that i had a severe allergic reaction followed by two weeks of hyperemesis that destroyed my mouth and throat, and then i was put on a lot of medications that have dry mouth and slowed healing as a side effect. attempting to eat foods in this state created sensations of itching, tingling, pain, burning, and an inability to swallow, which i misattributed to additional allergy/potential MCAS. the only foods that did not cause this was animal proteins. i ate them exclusively for two months without any sort of taper and with very limited supplementation of electrolytes. this caused rapid weight loss, high cholesterol (both from rapid weight loss and excessive egg consumption), high blood pressure, tachycardia, panic attacks, tingling in the limbs, severe fatigue, diarrhea and constipation, severe abdominal cramps (worse than any period cramp i've ever had), and insomnia. i stopped the drying medications and used a variety of over-the-counter treatments for dry mouth, and reintroduced food via water-based plants like watermelon. i'm only just now beginning to heal.)
