I can accept criticism now. All it took was a visit to the best acupuncturist I've been to yet, unfortunately in Sacramento. More reason to visit S.! As if I needed another reason...so now I have some herbs and am adjusting my diet to one that's really similar to the one I was doing in the early days of MS. I opened up Pitchforth's Healing with Whole Foods to review the section on liver wind and liver stagnancy.
I do feel great eating that way, but the trick is keeping everything in balance. It's easy to follow Potatoes Not Prozac and use protein to regulate my blood sugar, but it can also make me feel sluggish. An anti-liver-stagnancy diet leaves me on the thin side (though nothing like I was when my brain was healing, thank god), and that's generally good for MS folks. It makes me feel energetic, but I don't want to be running on adrenaline, nor do I want to starve my brain of serotonin. Right now it's experimentation and adjustment time. I can fit into all of my clothes again, have a good amount of energy, and can feel my muscles. I've missed that. Tomorrow school begins again, and then dietary requirements will change overnight as I'm required to be "on stage" every day. One step at a time.