HI Zippy,
Good to know we don't have to worry about cfs.
I just found the web in 2005 after my gp told me to go on an elimination diet which excluded wheat, dairy, etc. but not gluten. Within a few days, I no longer had narcolepsy or felt jittery all the time. I was so excited to finally find something that helped me after 15 1/2 years of just barely functioning with CFS.
While googling wheat free bread recipes I kept running into the word gluten. Everything I read about gluten intolerance rang a bell with me. After reacting so well to just eliminating wheat, I decided gluten was the next to go.
I started out joining a celiac forum, then other cfs forums.
I'm xchocoholic in pheonix rising. I wound up on the low ox board after getting a couple of kidney stones. My kidney stone problem appears more related to letting my urine get dark / not drinking enough water and not oxalates. But I'm still being careful.
I'm finding that I get pelvic and bladder pain from certain high ox foods and not others. I can eat pistachios and walnuts without getting pain but not chocolate, almonds or peanuts. I suspect there's a mast cell connection not oxalate.
We've both had quite the journey so far. I saw traditional doctors for 17 years then went the integrative doctor route. And while I learned a lot about my body, as did my doctor,
I just learned about mast cells recently. Apparently I'm more thick headed than other pwcs ...
I've been on the paleo diet since 2008 and Wahls since Jan 2012. I'm monitoring my reactions for high histamine foods but am finding it hard to eliminate much more. Chocolate was eliminated again yesterday.
I googled Doxepin. Good to hear it's working for you. It sounds like something that would knock me out. 25 mg of Vistaril knocked me out for 3 days ...
Good luck on your journey. tc ... Marcia