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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SJP23" data-source="post: 2711388" data-attributes="member: 584038">I am sorry! I think I have added this in error to the thread - struggling with RH. My apologies if this is the case. I am not sure how to move it. So, I have been carrying on my reading into RH and how to manage it and have stumbled on some that say you can reduce the severity of your RH if your adrenal glands can recover over a longer period. I got diagnosed 6 months ago -this clarified what I knew already due to symptoms. I am interested in the fact that all this rollercoasting ride of highs and lows and trying to manage them has put lots of stress on the adrenal glands. Adrenal fatigue is a thing, but says the stuff I have read - difficult to diagnose in isolation. I was diagnosed via the 72 hour fasting test where I still hypoed (down to 2.3) which is puzzling given not linked to food consumption.My way forward seems to be the eat 6 meals a day, eat some but not many complex carbs and eat them last. I find the 6 meals a day is fine - given I can just divide my lunch and dinner into 2 smaller portions and I have mastered making some great healthy snacks in between. This is the good side of my progress. But by about day 4 or 5 I am very hungry and I yearn for meat! A big steak! I was almost vegey before! And I yearn for sweet stuff that becomes pretty all consuming and may be more psychological. I have just finished a 7 day sugar binge reversing the 70% goodness of the previous month. I feel dreadful and frustrated with myself.My post is because I want to be held accountable to myself. I am making another appt with the GP to see if I can get a referral to an Endocrinologist to check if there are any other tests as I am puzzled by the 72 hour test. The most important thing though is, what happens if my adrenal glands get a really good rest because I am good with my food for a longer period - 6 months? No alcohol. No sweets. More meat. Tons of veg and a little complex carbs. Will this improve the window of not needing to eat every few hours and mean that a few every now and again treats are ok? I will report back and thank you for letting me share my thoughts in such a long winded way!!!!Lamont - please do not recommend no carbs and keto to me! (-:  I think RH presents so differently in all of us and we surely can't advise each other? I can see the science can make sense for some BUT No carbs meant literally falling through Greggs shop door, crashing into people at my local corner shop, and stopping the car driving when the 1 tree ahead double visioned in to a small woodland! I genuinely felt awful!<h3></h3></blockquote>

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