Overcoming Health Challenges
Cate shares her journey through addiction, pain management with morphine, and dealing with chronic pain while managing diabetes and Crohn's disease. She discusses how better blood sugar control has positively impacted her overall health.In this clip
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I've been on opioids for 15 years, using oxycodone and morphine for a bad back, and my orthopedic says I'm good. However, I feel terrible. My normal weight is 190-200 lbs, but I'm currently 215 lbs and eat a lot of sugar and unhealthy food. I want to try the carnivore diet, but I'm concerned about sugar withdrawal since I'm pre-diabetic. Additionally, I'm attempting to get off the meds, but it's really hard. What can I do, or how do I start? What tests can I do to assess where I'm at in my life?
I struggle with addiction; I start drinking or using drugs, and it gets bad quickly, with 3-day hangovers and week-long withdrawals. I’ll get sober, but a week or two later, I relapse. Sometimes it's worse than others, depending on how fast I decide I need to stop. I’m severely depressed and tired of living like this. I get no joy or tranquility, which makes me give in to drinking and drugs again. I desperately want to be sober and find peace. Is there anything specific I can focus on, such as vitamins, gut health, or other lifestyle changes, to break this vicious cycle?
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