I swear I could jump for joy right now. I began fasting 3 months ago and for about 3 years prior I was suffering from intense non stop pain in my knees and in my neck, it was to the...
Last week I finished a 12 day fast. In addition to dropping some weight I was really hoping to address some nagging pain I've been dealing with for the last few months. I've been dealing with some really bothersome back pain...
When doing a 24+ hour fast, I get a dull aching pain in my back on the left side only. It’s midway on my back, a couple of inches below the scapula and increases when I take a deep breath....
I suffer from long term back pain (operation to cut out herniated disc). I take pain meds for it. when I fast, I find that my pain levels are reduced. I was wondering if any others who have a chronic...
I endure dull to sharp throbbing widespread pain every day. I’m very sick of it. Does anyone have experience fasting to alleviate body pain? How long did you fast before feeling a difference? I was originally going to fast solely for...
Was going strong fasting earlier this week, but I hadn't pooped in a few days so my last two OMADs were fiber rich meals. Still nothing to write home about. So I took some Smooth Move tea. We have outhouses...
Started what was supposed to be a 5-7 day water fast for the sake of autophagy to hopefully improve some autoimmune symptoms I was experiencing but it didn't go to plan. On day 2, I had some exogenous ketones to get...
I just finished my first hard dry fast (48h) and I was thinking that maybe dry fast could also heal back pain? Completely? Ten years ago I was diagnosed with couple of broken discs and I have had 25years back pain...
Not my first time fasting but about ten days ago I started 18:6 and I eat very well during my 6 hours but throughout the day I am gassy and with extremely painful pangs. They are like tummy contractions (reminds...
1.) Will pain killers break a fast? 2.) Is it safe to continue my fast while on pain killers? I'm having a tooth extraction & if it's anything like my last, I won't want to deal with the pain naturally, but if...
Hey everyone, I was diagnosed with a form of arthiritis in 2019 - long story short I eventually got myself into remission through fully natural methods. Fasting helped me massively. This lasted 2 years, and unfortunately it came back a...
I have been doing 5-2 for about two months. I've seen some good weightloss but I am noticing a lot of pain in my upper/mid right torso. I thought this was where my stomach was only to learn it is...
Hello fasters, I am living with chronic anal fissure which creates extreme off the charts pain after any bowel movement, for up to 15 hours. I’m currently waiting to see a surgeon, but the surgical options are not that simple either. You...
Has anyone experienced pain relief doing this? Meds, PT, cortisone, and other conservative measures have failed. I already do IF, and have done some longer fasts in the past.
Hi All, This is a very long post, so dive in if you are interested in the exploration. Also, I am cross-posting this to a few different diabetes subreddits, so forgive me if you are also multiply subscribed and...
Hello, I have a question. I am fasting (40 hours into 8 hour eating window) and normally I have zero issues. I'm experiencing stomach growls and also stomach pains. Now the pains and this amount of growling is new to me....
25M 265lbs 6’4. I’ve been having chronic pain in my knees for months. If I were to lose 50lbs how much can my knee pain decrease? It’s difficult to walk now and can only do physical activities like swimming.
Title is a bit bait, I mean it's true, but anyway I'm just wondering if anyone has any perspective on this. So today was my first ever day fasting, and I am water fasting with electrolytes (or "snake juice"). Basically, in the...
I've had chronic back pain for years. I've tried chiropractors, physical therapists, massage, stretching — none of it made an impact. But not eating for 24 hours twice a week makes it go from a 4-9 on the \`1 to 10...
Has anyone experienced this? I went for a gentle bike ride day 3ish of 7, and my knee began to hurt (was the old victim of a teenage bike crash) and has.hurt on and off since. I broke my fast...
Over the last several months I’ve noticed a lot of discomfort (just shy of pain) in my knees and sometimes my hips, primarily going up and down stairs, and especially when lying in bed. I’ve been trying to rule...
Just like the title, first 4 days were hell day 5 has been nice and today wasn't hard at all. One thing that bothers me is I have been at 187 for 3 days straight now, going above and below...
BACKGROUND: I have been having some crappy dental pain issues over the last 8 months. What started out as removing a single wisdom tooth, has turned into removing the second molar (beside original wisdom tooth). During all of this, I...
Just finished an 80 hour fast and last night got an awful headache and body pains all over like I had the flu. Barely slept because everything was uncomfortable. Woke up feeling a bit better, but quickly starting feeling awful...
So I am 90 hours into my first dry fast and for the past 24 hours I have had this deep, diffusive leg pain that has only increased. It feels exactly like the growing pains I got as a child...
2 weeks ago I finished a 9-day dry fast under the supervision of Sergey Filonov. I was excited about the opportunity, mostly because I've heard such great things about him in the world of dry fasting, and also the fact...
I have gotten into habit of using fasting as a cure all for small ailments, but in this case I am not sure if it would help. Does anyone have anecdotal or professional experience with this? I seem to have thrown...
37f 5'4, not a scale user. Last time I checked I was close to 215. I initially intended to bone broth cleanse for 3 days for joint health. Ended up drinking water, green tea and electrolytes with bone broth only...
I don't know if this kind of post is allowed here. And i apologize if this is too long. I have been lurking on this sub for a couple months and really love the community, albeit from a distance. But...
Has anyone tried this? I’m just coming off a 5 day water fast and my swelling / joint pain was so much less on day 3-5 but once I start eating again the pain comes right back within a few...
I completed a 72-hour fast. During the first 48 hours, I felt great with a lot of energy and a good mood. However, by the end of the 48 hours, when I went to sleep, I felt restless, my heart...
Hello I have gotten fatter lately, and started to feel pain on my left arm, and soon after, on the heart area. After fasting for 20h or so, and still having some pain the night after refeeding, I said...
I felt week but relaxed today, day 3, went for a slow-slow walk 18 oclock, three km, felt totally overextended, depleted, crashed into bed. Excruciating pain in my core, feels like noro-virus body pain, or when i had Mononukleosis and...
BACKGROUND: I have been having some crappy dental pain issues over the last 8 months. What started out as removing a single wisdom tooth, has turned into removing the second molar (beside original wisdom tooth). During all of this, I...
Long story short: Unwell for 9 weeks, no eating or drinking as it produces severe pain. Trying to convince Drs something is wrong; in & out of hospital emergency, Dr gives multiple antibiotics. At end of 9wks I spend 9.5hrs on...
i'm a sculptor and a craftsperson; i'm always working on something highly detailed or repetitive with my hands. i'm also an old lady by reddit standards clocking in at 51. i have had ever worsening arthritis in lots...
Hello, Im F(40) and weight 250lb. I've been fit a lot of times before but I can't go to the gym anymore because of a inflamatory illness (my joints hurt a lot) I've been researching IF for a long time...
I just completed my 10th fast (16:8). Before starting IF, I would take at least 1 ibuprofen pill a day due to chronic pain all over my body, which is horribly unsustainable long term, but I’ve been doing it for...
I’ve been soft dry fasting since 7/24. I am f (37) 5’4 SW: 164.6lb CW: 158 so I’ve been losing 3 lbs a day. I’ve done IF and extended water fasts, OMAD. So I decided to try dry fasting. My husband...
Hi Everyone, I finished a dry fast one week ago from today that was 9 days long. I did it to heal a tendon injury in the shoulder (both shoulders to be exact). During the fast I felt a lot of pain...
Lately I've been having upset stomach pains, causing me to feel sick. Bad bowl movements is another side effect. Anyone have tips on how to avoid this? I do the 20/4 plan. Anything I can take to ease the pain?...
Hello, for the 18 years of my life so far, I have been a mix of Buffed and Chubby with a lot of muscle mass and some fat on the abdomen and other areas, I wanted to burn this fat...
28 hours in more pain in shoulder? The pain disappeared right after i broke the fast
Started doing ADF last week after OMAD off and on for months. It's a lot easier than I thought it would be. Yesterday, I started my period about two days earlier than I should have though, so that worries me...
Little bit of context. I lost 20 lbs doing a 5 day water fast. I ended it because my stomach kept having this terrible pain (not the im hungry pain but the somethings wrong pain, kept having acid reflux). Fast...
I’m wondering if dry fasting can cure an herniated disc, since some method to actually cure it is by injecting ethanol in it to force dehidratation. I find contradict information because many other people say that you have to drink...
My apologies if its disgusting to speak about this, as such I will do my best to be as clean with my words as possible. A long story short, I woke up this morning and instantly went to the restroom,...
I'm a newbie here. I spent hours last night trying to figure out what exactly Dr. Fung is recommending when combining a Ketogenic Diet with Intermittent Fasting and Fasting for obese people. I have over 100 pounds to lose. ...
I've been doing 16-8 It for three days now and I've been experiencing burning sensation and pain in my stomach. Even after I eat. Is this temporary or am I doing something wrong?
So, I'm 31F (242 lbs, 5'6"). I've yoyo dieted all my life. I've discovered keto in 2019 and easily went down 40 lbs (was 240 back then). Anyways, I broke my butt, then my right foot again, switch cities, switched...
Can fasting help heal old injuries? Like ligament damage that causes shoulder pain, knee pain, back pain, etc? If so, how many days would you recommend fasting for and is there any good schedule to incorporate fasting? Is there any...
hey all! Not sure if its related but I thought i would get some opinions! Started intermittent fasting on sunday 16/8 and for the last three nights i have developed upper stomach pain. It usually comes in slowly late afternoon...
Hi All, It would be really helpful to hear other people’s experiences battling autoimmune conditions with fasting I just completed a 7 day fast for my autoimmune condition anklosing spondylitis. The fast helped a lot with my hip and shoulder pain, but...
Hi everyone, I’ve been a lurker and this is my first post, I need some serious help - especially the long timers and experts, please give me your opinion, I am quite desperate and can’t find the problem. I cross...
I’ve been doing IF for about 6 months now and every single aspect of my health is doing far better — except my gut health. i usually follow one of two schedules: 1. don’t eat until 430-6 pm and then...
Can dry fasting help heal old injuries? Like ligament damage that causes shoulder pain, knee pain, back pain, etc? If so, how many days would you recommend dry fasting for and is there any good schedule to incorporate dry fasting?...
(condition where stomach takes a long time to empty food). i've heard of gordon ryan on JRE recently explaining how he'd unintentionally (water?) fast for like 5 days out of pain and nausea but when he'd resume eating seems like it'd...
I’m on my 4th day, so far so good. But I’m starting to have a really bad stomach ache. It’s sharp and really painful, at my very low stomach near my waist. I’m planning to finish the fast tonight so...
It’s my day 2 of my water fast and I’m experiencing a severe headache and pain or pressure behind my eyes. I’ve tried adding pink salt to my water but to no avail. Any advice?
Disclaimer : Not seeking medical advice. Just for educational purposes only. For the record done a 4 day dry fast few years ago. Currently 55 pounds overweight and never had surgery done on my body. Have done a 10 day water...
I'm doing multiple chained rolling 3 day fasts. I have been experiencing intense nausea, as well as back pain along both sides of the spine. What could I do differently to mitigate such symptoms? They make it difficult to keep...
I have been having chronic bladder pain not related to a UTI for about 4 months now (diagnosed IC)and also have chronic sinusitis which was gone for a year while I did keto but came back with carbs...I have been...
I think that my kidneys are a bit shot from dry fasting pretty relentlessly. I know that citrate is pretty good for dissolving kidney stones but want to see if there are any good sources other than magnesium citrate: like...
My husband and I are experienced fasters and regularly do 4 day fasts. We keep up with electrolytes and hydration. The problem is after 24 or so hours my husband gets a pain in his diaphragm where it meets the...
I started having stomach aches in about 22nd hour of my 24h fast also some small aches on the left side of my chest. This is my 1st ever attempt at dry fast. It was kind of worrying. The pain...
I started my fast on 2/15 and had to stop it around the 28th hour because all of a sudden I started getting this excruciating cramping pain in the stomach and started getting very nauseous. Has anyone felt like this?
I started 20:4 fasting last week and I have been having lower back pain during the time I fast, not everyday but few of the days. I have fasted 16:8 before and it never happened. Generally it goes away when...
I completed a 39 hour fast this morning, my first ever extended fast. I broke it with chicken and broccoli, then ate another serving of chicken for lunch, and made a potentially awful mistake…I ate a candy bar (a very...
I am doing a water fast, I added fasting salts that have potassium, magnesium and sodium. I have a 12 oz bottle that has the salts in it and a 33 oz of ph 9, added electrolytes which I take...
Does anyone have stories of dry fasting healing blemishes / acne scars or healing chronic back pain mainly nerve but partly muscle? If so how long was the fast? Did it come back? Any other details? I’m experienced dry fasting,...
Hi all, ​ Hoping some of you can shed some insight on my current issues that arose after a dry fast. At about the third day coming off of a 4 day dry fast I had an irregular heartbeat. About a week...
Currently on day three 16:8 IF. Mostly wanting to do this to see if it helps my anxiety and chronic pain. Anyone seen benefits in those two areas?
Hello lovely fasting ladies, I've seen other women post this in other fasting subreddits, but I wanted to contribute my experience as well. I started keto one month ago. I've had some carby meals when my hormones politely demanded it of me....
QQ - Can I take a pain killer like pandol during IF (Fasting time) ?
I had a right shoulder pain that never left in months? Tips?
Hey all Typical backstory, come from overweight family, not obese myself but have never really been in shape either. The closest I came to my ideal weight was by using long fasts in the past. Calorie restriction on a daily basis...
I see these posts all the time in this sub, and I've been victim to it myself: "I stopped IF and gained back some/all of the weight" For many of us, IF is easier than changing food habits we've had for a...
GABAPENTIN. Ok now that I’ve ( hopefully ) successfully gotten your attention, I’m wondering if anyone has successfully lost weight IF while tKing gabapentin? I was fasting ( incorrectly🤦🏻♀️)for 4 weeks and have been clean fasting for 2 while trying...
Hey everyone, I’m fairly new to fasting and am wondering what other peoples experience with menstrual cycles and fasting are. I just completed my first 40hr fast this morning and the last 4 hours were horrible due to getting my...
Hi guys 25f here. Recently completed a 2 week water fast with the hopes of clearing up some internal scar tissue causing me pain and to hopefully lose a little bit of weight as well, since I was approaching 200lbs....
So the usual consensus around dry fasting and monthly cycles is that women shouldn't do it. Well Aunt Flo decided to show up in the middle of Day 1 of the dry fast and I just decided to go full...
I am a long time sufferer of psoriasis and psioratic arthritis. I have done two water fasts before but only managed to survive 3 days. I used to wake up constantly in the middle of the night from severe hip...
I'm due any day now, with my first. Wanted to share some thoughts and experiences I found by eventually incorporating IF into my pregnancy. Before pregnancy IF was my daily habit. I managed both ADHD symptoms and had found a great...
I don't like making my fast public, but I feel this is an important question I need to ask. Last time after I finished dry fasting, I began to drink green tea and my stomach felt full but my mouth felt...
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I did a water fast for 3 days and and played a two high intensity soccer games the following week. I know my body probably wasn’t at a 100% but I felt fine during the games. Post games I’m feeling...
I’m hypothesizing that if I don’t eat and drink i.e. dry fasting, that I will avoid as much pain in my anus as possible from slowing down the frequency of my bowel movements. But I don’t want to become constipated...
Im completely healthy both my kidneys and liver, Yet I have been suffering with gout which I believe is related to my fasting, from the age of 17 I have been fasting on water for 21 days many times, ...
I re-tore my hamstring nearly 3 weeks ago and have recurring elbow tendinitis, from initial injuries 1 and 2 years ago respectively. Physio for these injuries began in March 2021 and according to my program, I was 6 weeks away...
A few years ago, I became vegan for a variety of reasons that had to do with climate change, animal cruelty and my own health. Almost two years ago, I doctor suggested trying a keto diet in order to address...
I've just finished a 13 day water fast my goal was 14 days but I broke early as yesterday was not great and I no longer felt comfortsble fasting. Stats F 45 5ft 4" 173lbs>151lbs so a loss of 22lbs. Overall I...
Meant to say gland, it's only on one side, it's there and gone after a massage but feels like it will come back ... thoughts
For about the last 6 or so months, I’ve been skipping breakfast and lunch to lose weight. I usually do this between 1-4 times a week depending on my schedule. However recently I’ve noticed some chest pain while intermittent fasting....
Hi, first time faster here. been curious about fasting and reading about it for a long time. Tried IF (eating only once at 7pm - mostly vegetables and very little animal products). Before fasting, I got a lot of chest pains,...
I used to water fast OMAD style almost every day for a large portion of my life but not so much anymore. A lot of days I have about 30lbs of gear on for 12+ hours straight at a time....
I am a 79 year old white female living in Md. 11/19/2021-Water Fasted for 6 days because of Gut pain, Reduced severe pain by 90% I was diagnosed with a lump (2.3 size) in Pancreas-pancreatic cancer on 1.3.2022. Exploratory SURGEY SCHEDULED...
Maybe it wasn't wise to break fast eating normal food. Fasted for about 64hrs with just water and black coffee (well did have cream/stevia this morning). Had a grilled chicken salad from chick fila for lunch and taco bell for...