I want to share some clarity on TSW in the realm of either products, diets, fads, and fixes people are going to push on you, or that you’re desperately going to seek out for yourself to try and mitigate your pain.
I really want you to feel better. I especially don’t want you to waste your precious little emotional energy chasing unhelpful fixes and feeling like a failure when they don’t work.
There is so little clarity in the TSW world for those who are suffering, so I just want to clearly lay out what TSW definitely IS and what it definitely ISN’T so you can decide for yourself if the therapies or treatments you want to try will actually address TSW.
TSW is a physiological withdrawal to a medication. It is NOT eczema. It is NOT caused by a leaky gut. It is NOT caused by food allergies. It is caused by *steroid addiction.* Therefore, going on a diet to treat eczema (or leaky gut, etc.) is NOT going to treat drug withdrawal.
However, you don't have to "just take it," either. Here I talk about my recommendation to pursue palliative care, which means that you can't fix the underlying condition (steroid withdrawal), but you CAN help mitigate your symptoms to make your experience less awful.
Are you in pain? Take some pain meds. Are you still in tons of pain? Talk to your doctor about pain management options.
Are you not able to sleep? Take a sleep aid. Try meditation. Get even stronger medication if you need it.
Are your nerves on fire? Have you tried gabapentin or pain meds? How about baths? Gentle back rubs from a loved one? A hot water bottle?
Please don’t waste your precious mental or emotional energy by chasing after diets and cleanses and creams and protocols that are intended to help completely different conditions than TSW.
Time WILL fix your drug withdrawal ultimately. Unfortunately, symptom management is the best you can do until your body is able to function again without steroids.
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