Sugar withdrawl

Yes it's a real thing! You can gradually cut it out. I don't think that I would try and just cut it all out. You could start eating chocolate kisses or something to be enough to get you through.

Yes I think I will try a few weeks of a small bit a day before going cold turkey. I have read a few articles on the sugar addiction, and every symptom I have listed is mentioned in regards to sugar withdrawal.

Then why bother even asking the board for their opinion if you were going to wait for the response you wanted to verify an article you read.

I said the symptoms related to sugar withdrawal not sugar addiction. Similar to caffeine withdrawal, no?

No..Sugar is a sugar. It's a carb. It's energy. Are you perhaps limiting carbs as well? I feel like crap if I don't get a good amount of carbs. Not your symptoms bad but I definitely don't have the energy without them.

What is your calorie goal?

Yes it's a real thing! You can gradually cut it out. I don't think that I would try and just cut it all out. You could start eating chocolate kisses or something to be enough to get you through.

Yes I think I will try a few weeks of a small bit a day before going cold turkey. I have read a few articles on the sugar addiction, and every symptom I have listed is mentioned in regards to sugar withdrawal.

Well I wish you luck! It is a very real thing and any smart person (not you, but these other "smart people") would know that the sugar industry is a major industry and it's not because it's NOT addictive....just like the tobacco industry....they dont want you to know that it's addicting and can kill you and these idiots on this post are the ones who fall into it. I must have hit the jack pot post with the cane farmers! What happened to the good ol' days when the dumbasses didn't know how to turn on their computers?

I was going to offer you a tinfoil hat after your 'Big Sugar' rant (never mind that Big Placebo and the health food industry rake in the cash too, and they're not pushing 'addictive' substances) but then you decided to start calling people names for giving sound advice (going to the doctor, moderation) rather than just telling the OP what she wanted to hear.
Believe it or not, people who don't agree with you that sugar is OMGSOEVIL are not shills for 'Big Sugar' and they're not idiots either. There are a lot of successful people on this site who promote moderation and are A-OK with sugar. But then again, you're so smart, you probably noticed that, right?
OP, go to the doctor. What you're describing doesn't sound normal or healthy.

Yes it's a real thing! You can gradually cut it out. I don't think that I would try and just cut it all out. You could start eating chocolate kisses or something to be enough to get you through.

Yes I think I will try a few weeks of a small bit a day before going cold turkey. I have read a few articles on the sugar addiction, and every symptom I have listed is mentioned in regards to sugar withdrawal.

Well I wish you luck! It is a very real thing and any smart person (not you, but these other "smart people") would know that the sugar industry is a major industry and it's not because it's NOT addictive....just like the tobacco industry....they dont want you to know that it's addicting and can kill you and these idiots on this post are the ones who fall into it. I must have hit the jack pot post with the cane farmers! What happened to the good ol' days when the dumbasses didn't know how to turn on their computers?

I've heard that the least intellectual people are usually the ones to start throwing insults first. Guess I can put that theory to rest.

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well, addiction is real. depends on the invididual. whatever it is that they believe they cannot live without is a real addiction for that particular person. keyword there is believe. quitting cold turkey of whatever it is can cause all sorts of mental distress which, in turn, can psychsomatically manifest as true physical withdrawal symptoms. keyword again is can. not that it always will.

but I agree with majority-- seek medical advice right away. Hope you're able to kick the habit if that's what you truly want to do.

Oh my gosh I can totally relate to this! I always feel the need to have chocolate ugh. And then I feel bad for eating crap so I try and eat less of everything else. It's a **** cycle, and it's so unhealthy

What is so unhealthy about chocolate?

just eating milk chocolate makes me feel so gross, I don't know...

I guess I don't understand the who sugar isn't addictive thing.

I mean in a world where gambling, sex, caffeine and video games are all addictive why not sugar?

Comparing it to heroin might be a bit much but comparing it to some of the above it doesn't seem out of place. People get used to stuff and then their brain punishes them if they don't get it. That stuff could be a kiss good night or a chocolate bar and the responses to withdrawal could be irritation, anger, headaches, compulsive ideation or probably much worse.

I might be missing some aspect of the argument against sugar addiction though so just curious.

Oh my gosh I can totally relate to this! I always feel the need to have chocolate ugh. And then I feel bad for eating crap so I try and eat less of everything else. It's a **** cycle, and it's so unhealthy

What is so unhealthy about chocolate?

just eating milk chocolate makes me feel so gross, I don't know...

So wait... you feel like you need to have something that makes you feel gross?

no, I just feel gross afterwards

You said you always feel the need to have chocolate. Milk chocolate makes you feel gross after you eat it. Therefore, you feel the need to have something that makes you feel gross. I have to say, I don't understand that at all. How do you want something that makes you feel gross?

You are assuming it's "sugar addiction" but you don't know for sure. It doesn't always pay to play doctor and self diagnosis yourself. The best thing to do is see a doctor.