No one loves vodka more than me. It makes me a happier, better, more productive and fun-loving person. I swear to God, I was made to drink. Unfortunately, however, even one drink causes the fuzziness in my feet and legs to increase and move up my body. And I never drank one drink. Always a pint or more. I love vodka!
For a while, I'd go two weeks off, two weeks on. But then the fuzziness in my legs stopped going away during the off weeks. I'd done permanent damage. I could walk a city block before, now I can't. Now I can barely make the rounds of a mini-super-market.
So, just three week ago, I stopped drinking entirely and hope to stay forever a less happy, less better, less productive and less fun-loving person.
What a flippin' mess.
I do not think I was ever an alcoholic, since I could stop drinking at will. And I don't think booze was the cause of my disease (the CIDP variant of PM), since it started during a 19 year stretch when I didn't drink at all. But I know for a fact that my beloved V made my symptoms worse and that I allowed it to do damage that'll never leave.
Sigh.
Unlike everyone else here, I don't take any supplements. I've tried all of them over the years and none seemed to make a difference. That said, I'll probably soon start up with them again, to see if now is different. One can only hope.