I am interested in hearing about any personal dry fasting experiences beyond 7 days. Searching for information online I discovered there is an individual that claims doing 20 days dry, which goes to show that it is possible! To anyone that has went past 7 and up to 20, how would you sum up your experience? What helped you to push through this ammount of days? What were some of the most memorable moments throughout the fast if any ? Thank you for sharing !
I recently completed my first two, long dry fasts.
I did a dry fast of 9 days under the supervision of Dr. Filonov, rested for 9 days, and then followed up with a 10-day dry fast.
I’m doing it to heal a shoulder injury.
I was later told that if you go 9+ days, you should wait at least another 14 days before going into another 9+ day dry fast. I didn’t do this because I was so set on healing my injury.
My fast finished this morning, so I can’t say if my shoulder is healed yet, as most healing takes place during the refeed.
I would definitely say to not combine long fasts so close together. I should’ve waited at least 2-3 weeks, as it was quite taxing on the body, but I pushed through anyways. It was interesting on day 10, as I didn’t feel like I was healing that much more the longer I went on, as if I were reaching a point of diminishing returns. Or, it could be the case that I just didn’t notice the amount of healing.
Overall, I’m already looking forward to doing another one in probably 2-3 months. I need a break after combing such long fasts so close together. Not resting enough made the second fast a lot more difficult, as I should’ve done a longer refeed first.