Clearing "mental hurdles"
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Hello, everyone.
I have a very hard time completing even the simplest tasks. For example, filling up our Brita filter requires a Herculean amount of mental energy, even though I literally just have to pour some water into a bucket.
I've tried various drugs—Adderall, Concerta, Vyvanse, Mydayis, Zoloft, Wellbutrin—and none of them have helped. I've tried short detoxes from technology, but those don't seem to help either. I need to do some more experimentation with diet and sleep but am wondering if anyone has any other suggestions.
Has anyone found any supplements helpful here? Any foods I should add or eliminate aside from the obvious (e.g., carrot salad/PUFA)?
Thank you.
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This seems to be an serotonin issue. How would you describe your current diet? Are you on any other medications by chance? If so, what would they be?
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@farragut_fox Could be many things but looking into inflammation, nutrition, and serotonin would be a good start. Sometimes things like this are literally as simple as a single vitamin that you are deficient in such as vit d or calcium or maybe a type of food that is causing inflammation like gluten
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you need to calm down and focus on the task, there is no magic pill.
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@farragut_fox You are describing decreased brain energy/hypoxia to a Tee. This is caused by thiamine deficiency/thiamine functional blockage. Or it could be hypothyroidism.... Each of these, thiamine deficiency and hypothyroidism derail oxidative metabolism so they have some similar symptoms. For your consideration:
https://www.hormonesmatter.com/depression-anxiety-chronically-hypoxic-brain/https://www.hormonesmatter.com/energy-medicine/
http://www.hormonesmatter.com/thiamine-deficiency-causes-problems/
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@mostlylurking Thank you. My O2% is often rather low, 95%, would that indicate hypoxia? I assume a thiamine supplement regimen would be all I need to remedy this, or would at least go a long way.
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@farragut_fox I think that it would be a good idea if you would take some time to learn about thiamine. I've found Elliot Overton's articles and his youtube videos to be very helpful.
I also think that Dr. Lonsdale's articles have helped me a lot. Here's one for your consideration.
http://www.hormonesmatter.com/thiamine-deficiency-causes-problems/I take a few things that go along with taking high dose thiamine hcl; magnesium glycinate, niacinamide, and riboflavin. I chose to take thiamine hcl instead of TTFD thiamine because I do well on it and TTFD gave me a headache. That said, my husband takes TTFD with no problems.
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3mg methylene blue daily with OJ in the morning
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@mostlylurking bro loves theamine
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@skylark Yes, I do love thiamine. Ray Peat was a fan of it too. Thiamine is vitamin B1. You can get a deficiency in thiamine (vitamin B1) that can wreak havoc in your body systems (all of them).
Ray Peat on thiamine (vitamin B1):
Thiamine mentioned in Ray Peat's written work
Vitamin B1 (thiamine) mentioned in Ray Peat's written work
Thiamine mentioned in Ray Peat's audio interviews
Vitamin B1 (thiamine) mentioned in Ray Peat's audio interviews
This forum is named the Bioenergetic Forum:
https://www.nature.com/subjects/bioenergetics
"Bioenergetics is the branch of biochemistry that focuses on how cells transform energy, often by producing, storing or consuming adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Bioenergetic processes, such as cellular respiration or photosynthesis, are essential to most aspects of cellular metabolism, therefore to life itself."Ray Peat focused a lot on the concept that if cellular energy is optimized then health follows.
Thiamine is required for cellular energy. Thiamine acts as a co-enzyme in several steps in the Krebs cycle which is how cellular energy (ATP) happens.
The importance of thiamine (vitamin B1) in humans
I understand that there is a fascination with methylene blue in some people who are interested in optimizing their bioenergy . And I guess it can be helpful in some instances. Ray Peat was interested in learning what it was doing. But it is a laboratory dye, not a vitamin. Nobody has ever suffered from a laboratory dye deficiency.
Methylene blue mentioned in Ray Peat's written work
Methylene blue mentioned in Ray Peat's audio interviews
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@mostlylurking impressive. I’ve found Ray’s recommendation of small amounts of thiamine & t3 to boost cognition to be very effective for studying.
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How long do you think I need to avoid gluten for me to notice the effects? I think the longest I've gone with zero gluten is a week or so; over that week, I haven't noticed a difference. Perhaps I just need to go longer.
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Thyroid, Lisuride (by itself or combined with cyproheptadine), b1, methylene blue, aspirin, addressing gut issues if you have any.
Do you drink coffee?
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@Hando-Jin I do drink coffee. Many people have mentioned methylene blue, I think I will try it.
