Sleep paralysis was always an extremely harrowing and traumatic experience for me. I was never able to calm down when I'd entered a state of paralysis, even when I was fully cognizant that I was in paralysis. I would wake up, unable to move, unable to breathe, unable to speak. Below are a few different experiences.

A vivid experience was when I awoke with paralysis and a dark shadow figure looked like he was leaning over my face and staring down it me. I could feel the tilt of the bed as it's hands pressed into the bed so it could support itself as it leaned over me. I was absolutely convinced it was a person in my room too dark to see.

Another experience I had was a series of deep hallucinations while in paralysis. I woke up and was in the state of paralysis, and I slipped back into a dream that I had woken up from that night and decided to explore around my block. I entered someone else's apartment (an apartment that I'd never been in before), and proceeded to collapse on their living room and reenter a state of paralysis. Then I slipped back into a dream that I had woken up in my bed and walked to the kitchen of my apartment and once again collapsed into paralysis. Some variation of this continued on for what what felt like days/weeks. When I actually woke up, I had no idea what was real anymore. The hallucinations had genuinely felt like they had happened to some extent. This was by far the worst of all of them. Would not wish it on anyone.

@natureman

Wouldn't it be a tiny amount of oil though? That shouldn't really be the issue.

@RandomUser

And can you be more specific on what the experience is like when using it that long?

@yerrag

You use it 8 hours a day?! At 5% CO2? I gotta know more about the experience. Do you just feel super relaxed all day? Time dilation? What effects in short/long term do you notice?

@edouard

I stopped taking the DHT not long after making this post because it was freaking me out. However, the past few weeks I've been experimenting with using Stearic Acid as my main fat source and the green stools have returned. So I'm assuming it just means very fast transit time. I'm going to tentatively say it seems like a good thing, stomach bloat is way down, and fast transit time should be a good thing according to the Peatarian view.

Also I changed my user account to this.

@sneedful

It's about experimenting. I drink for fun and don't plan on stopping drinking. Taking alcohol via enema gets you drunk way quicker by the way. So it's a win-win-win. You get drunk quicker, more drunk overall, and you're potentially sidestepping ones of the biggest drawbacks. Trying new ways of doing things IS fun Doing the same activity the same way a million times over without branching out is boring.

Would intravenous or an edema be a viable way of consuming alcohol without the negative gut/endotoxin effects? I'm aware that it's an extremely dangerous way to consume alcohol, but if you were diligent about dosing, it seems you'd avoid that major drawback.

@haidut

Incredibly interesting study, thanks Haidut.

This does have some interesting implications regarding serotonin though. Could serotonin possibly be preventative in autoimmune conditions? I mean if they are correct that it dampens immune/allergenic responses. Obviously, I'm not advocating that people should seek to increase it, nor am I saying the benefits of that function would outweigh the harm.

@Ray-Peat-Fanboy

Well, if it's safe for your face, it's probably safe for your scalp. I'm considering getting this and giving it a shot. If it gets to 42 C then I'm sure it will at least somewhat help soften fibrosis.

I suppose the question is how deep the ultrasound penetrates. But even hitting the dermis should be fine for what I'm doing.

Hmm, could this also work for scalp fibrosis? It should work there too as scarring is just collagen buildup.

Only drawback I can imagine is you'd probably damage hair follicles in the process.

Edit: just looked it up, hair follicles are immediately damaged at 60 C but can be damaged if put at 40 C for prolonged periods of time. I wonder how long you'd need to do this treatment for it to work.

Edit edit: I'd also be worried about doing it so close to my brain. Maybe this is not a good idea for the scalp lol.