A day without pills
Its been, now, 15 hours since my last pill ingestion. And its going to be many more until I take them again. It feels wonderful, but besides that, its a good excuse to review pills in general.
Observation: I dont need much water. I drink around 5 to 6 liters of water daily. I have noticed before and notice today, that that amount is probably halved if not thirded when I do not take any pills. I blame, primarily, the niacinamide, which dehydrates through a mechanism of local swelling. I think the vitmain B complex alrso requires a lot of water or else I get naseaous.
Other observations. Today is probaly the clearest I have felt to date. Not only that, but the past two, two and a half weks, have seen my health improve a lot. There were two crashes in that time, but, for the most part, pretty good stuff. I wonder if the ALA is helping, or if its just a natural swing. I am just observing, mind you, and riding the wave.
Observation: I am begrudgingly admitting that stress plays a major part in the symptomology. I have not seen, until recently, a relationship between stress and depression, but I am hypothesizing one now. I have executed a symptom data entry system to code and track stressors and symptoms. I think we will see some correlations.
Interesting: I have been waking up, lately, with only 7-7.5 hours sleep. I regularly need 8.25. This is an interesting new experience. Often I sleep less and have more insomnia when I am tired. Its a crappy catch 22. But every doctor in the worls wants to investigate the possibility of a manic depressive swing, so I will monitor that too. If we crash after this, then we will assume thats the case. No drugs, though, but I will take it into account when looking for the cause.
Update: still able to go more than 3 hours on a single protein snack. I dont know how far, but at least 4 hours. Not really testing this until after the PTC, but there it is.
Interesting: as in previous non-pill days, I do feel better than when I take them. Past history tells me that I will accelerate my mind to the point of incoherency if I go another day or two. This is not a surprise. I am taking 10x, 100x, 1000x daily recommended doses. Lets not kid ourselves, this is probably less toxic than pharmaceuticals, but it is foriegn in those amounts. I dont think there are lingering effects, but, there are usually some side effects.
Observation: I dont need much water. I drink around 5 to 6 liters of water daily. I have noticed before and notice today, that that amount is probably halved if not thirded when I do not take any pills. I blame, primarily, the niacinamide, which dehydrates through a mechanism of local swelling. I think the vitmain B complex alrso requires a lot of water or else I get naseaous.
Other observations. Today is probaly the clearest I have felt to date. Not only that, but the past two, two and a half weks, have seen my health improve a lot. There were two crashes in that time, but, for the most part, pretty good stuff. I wonder if the ALA is helping, or if its just a natural swing. I am just observing, mind you, and riding the wave.
Observation: I am begrudgingly admitting that stress plays a major part in the symptomology. I have not seen, until recently, a relationship between stress and depression, but I am hypothesizing one now. I have executed a symptom data entry system to code and track stressors and symptoms. I think we will see some correlations.
Interesting: I have been waking up, lately, with only 7-7.5 hours sleep. I regularly need 8.25. This is an interesting new experience. Often I sleep less and have more insomnia when I am tired. Its a crappy catch 22. But every doctor in the worls wants to investigate the possibility of a manic depressive swing, so I will monitor that too. If we crash after this, then we will assume thats the case. No drugs, though, but I will take it into account when looking for the cause.
Update: still able to go more than 3 hours on a single protein snack. I dont know how far, but at least 4 hours. Not really testing this until after the PTC, but there it is.
Interesting: as in previous non-pill days, I do feel better than when I take them. Past history tells me that I will accelerate my mind to the point of incoherency if I go another day or two. This is not a surprise. I am taking 10x, 100x, 1000x daily recommended doses. Lets not kid ourselves, this is probably less toxic than pharmaceuticals, but it is foriegn in those amounts. I dont think there are lingering effects, but, there are usually some side effects.
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