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Hey folks,
I'm playing with the thought of buying some 5-HTP or St. Johns Wort to use like once in a week or so.
Does anyone have experience with those?
Having some concerts and festivals in the summer and I think those would spike my serotonin quite a bit to be able to enjoy the music more...
I never used them, but would an occasional use of them lower dopamin too much?
Should I take them with Mucuna or Shilajit or not at all?
I’d use them to optimize serotonin beforehand, but don’t take it during, or right after your roll. I’d stop the day before, and start the day after, to replenish. But I take it before bed for a week at a time sometimes and it does help elevate my mood daily. I do notice I feel more positive, but that could be placebo.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSatan
I wouldn't use it personally. Seratonin and Dopamine work on a seesaw and I think our dopamine is impaired with pfs = arousal.
I used st johns before I got pfs and it did fuck up my libido. never tried 5htp but I'd assume it does the same. Nature walks give u all the upside of seratonin especially now that it's nice out without the negatives. Even tho those are pretty natural.
He's going to roll?Quote:
Originally Posted by tallstraw
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I've never gotten much out of them, but you could try without hurting yourself. They're generally safe.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSatan
yeah I hve the weirdest libido. before I got pfs when I was all normal I had a super high libido like Russell Brand's or something.
But at the same time alcohol, kratom, seratonin boosters, and what finally crashed me RU58841 would nuke it. Sky high yet sensitive to obstruction.
Generally how most people I know would have understood “I’d like to spike my serotonin to enjoy the music more.” I take that as a low key “hey I’m gonna take some Molly.”Quote:
Originally Posted by Cdsnuts
Anytime music festival and serotonin is used, I’ll inherently assume it’s molly related.
Yeah, I get the reference, but given he's on this forum and he's going through PFS type shit, he may be genuinely trying to enjoy himself more because of the blunted effects brought on by this condition.Quote:
Originally Posted by tallstraw
If he is going to roll, I would highly recommend against it. I rolled last year, for the first time in almost fifteen years. I was 40 years old and as healthy as one could be mentally and physically. I was an anxious wreck for 2-3 days afterwords. I had to grab some benzo's off the street and popped em like candy for a few days until my brain went back online. It would be an absolute nightmare for a guy in the throws of PFS to do that.
I shudder to think about it.
No drugs, just wanted to know a safe option to increase serotonin, to see if it does sth for my anhedonia.
Thanks guys, I probably gonna try them soon. I can live with a decrease in libido as long as it is only for the moment...music always meant more to me than sex to be honest, although I also had an almost manic sex drive so I can relate jacknap lol. Could do like 7-8 rounds in a night...fun times :) but this condition we are in made me also think about ways to increase joy in life without sex...who knows if and when libido is back on track
so we can at least try to enjoy the other things in life and try to optimize the other aspects, as there are so many. Sex can be incredible, but it's also only the tip of the iceberg.
That's what I thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSatan
You'll get there my friend. As long as you stick to the program, you'll get there. I have no doubts about that.
How do you feel after a breathing session?
To be honest I didn't do the breathing exercises since the fast. Yet have to implement these. I still have to find out the benefits for this one...mabye I was doing them wrong before or not conistently enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cdsnuts
Always have gotten more out of meditation =mostly benefits for anxiety/stress relief. I'll probably try to combine the two, a nice breathing session followed by deep meditation.
I love this trance like state in which you're put in sometimes during meditation, even if it's just there for seconds. Sometimes there seem to appear some subliminal pictures from my subconscious mind, often forgotten memories from my childhood or random feelings and stuff like that, which I think is awesome. One time it induced a beautiful melancholia, something I haven't felt in quite a while...it brought some tears to my eyes. Sometimes it makes you see more clear so you can perceive the bigger picture and lets you realize the more important things, other times it just pushes your state of well-being a bit (very subtle). I did meditate before my current condititon too and together with exercise it worked wonders for my social anxiety and induced a very grounded inner calmness. It's something probably everyone should do.
The breathing exercises are the fastest way to get you brain in the proper mindset for a nice deep mediation. I've had some of my deepest meditations because of this practice. If you enjoy mediation, this will increase the pleasure and effectiveness of your mediation by leaps and bounds. It really makes that much of a difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSatan
Tried it the last few days and it adds a nice little push to your meditation sessions. Very deep indeedQuote:
Originally Posted by Cdsnuts
The best part is it's cumulative. So the more you practice, the better the results get.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSatan