06-10-2011, 04:57 AM
Changed your mind? In what way?
I think it is probably time for me to do an update on my little experiment. Before I started it, I wouldn't have said being off PM makes that much difference to my attitudes and behaviour. I have always thought of myself as a relatively calm, steady person.
Well, you're never too old to learn something about yourself.
I will say I have no cravings for the PM, or any other supplement. There is no physical withdrawal at all for me. I am not getting headaches, stomach trouble, muscle trouble, or sleep trouble that I haven't had my whole life. Fenugreek and Fennel both reduce my IBS, but I haven't taken them for something like a year now. I don't keep a diary, so I don't have exact dates.
It has been about two and a half weeks with no PM (or any other herbs) now. I could swear looking in the mirror my under boob has shrunk some on both sides, although the side boobs appear to have expanded a bit. Probably just seeing my insecurities reflected back at me. The tape measure says nothing has changed. The scale says I have dropped almost 10 pounds. My blood pressure has dropped a little, not very much. I'm more handsome, and I washed my car. My dog ran out of cookies.
The changes I am finding are more of the mental type. Perhaps they'll level off and sort themselves out over the next couple of weeks. I find myself much more easily irked, less tolerant and patient, less able to concentrate, and I am putting my mouth in gear before my brain is running. I believe it is due to stopping PM, even though I was only taking 500mg/day as a maintenance dose for quite a while now. I am hoping it is only temporary as my body adjusts. If not, then perhaps it isn't chemical at all, but a more profound unhappiness and distraction from being aware I am not doing anything like NBE. I am doing more girl-watching, have actually gone back to some porn sites I haven't visited for months, and am more inclined to watch an idiotic tv ad or show if there is a great rack on display. My driving has become rather aggressive and impatient. These are all bad things. I would have said I don't have these issues, but the evidence is that I do have them. I am going to stay off PM for a while longer to see if I can master these personal shortcomings. If not, then I think I would rather take the PM at a maintenance level and be a better person. We'll see. Stay tuned, more to come. Same bat-channel, same batty sfem.
I think it is probably time for me to do an update on my little experiment. Before I started it, I wouldn't have said being off PM makes that much difference to my attitudes and behaviour. I have always thought of myself as a relatively calm, steady person.
Well, you're never too old to learn something about yourself.
I will say I have no cravings for the PM, or any other supplement. There is no physical withdrawal at all for me. I am not getting headaches, stomach trouble, muscle trouble, or sleep trouble that I haven't had my whole life. Fenugreek and Fennel both reduce my IBS, but I haven't taken them for something like a year now. I don't keep a diary, so I don't have exact dates.
It has been about two and a half weeks with no PM (or any other herbs) now. I could swear looking in the mirror my under boob has shrunk some on both sides, although the side boobs appear to have expanded a bit. Probably just seeing my insecurities reflected back at me. The tape measure says nothing has changed. The scale says I have dropped almost 10 pounds. My blood pressure has dropped a little, not very much. I'm more handsome, and I washed my car. My dog ran out of cookies.
The changes I am finding are more of the mental type. Perhaps they'll level off and sort themselves out over the next couple of weeks. I find myself much more easily irked, less tolerant and patient, less able to concentrate, and I am putting my mouth in gear before my brain is running. I believe it is due to stopping PM, even though I was only taking 500mg/day as a maintenance dose for quite a while now. I am hoping it is only temporary as my body adjusts. If not, then perhaps it isn't chemical at all, but a more profound unhappiness and distraction from being aware I am not doing anything like NBE. I am doing more girl-watching, have actually gone back to some porn sites I haven't visited for months, and am more inclined to watch an idiotic tv ad or show if there is a great rack on display. My driving has become rather aggressive and impatient. These are all bad things. I would have said I don't have these issues, but the evidence is that I do have them. I am going to stay off PM for a while longer to see if I can master these personal shortcomings. If not, then I think I would rather take the PM at a maintenance level and be a better person. We'll see. Stay tuned, more to come. Same bat-channel, same batty sfem.