(23-05-2012, 11:25 AM)freddy Wrote: Lenneth, is just 2 days off PM going to be enough?
(23-05-2012, 03:05 PM)bryony Wrote: I did a cold turkey experiment for 7 days. (Click on my name to the left and go down to "find all threads" if you are interested) and logged my experiences for each day. It took me about 6 days to recover full functionality and TS obsessions. Day 2 was the worst for depression.
Since then I've been using Butea Superba every day, and that seems to give me the level of libido and functionality that I'm happy with, without the need for regular cold turkey.
B.
(23-05-2012, 07:13 PM)Lenneth Wrote:(23-05-2012, 11:25 AM)freddy Wrote: Lenneth, is just 2 days off PM going to be enough?
(23-05-2012, 03:05 PM)bryony Wrote: I did a cold turkey experiment for 7 days. (Click on my name to the left and go down to "find all threads" if you are interested) and logged my experiences for each day. It took me about 6 days to recover full functionality and TS obsessions. Day 2 was the worst for depression.
Since then I've been using Butea Superba every day, and that seems to give me the level of libido and functionality that I'm happy with, without the need for regular cold turkey.
B.
I'm not worried about "Functionallity" at the moment, no issues with that other than gaining a measure of control over it, no I did this just to see what would happen, and to see if it could encourage more growth.
No depression issues, but I am getting unexplainable stress and minor CD urges returning.
ive decided to go back on PM today anyway.
(23-05-2012, 10:47 PM)Lenneth Wrote: yes the Dysphoria would explain it, and it "melted" away less than an hour after taking some PM.
best way I can describe it without a needless long explanation.
(24-05-2012, 06:58 AM)Pansy-Mae Wrote:(23-05-2012, 10:47 PM)Lenneth Wrote: yes the Dysphoria would explain it, and it "melted" away less than an hour after taking some PM.
best way I can describe it without a needless long explanation.
Your experience is pretty much what we all find in doing that. The time taken and intensity naturally varies from person to person, but the underlying symptoms are there.
(24-05-2012, 03:43 PM)bryony Wrote: It just goes to show what a strange bag of chemicals we are. Conditions in my life that hitherto I used to rationalise my depression have not changed, yet I can address them positively now, or accept what I cannot do anything about.
I'm pretty sure that all forms of depression are caused by endocrine imbalances, e.g. post-natal depression.
What's annoying is that (from what I read) doctors in my country ("universal healthcare")wouldn't prescribe Estrogen to fix my mental health without insisting that I spend some months in a dress! (I may be wrong - I haven't been to find out). Once that happens I guess you are pretty much committed.
(24-05-2012, 03:43 PM)bryony Wrote: Thank God for herbal remedies.... as long as the EU or the FDA don't take sufficient bribes from the Pharma people to put the kibosh on it!