Tag: metabolism

  • Breaking the Stress Cycle

    Hey Dave, I know you favor cyproheptadine a lot but after thinking about your recent unpleasant experience, I wanted to send some information your way. I’ve been learning as much as I can about serotonin and signalling in the body, and it is some pretty deep stuff. Serotonin modulation is able to detect CO2 in…

  • Lamotrigine Accelerates Brain Aging

    Lamotrigine, an anticonvulsant used to treat bipolar II disorder (cyclical depression without mania) has been shown to extend lifespan but induce motor retardation as a proxy for brain aging. Other anticonvulsants, including lithium and valproic acid (Depakote) have beneficial effects on both longevity and healthspan. “The discovery of life extension in Caenorhabditis elegans treated with…

  • How DHEA Skyrockets Libido by Lowering Stress and How Trauma Causes Sex Addiction

    My sex drive is still hit and miss, as is my sense of pleasure, euphoria, social cleverness, wit (basically everything associated with dopaminergic activity and high testosterone.) As shown by my crystal clear vision (as opposed to my previous myopia), serotonin seems quite low. Are there any other methods that you have found to raise…

  • Taurine and Muscle Glycogen

    Q: “When I take taurine my muscles get this “full” feeling which I am sure is because taurine increases glycogen storage in muscles, but I have no increase in energy, decrease of fat gain or cravings.Does that mean that I am using glucose well and should look for the cause of lack of energy elsewhere?”A:…

  • Why You Feel Helpless and What to Do About It

    Learned helplessness appears alongside depression, where intense, prolonged stress can exhaust the organism. An lack of available energy often leads to psychological exhaustion and feelings of malaise. Anxiety intuitively resembles the pain response, whereas depression or apathy exist as a complete lack of engagement in the stimuli all together, but researchers found that actually ties…