Tag: ocd

  • The Link Between Salt and the Gut

    I’m not sure, if I can make milk work for me at the moment, feels like my metabolism is way too low to handle all the liquid. I’d need to eat waaay more sugar and salt in one sitting, to the point I feel thirsty or I feel really diluted or hypotonic, something like 3000kcal…

  • What to Do About Your Coconut Oil Intolerance

    I still can’t tolerate coconut oil, even after slowly increasing the amount. Where do you think I should get my fat? Dark chocolate? RAY PEAT FORUM MEMBER RRR, APRIL 14, 2016 Chocolate contains cocoa butter, which contains predominantly saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, but many store brands contains soy lecithin, which acts as an emulsifier…

  • Pitfalls in Adolescent Psychiatry

      In his article Thyroid, Insomnia, and the Insanities: Commonalities in Disease, Dr. Raymond Peat, PhD talks about the chronology of mental illness: “Stress damages the energy producing systems of cells, especially the aerobic mitochondria, in many ways, and this damage can often be repaired. The insanities that are most often called schizophrenia tend to occur…

  • Mirtazapine Lowers Cortisol and Blocks the Stress Response

    Mirtazapine lowers cortisol and serotonin, responsible for its benefits in autism-spectrum disorder (ASD), major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Mirtazapine lowers cortisol: “…in all subjects, the cortisol (COR) concentrations were remarkably lower after mirtazapine compared to placebo…” “Mirtazapine lowered afternoon cortisol from week 1 to 4.” “Mirtazapine has been…