There's a problem that faces those of us who want to tap into the huge variety of medical theory and supplements available... there are so many things to try! I have to give each thing I try, whether new itself, a new dosage, or a new combination of previously tested agents, a nice long period to settle and adjust. Ideally two months. But if I waited two months to make a change I would only try six things a year, and we know that we'd NEVER GET TO HEALTH that way.
One reason I suggest "two months" as a waiting period is that I have Bipolar II and even with medications my moods and energy levels are all over the place. I have no ability to take a new supplement and have any kind of fine discernment about what it did. Only if it has a huge effect can I tell.
Recently a few supplements did have huge effects on me, like adb12 (adenosylcobolamim) and DHEA. Also Lithium. After some time of taking those regularly, I started to identify downsides, problems that seem to crop up when taking too much of them over a period of time.
That leads to a new rule I have for myself: if a supplement has a big effect immediately, take that supplement only a very low level for sustained use. This is basically the idea that a huge effect probably means it's tapping into some underused biochemical system which is missing some of the cofactors. I don't want to get that system going like mad. In a while, After adding other cofactors and miscellaneous things, I can try a small increase in the sustained level of that medication.
Another idea: I could introduce new supplements in groups and look first for major negative reactions. Try to construct a group from mostly low-risk supplements that you don't think you are going to react to, that hardly anyone reacts to. So a major negative reaction points to you high-risk supplements. Do an experiment over the next few days and nail down which supplement is the problem one. Or if you get a big positive reaction, again experiment.
But in many cases you'll have mild reactions, probably mild benefit. Then just keep the whole group in your daily regimen. This would be , for instance, for types of supplements that are low-risk with nearly a perfect record of evidence suggesting they are helpful, like maybe CoQ10 for the Krebs cycle.
Any other ideas for how to manage the experimentation with large numbers of options?
One reason I suggest "two months" as a waiting period is that I have Bipolar II and even with medications my moods and energy levels are all over the place. I have no ability to take a new supplement and have any kind of fine discernment about what it did. Only if it has a huge effect can I tell.
Recently a few supplements did have huge effects on me, like adb12 (adenosylcobolamim) and DHEA. Also Lithium. After some time of taking those regularly, I started to identify downsides, problems that seem to crop up when taking too much of them over a period of time.
That leads to a new rule I have for myself: if a supplement has a big effect immediately, take that supplement only a very low level for sustained use. This is basically the idea that a huge effect probably means it's tapping into some underused biochemical system which is missing some of the cofactors. I don't want to get that system going like mad. In a while, After adding other cofactors and miscellaneous things, I can try a small increase in the sustained level of that medication.
Another idea: I could introduce new supplements in groups and look first for major negative reactions. Try to construct a group from mostly low-risk supplements that you don't think you are going to react to, that hardly anyone reacts to. So a major negative reaction points to you high-risk supplements. Do an experiment over the next few days and nail down which supplement is the problem one. Or if you get a big positive reaction, again experiment.
But in many cases you'll have mild reactions, probably mild benefit. Then just keep the whole group in your daily regimen. This would be , for instance, for types of supplements that are low-risk with nearly a perfect record of evidence suggesting they are helpful, like maybe CoQ10 for the Krebs cycle.
Any other ideas for how to manage the experimentation with large numbers of options?