RhythmSpring
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I almost posted this in the Mushrooms section but thought better of it.
So here's the deal. I'm dealing with some severe, longstanding auto-immune/lyme/mystery illness/inflammatory and osteoarthritis. Just for a little bit of background. [Please don't suggest anything for this, that is not what this thread is about. This is just background for the topic at hand.]
I used to take a LOT of reishi, like in my early to mid 20s.
Now, whenever take reishi, or any medicinal mushroom, I feel a HUGE difference in the way I act, feel, behave, think, etc.
On reishi, I feel like I have lots of patience, calm, strong energy, and I feel comfortable doing the things that I usually don't want to do. My personal boundaries are also fortified.
With shiitake, I feel strong and graceful.
With Lion's Mane, I feel super smart. Like SUUUUUPER smart. Like I could keep track of 8 trains of thought at once. I once slept one half of my brain at a time while driving on Lion's Mane because I couldn't pull over to sleep.
Maybe it's superhuman, or maybe it's just a BIG difference from my normal day-to-day, which, quite frankly, is sick, depressed, fatigued, and foggy.
It's the extremes that worry me, but I suppose if I had to choose, I'd choose the positive.
I guess I just hope the circumstances of my life don't become reliant on my taking these mushrooms, because they sure are drug-like.
My question is this: Does anybody else feel such extreme effects from taking medicinal mushrooms? Or is it just me, who has a LONG way to go in terms of healing. Because these herbs are adaptogenic--I have read that if you don't need them, you won't feel much.
So here's the deal. I'm dealing with some severe, longstanding auto-immune/lyme/mystery illness/inflammatory and osteoarthritis. Just for a little bit of background. [Please don't suggest anything for this, that is not what this thread is about. This is just background for the topic at hand.]
I used to take a LOT of reishi, like in my early to mid 20s.
Now, whenever take reishi, or any medicinal mushroom, I feel a HUGE difference in the way I act, feel, behave, think, etc.
On reishi, I feel like I have lots of patience, calm, strong energy, and I feel comfortable doing the things that I usually don't want to do. My personal boundaries are also fortified.
With shiitake, I feel strong and graceful.
With Lion's Mane, I feel super smart. Like SUUUUUPER smart. Like I could keep track of 8 trains of thought at once. I once slept one half of my brain at a time while driving on Lion's Mane because I couldn't pull over to sleep.
Maybe it's superhuman, or maybe it's just a BIG difference from my normal day-to-day, which, quite frankly, is sick, depressed, fatigued, and foggy.
It's the extremes that worry me, but I suppose if I had to choose, I'd choose the positive.
I guess I just hope the circumstances of my life don't become reliant on my taking these mushrooms, because they sure are drug-like. My question is this: Does anybody else feel such extreme effects from taking medicinal mushrooms? Or is it just me, who has a LONG way to go in terms of healing. Because these herbs are adaptogenic--I have read that if you don't need them, you won't feel much.
