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Hello friend,

I have been thinking. To be honest, I am always thinking, for better or worse. Today I seek help and knowledge. On some level, I want to help start a thread where problems will be solved. Not only mine, but maybe others as well.

I suppose me, or anyone, should write about the issue. Then we can talk about solutions and possible causes. I don't want to replace doctors, if you have medical issues you should visit a specialist. On the other hand there were times when I found the cause of the issue. Which would would otherwise lead to never ending chain of specialists probing me (I have lost feeling in my legs - because I sat wrong for a long time every day for months… stretching and sitting like human solved the issue in a week… otherwise I would be seeing neurologists and god know who else…)

In some parts, medicine is limited by its thinking. By believes and painfully slow process of accepting new ideas, research and possibilities.

One of my problems: Keratoconus

“Keratoconus is an eye condition in which your cornea — the clear, dome-shaped front of your eye — gets thinner and gradually bulges outward into a cone shape.

A cone-shaped cornea causes blurred vision and may cause sensitivity to light and glare. Keratoconus usually affects both eyes. However, it can affect one eye more than the other. It generally begins to affect people between the late teens and 30 years of age. The condition may progress slowly for 10 years or longer.

In the early stages of keratoconus, you might be able to correct vision problems with glasses or soft contact lenses. Later, you may have to be fitted with rigid, gas permeable contact lenses or other types of lenses, such as scleral lenses. If your condition gets worse, you may need a cornea transplant.

A procedure called corneal collagen cross-linking may help to slow or stop keratoconus from progressing, possibly preventing the need for a future cornea transplant. This treatment may be offered in addition to the vision correction options above.”

Factors causing it are: dry eye, allergies, conjunctivitis… I used to have all of them. And I still have dry eyes (after sleep mostly).

I have looked into possible solutions for dry eyes - other than eye drops.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4be7/0e7335c7bae4646c28b3720308381150403a.pdf

I am waiting on “polygonum cuspidatum” and “goji”. Will implement it on a daily basis. I will also report here and possibly inform my ophthalmologist (she is actually one of the good doctors) on results.

Also I am gonna be including some high flavonoid cacao - should improve the number of stem cells in blood. If I read up correctly.

On the part of my corneas, I have been thinking.
1. Improve my diet (include things for the eyes).
2. Try to find the psychological root of the issue. (this will include mushrooms or aya)

Are there things you guys would recommend? Specifically for eyes? For overall health?

What do you think, can I force my corneas to thicken? Ability of the body to repair itself is incredible, with my focus, and help, can this be done at least partially?

(Any changes and improvements would be improving possible clinical solutions also - with thicker corneas I would be able get better correction using LASIC)

Thank you for your ideas, knowledge and insight.

Much love

 

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Be prepared for random quack my love ~



For Overall Health,

One of the best things for overall health is to have what I would call, a very dynamic vascular system. This involves both the central and peripheral regions having the strength to compress and/or hold high pressures, but also the flexibility to dilate and relax. The reason for this, is that it is precisely this strength and elasticity which is a very important component in allowing your body to remain responsive to the universe, but also to deeply relax and regenerate.

Nicotine for instance, severely reduces peripheral regeneration, because it chronically seats itself in fat cells and stimulates the peripheral vascular system to constrict. This stimulant action is really just manhandling your receptors and causing them to seize up, and loose their dynamic capabilities. See #3 below.

Then the story typically is 90% avoidance of toxic or damaging things, and 10% giving your body the required support to grow and flourish.




Also I'm not a doctor. I'm just speaking out of my brain here. xD




Specifically for your eye situation you make me thing of a few things. I'm only spewing this to start discussion



1. I would like to understand it much better and more deeply, just, on a basic level. The anatomy, The 101 of health issues had in the region (not 'treatments'), etc.
2. What exactly is it about sleep in particular which makes your eyes dry do you think? and what exactly is it about being awake and (active?) which makes your eyes manageable? what are you doing here and or what is going on? are you still using eye drops?
3. Have you tried giving your eyes (and face) the sweat lodge / (hot!) sauna treatment? There are many creative ways to heat up your face and eyes as well beyond having a dedicated sauna/sweat lodge which I assume you probably don't have xD. Those methods could be devised if you want to try this. The whole point would be to really get your eye complex as a whole to start relaxing more often, sweating more often, lubricating itself more often, etc.
4. Your immune system can, generally, be boosted the most by not putting poisonous things into your body. This goes parallel with the diet topic (as well as any drugs and or beverages)
5. Diet might help... the biggest thing about diet in this era is NOT consuming all sorts of random toxins. By eating healthy food, you will be doing your body the great gift of guarding it from all sorts of wild poisonous effects. By eating the religious diet of fruits, nuts, (raw) veggies, and vegan in general, you will save your body from a lot of -adrenaline, cortisol, dopamine, and HPA axis activation, which all all implicated with each other. The HPA axis activation prevents rest and recovery, and stimulates alertness. This could facilitate your immune system's wellbeing in the long run, but you would have to commit for a while to start seeing deeper changes to your body & mind.
6. Try to, basically, never touch your eyes. Try your best to them completely to their own devices.
7. What is the air like in the spaces your eyes spend the majority of their time (asleep or awake)? You could try leaving the windows to your bedroom cracked, all year round.
8. What things make contact with your eyes? such as hands, bedsheets, swim goggles, etc? Do you work in an environment with complicated air? Are you a trucker or work in a factory, or live in a living space with potential mold in the air ducts or walls? etc etc.




While may of these measures may not directly address 'the issue' (which is a complicated and deep investigation in and of itself), implementing as many positive habits related to this issue is (in my opinion) always the safest bet. The western medical system is often just a massive 1st order treatment enterprise. Be careful. It's a fundamentally damaging way of addressing things embedded into complex systems. Not without it's pros, but with only increasing and complexifying cons as time processes and deeper forces manifest.

I also would not be surprised if eye drops make your eyes dry. If you are addicted to eye drops, I would consider building a taper regimen where you cut the fluid with sterile saline water.


And, generally speaking, HANDS OFF, your eyes. Whatever the doctors told you to do, if it involves a medication, ointment, or some sort of drug application, stop. Period. Leave. Your. Eyes. Alone.




I am looking forward to how the plant medicines speak to this !

I would be cautious about any surgical interventions, and should you be considering to proceed with them, definitely assess the 2nd order and 3rd order effects ~ just in general.

 

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Anecdotal addition here: after a recent bout of flu-rona, the enforced fasting plus sweating (nodding my head to the sweatlodge suggestion above) eventually left me feeling in better shape than before, including my eyes [all these late nights on the Nexus... sheesh...]

I would also look into the role of cholinergic neurotransmission with regard to eye moisturisation, which also sets me thinking along the lines of psychoemotional blockage - "boys don't cry" being something of a sociocultural maxim, perhaps. Ring any bells?

 

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1. I would like to understand it much better and more deeply, just, on a basic level. The anatomy, The 101 of health issues had in the region (not 'treatments'), etc.

I started have "red eyes" in high school. It was visible enough that some people thought I was doing drugs. In wind I had tears rolling down my face. I guess I didn't want to look at this world then... After some years with it and allergies, it was better. Or more likely I was not noticing it... at around 22-24 I had some conjunctivitis, after which my vision started to worsen. I didn't got it checked until later, when it went worse. (one of the reasons no ophthalmologist here at the time, now I have to travel 2 hours for a good one, but clinic should be one of the best in the country... I am very happy with my doctor...) When I got it checked, its Keratoconus - but not severe. I wear glasses or soft contact lenses depending on the day...

also I used to have asthma, and allergies I still have even thou its not severe

currently I am taking antihistaminic, but its mild stuff, which I started taking some time to see what will happen with my eye dryness - I think it got mildly better but I am not sure RN

2. What exactly is it about sleep in particular which makes your eyes dry do you think? and what exactly is it about being awake and (active?) which makes your eyes manageable? what are you doing here and or what is going on? are you still using eye drops?

The sleep is tricky one, I don't even have good theory. I guess maybe when lying in bed, sinuses get bit swollen and that affects tear ducts? together with not blinking there is not signals to make more tears and therefore it gets dry?

I am using/switching between artificial tears (without preservatives) and Olopatadine (for allergic conjunctivitis) , but usually not during the day, only after waking up if the dryness is severe... I don't use drops like crazy, and I am not addicted to them. I am aware of catch 22, if you use artificial something your body don't have to produce it...

3. Have you tried giving your eyes (and face) the sweat lodge / (hot!) sauna treatment? There are many creative ways to heat up your face and eyes as well beyond having a dedicated sauna/sweat lodge which I assume you probably don't have xD. Those methods could be devised if you want to try this. The whole point would be to really get your eye complex as a whole to start relaxing more often, sweating more often, lubricating itself more often, etc.

I don't have a sweat lodge, bud might try to implement this. Any specific ideas?

4. Your immune system can, generally, be boosted the most by not putting poisonous things into your body. This goes parallel with the diet topic (as well as any drugs and or beverages)

I agree

5. Diet might help... the biggest thing about diet in this era is NOT consuming all sorts of random toxins. By eating healthy food, you will be doing your body the great gift of guarding it from all sorts of wild poisonous effects. By eating the religious diet of fruits, nuts, (raw) veggies, and vegan in general, you will save your body from a lot of -adrenaline, cortisol, dopamine, and HPA axis activation, which all all implicated with each other. The HPA axis activation prevents rest and recovery, and stimulates alertness. This could facilitate your immune system's wellbeing in the long run, but you would have to commit for a while to start seeing deeper changes to your body & mind.

Hmmm, complex topic. I think my diet is much better than average human here. But its definitely not perfect. I am cutting some corners, for time and money reasons. I try limit sugar, quite a lot. If I consider something, not good for me I almost never buy it. I don't drink much alcohol. And I almost quit smoking, lets say I had 3 cigarettes in two weeks, even though its usually higher number, its less than one a day. I should consume more fruits, season of my own produce is over :/. I try to avoid high processed food.

I will try to add some more omega 3,6,9 and carotenoids - should be good for eyes.

I don't agree on vegan stuff, I consider steak tartare great food, in many way. I would say Paul Saladino is partially on the point.

But we would be going into evolutionary debate about food and we don't want that I am not eating much meat, I am eating less then I would feel is good to me. I eat much more stuff I consider not great for me (pastries). Also I am given some food I would normally would not eat because I would not buy it...

6. Try to, basically, never touch your eyes. Try your best to them completely to their own devices.

I will let them do their thing as much as possible

7. What is the air like in the spaces your eyes spend the majority of their time (asleep or awake)? You could try leaving the windows to your bedroom cracked, all year round.

During summer this was the case. Right now its -6 Celsius outside, cant have cracked windows

8. What things make contact with your eyes? such as hands, bedsheets, swim goggles, etc? Do you work in an environment with complicated air? Are you a trucker or work in a factory, or live in a living space with potential mold in the air ducts or walls? etc etc.

hands, bedsheets, I currently have some mold on walls... I will be moving in new year to completely different place

I also would not be surprised if eye drops make your eyes dry. If you are addicted to eye drops, I would consider building a taper regimen where you cut the fluid with sterile saline water.

not addicted

And, generally speaking, HANDS OFF, your eyes. Whatever the doctors told you to do, if it involves a medication, ointment, or some sort of drug application, stop. Period. Leave. Your. Eyes. Alone.

basicly morning in bed and evening in bed drops when needed - after I will add Polygonum cuspidatum and Goji, I will try exclude them if possible

I would also look into the role of cholinergic neurotransmission with regard to eye moisturisation, which also sets me thinking along the lines of psychoemotional blockage - "boys don't cry" being something of a sociocultural maxim, perhaps. Ring any bells?

"cholinergic neurotransmission with regard to eye moisturisation" - could you point me in some direction? I will read up.

"boys don't cry" - but I do I was thinking when I got more phlegmatic, and stopped giving shit about so many things maybe something changed. It could be that I just don't care about some things in my conscious, but deep down I still care. I hope I will manage to get there in my next Psilohuasca experience...


Also sometimes my eye itch like crazy, after scratching there is few milky tears that stink in my eye... Its odd I always forget, but also always think about the connection...

 

[Transform]

"boys don't cry" - but I do

Good for you! IME, a good old blubbing one's heart out on psilocybin will have astonishing powers of healing and transformation, so I hope your psilohuasca shapes up nicely for you. These days, I get tears welling up just reading about any minor tragedy, so I'm looking forward to the opportunity to really let it all out after having to rein the tears in so often.

"cholinergic neurotransmission with regard to eye moisturisation"

I'd have to do a bit of searching in that respect myself. Currently, it's like a mental Post-it note regarding the ophthalmological use of atropine or pilocarpine (not suggesting you use those, btw) although they have opposing effects of dilating or constricting the pupil, respectively. It could take a while for me to read up on the subject, is as much what I'm saying. I'll keep an eye(!) on this space so we can compare notes.

 

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Good for you! IME, a good old blubbing one's heart out on psilocybin will have astonishing powers of healing and transformation, so I hope your psilohuasca shapes up nicely for you. These days, I get tears welling up just reading about any minor tragedy, so I'm looking forward to the opportunity to really let it all out after having to rein the tears in so often.

I'd have to do a bit of searching in that respect myself. Currently, it's like a mental Post-it note regarding the ophthalmological use of atropine or pilocarpine (not suggesting you use those, btw) although they have opposing effects of dilating or constricting the pupil, respectively. It could take a while for me to read up on the subject, is as much what I'm saying. I'll keep an eye(!) on this space so we can compare notes.

You were thinking about how to cover dilated pupils weren't you?

I mean any source to ELIF?

 

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You were thinking about how to cover dilated pupils weren't you?

I mean any source to ELIF?

more the analogy of constriction/dilation wrt tear ducts and glands. Failing to comprehend "ELIF" here, sorry Search returns a Turkish TV series and the python command "elif" ~ 'else...if'

 

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Explain Like I'm Five

(yeah I went into "else if" too when I first saw it)

 

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Explain Like I'm Five

(yeah I went into "else if" too when I first saw it)

At some point one has to put in a bit of one's own mileage

 

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Goddammit you

"

• Cholinergic Agonists: Drugs like pilocarpine or cevimeline, which activate muscarinic receptors, are sometimes used to stimulate tear production in patients with conditions like Sjögren's syndrome.
• Anti-inflammatory Treatments: Inflammation in dry eye disease can impair cholinergic neurotransmission, so anti-inflammatory therapies like cyclosporine can help restore function.

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My ophthalmologist wants me tested for Sjögren's. Otherwise she doesn't want to do procedure.

But so far this corresponds with me thinking inflammation might be to blame, at least partially. I will read up more on this. While starting on some supplements.

 

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Oh, thanks for reminding me - regarding the inflammatory component, I would strongly suggest you eliminate wheat gluten, in particular, from your diet. I have a bit of a constellation of inflammatory diseases and the effect (worsening of inflammation) from even small amounts of wheat has become more and more distinct for me. It's a challenging journey, given wheat's ubiquity and the general yumminess of many bakery products - yep, you already knew it: those pastries gotta go!

 

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This is a complicated issue, and the feedback anyone can provide you through only limited messages ~ not even a live dialogue like a video chat or such ~ is itself impacting how holistically someone can get to know you situation.

This elaborate medical query is presented here on a psychedelic forum ... I don't personally have the time or hubristic audacity to try and help you with such limited information. I also doubt that there are many eye specialists here... This topic does seem to require something outside the scope of what we have going here.

You posted some details, I posted some replies, you posted some follow ups to my replies, and transform engaged as well. I may or may not be able to formulate another longish reply but I will say this ~

I believe the general principle is, hands off, with everything, in every way. Along the lines of what you said in your initial post, you wish for your body to heal back its natural form. Something is pushing it out of balance.

My cursory notes:

-AIR: Leave your windows cracked all year round, 24/7 unless the room gets below 10 celsius. *Close the bathroom window. Depending on conditions, you might still be able to crack your windows. I get 0C or even -5C outdoors and have my windows cracked all winter maintaining above 10C easily, but that is just my situation. Even the slightest crack will help immensely. Wear a sweater and good wool socks. If you are not old or sick, you will adapt and be perfectly fine. I consider this highly important considering that you have mold in your room. Either this or buy a dehumidifier...

-I would consult the internet regarding "alternatives to sweat lodge / sauna". There are many options and you are the best judge of what would work for you. I really believe this could be helpful. If alternatives do not seem plausible, there are still other things which can be done, which have similar intended effects onto your eye region, such as a damp warm towel compress. ChatGPT will be your best friend here!

-Really try to never touch your eyes. if absolutely necessary, perhaps dab with a fresh tissue. I am just worried that if you live with this, it may be a habit so I cannot emphasize this enough. DO NOT TOUCH your eyes directly with your hands, ever... use a fresh sterile dry tissue if necessary!!

-Try and quit all drugs you are applying to your eyes for 4 months. 1 month for the drug effects to wear off, and 3 months for your eyes to bounce back to a new equilibrium. I think it will take 3 months for these equilibriums to become established, after which, you can decide which new treatment paths to follow once more. This includes abstinence from artificial tears (eye drops) as they have multiple drugs contained within, and antihistamines. Antihistamines in particular will take away from you, exactly that which they promise to relive. They may not be addictive when it comes to compulsory use, but they definitely are addictive when it comes to the body's physiological response to them. By quit I mean try to 100.00% quit without any intermittent or 'emergeny' use present!! Consistency when quitting drugs is very important due to the fact that the body has an extreme tendency to attach to habitual patterns.

-Quit nicotine 100% as well during this time period. It really ANNIHILATES peripheral vasculature's ability to heal, literally anything. Even one smoke stays in your body up to 30 days. There is not such thing as intermittent smoking, and nicotine absolutely destroys healing capacity.

-Sleep every day on a fresh pillow, if your face is on your pillow. EVERY DAY. at the very least, flip your pillow over so it can be used 2 days in a row, and then swap that cover out and wash it. You could buy a set of pillow covers for cheap so that you can have fresh ones at hand for a whole week (or 2).

-I am very interested in the history of this battle to retain health for your eyes! When did it start, what happened, what did you do/were you doing behaviorally with respect to your eyes, and where were you during these times? You already mentioned some. It's a dynamic and complex story with many clues.

-It seems to me like you also want to avoid taking any cholinergic agonists, but at the same time, you want to reduce inflammation. Inflammation is the body's way of signaling where and what to heal. If you have chronic inflammation, something on your eye might not be getting the healing attention it needs. It is not always inflammation you need to reduce, but rather, healing you need to elevate, or persistent re-damaging you need to mitigate, and inflammation will stop of its own. Inflammation however is a complex issue. Blocking the inflammation itself is usually not a good idea outside of a post-surgical setting in my general opinion.


I hope my message doesn't come across as harsh. I just, feel really touched about eye issues. I really want you to be able to have comfortable eyes! I am sincerely wishing you all the best.


I am absolutely not a medical professional. These are just my sincere thoughts. There is much more to the situation than discussed here. I will always recommend you stay away from any medical intervention which seems like 1st order thinking, and that you think more along the lines of, how to best leave your affected ailment alone (to rest, and recover), not how to intervene. As such, where western paradigms amass several treatments, I will advise precisely the opposite, that you amass several means of leaving your eyes alone to there own devices. I hope you receive this well and can find something worthwhile here!


best wishes with your

 

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I would strongly suggest you eliminate wheat gluten, in particular, from your diet. I have a bit of a constellation of inflammatory diseases and the effect (worsening of inflammation) from even small amounts of wheat has become more and more distinct for me. It's a challenging journey, given wheat's ubiquity and the general yumminess of many bakery products - yep, you already knew it: those pastries gotta go!

Well, I don't know where are you based. I live in EU so we don't use Glyphosate (Roundup) to dry wheat so it should be much better. But I still consider gluten an issue. I will try to eliminate it, if things that I am going to try wont help. For external reasons I wont be able to get off gluten till like March 2025, maybe even later. (another post about me changing things in life)

This elaborate medical query is presented here on a psychedelic forum ... I don't personally have the time or hubristic audacity to try and help you with such limited information. I also doubt that there are many eye specialists here... This topic does seem to require something outside the scope of what we have going here.

I am considering there is epigenetic part in this... maybe. I am posting here because I need help with thinking in ways usual people and almost every medical professional is not able to. I would be even so vain that I will say, in this issue usual eye specialist can cause some unfortunate thinking ( I have read up on treatments and causes for this and I am not satisfied with any of them).

Quit nicotine 100% as well during this time period. It really ANNIHILATES peripheral vasculature's ability to heal, literally anything. Even one smoke stays in your body up to 30 days. There is not such thing as intermittent smoking, and nicotine absolutely destroys healing capacity.

Next week starting will do. I am going to do Psilohuasca on weekend. There will be few smokes. After that there will be no more for at least 4 months.

I am very interested in the history of this battle to retain health for your eyes! When did it start, what happened, what did you do/were you doing behaviorally with respect to your eyes, and where were you during these times? You already mentioned some. It's a dynamic and complex story with many clues.

I will write more on history of this. But unfortunately cant do it today. In few days I will hopefully find time

-It seems to me like you also want to avoid taking any cholinergic agonists

Not at all. I just didn't know about them until now. I am looking up DMAE for example and will add something like that as supplement. But I might want to be conservative taking some compounds, and being more inclined to taking precursors. I want to make it easier for my body to make something I need it to make. But don't want to screw the ability to making it... but giving it the thing in high levels and telling my body we have excess.

I hope my message doesn't come across as harsh. I just, feel really touched about eye issues. I really want you to be able to have comfortable eyes! I am sincerely wishing you all the best.

You are not harsh, I have trouble seeing where you get that idea . I think people are not harsh enough sometimes, I would always prefer someone telling me to wake up and fix my shit than, staying silent. I guess other people should learn to accept the truth. Truth is never too harsh.

I will always recommend you stay away from any medical intervention which seems like 1st order thinking

exactly, my kind of thinking


Tomorrow I am starting Goji and Polygonum cuspidatum, I will probably add some other things as well. I will for sure report any progress or shortcomings. Any other stuff I implement. In some sense I want to keep it scientific, so I will not be implementing everything at once. This will be still more things at once than I would like, but I am also considering timeframes... and lets say waiting on corneal crosslinking too long might be an bad idea...

 

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Well, I don't know where are you based. I live in EU so we don't use Glyphosate (Roundup) to dry wheat so it should be much better. But I still consider gluten an issue. I will try to eliminate it, if things that I am going to try wont help. For external reasons I wont be able to get off gluten till like March 2025, maybe even later. (another post about me changing things in life)

I'm EU too, but I'm still suspicious of glyphosate residues after there having been so much foot-dragging on banning the stuff. I'm doing OK on (organic) spelt, rye, oats, occasional barley and maybe kamut since - for me - wheat seems to be the most 'vicious' of the grains. Occasional laying off of the carbs entirely, along with general avoidance of refined sugars, goes a long way in helping things.Making this shift in a balanced way without getting stressed out about it can be rather tricky - it becomes quite surprising to find out the degree to which these things are woven into the social fabric. Also, there's a lot of 'gluten free' products out there that are just another form of FODMAPS-heavy, UPF junk. And then you have to read the ingredients - with eyes like yours (the irony)!

Is the goji specifically for vitamin A, or is there more to it than that?

 

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Is the goji specifically for vitamin A, or is there more to it than that?

In the link I shared in first post there is goji listed, there is some evidence it could help dry eyes. Worst case is I eat some Goji which wont be bad thing anyway

If some fruit will help, I don't have to look into other stuff, and there are no side effects for goji...

Making this shift in a balanced way without getting stressed out about it can be rather tricky

Yeah, if money would not be the issue I might have gone carnivore some time ago, and would not be eating bread at all (maybe not exactly carnivore but for sure different )... Also changing anything is not easy usually. Extremely when you are going against the way of the social norms, expectations and customs...

 

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Day 1 update.

I ate 30 grams Goji with Yoghurt.

Took 600mg of polygonum cuspidatum 3 times - morning, lunch, evening...

I have noticed that I am tearing up when yawning( I do not remember when was the last time I noticed that ). I feel extremely tired ( it has been crazy week, but might also something to do with polygonum not sure ).

I would say this could be wishful thinking. But I am making a note of it just to be sure.

Tomorrow I have journey planned when I will be taking rue and psilocybin, do you think I should take polygonum cuspidatum and goji that day?

 

[Transform]

Day 1 update.

I ate 30 grams Goji with Yoghurt.

Took 600mg of polygonum cuspidatum 3 times - morning, lunch, evening...

I have noticed that I am tearing up when yawning( I do not remember when was the last time I noticed that ). I feel extremely tired ( it has been crazy week, but might also something to do with polygonum not sure ).

I would say this could be wishful thinking. But I am making a note of it just to be sure.

Tomorrow I have journey planned when I will be taking rue and psilocybin, do you think I should take polygonum cuspidatum and goji that day?

I think the goji should be fine. I have no idea about the Polygonum cuspidatum [aka Japanese knotweed] at this point, other than it has been suggested for use in cases of borreliosis but I'll take another look at it. There's every chance you'll gain some insights about it with the help of the psilohuasca.


Interestingly, perhaps, being a nightshade, goji can sometimes contain significant amounts of atropine. I've felt a bit weird once after eating wild (or naturalised) goji/wolfberries (Lycium chinense) in the UK. Also - and this was insider knowledge from a wholefood importer - a good few years ago a huge batch of goji berries was rejected because it exceeded permissible levels of atropine. At least this shows that food monitoring works, or did so at the time.

 

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being a nightshade

wait a second :O its same family as tomato :O okay, didn't look at the family or anything, but would not expect this at all...

 

[Transform]

wait a second :O its same family as tomato :O okay, didn't look at the family or anything, but would not expect this at all...

The more you know…
The Solanaceae is a fairly large and diverse family, after all.

 

[AstralRoots]

Sananga anyone? Some suggest if can even reverse blindness.

Worthy of deep diving into the data available on this lovely plant.