DaveFoster
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You ever wondered if it's just the lithium? Lithium is a mood-stabilizer, after all.I had some first-hand experience with this during a high-dose caffeine period lasting about 3 months, along with occasional aspirin and supplements in DMSO. I think some other underlying issues may have contributed to bad feelings during this period, but the caffeine with a low intake of molybdenum and other methylation supporting supplements clearly had an effect. Adding in methylation support (300-600 micrograms molybdenum 3x/day, 5mg 2x/day lithium orotate, 1mg MTHF 3x/day, 16 mg Manganese/ 2x day) and magnesium has really stabilized mood. Lithium and manganese are taken at breakfast and dinner.
I also thinks its important to note that I never had any issues with caffeine previously. I have been restricting caffeine for the past several weeks but will gradually re-introduce it in the future. I suspect there will no longer be issues, but I will not be exceeding the amount of caffeine in a cup or coffee or two.
Also, maybe just avoiding sulfur-rich foods might be sufficient to attenuate the effects of DMSO, but I'm just surmising.
@haidut
I think you're right to support the studies showing serotonin inhibits lifespan due to another correlated piece:
Centenarians exhibit one universal trait: activity, particularly sociability.
SOURCE: U.S. centenarians have few regrets, stay active and social: poll
This appears again and again, and we constantly try to pin their lifespan on coffee, or nicotine, or alcohol, or a certain diet this way or another. At the end of the day, these people, such as the Ashkenazi Jews for example have close familial ties and communicate frequently within their family.
Nothing kills lifespan like social isolation/aggression. Queve every poet ever, most philosophers (looking at you, Nietzsche), and politicians.
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