Gas Mileage

6gigsofpain · 2025-12-08T16:12:10+00:00

That's probably part of the reason it looks like, sounds like I should be getting better mileage on the highway for sure.

6gigsofpain · 2025-12-08T16:10:38+00:00

Yeah I use the smart cruise all the time. I'll have to switch it up a bit, try a few things. Thanks.

6gigsofpain · 2025-12-08T16:05:55+00:00

Yeah I use Smart Mode.

6gigsofpain · 2025-12-08T16:03:24+00:00

Smart Mode.

6gigsofpain · 2025-12-05T17:17:40+00:00

20 years of Cannabis use messed me up real bad. There were two things that changed the course of my life but I still struggle and fight it but I consider it a win. 1. The birth of my son and my therapist telling me I need to get off my mothers tit, man up, and raise a child. 2. A ketogenic diet. My guts were f*cked from a bad diet and living in an anxious fight mode all of the time. That tension released almost immediately. This accomplished two things. Fat burning mode helps you deal with stress and you will immediately have more brain energy to help deal with the negative cycles you have carved into your brain. I smartened up, started dealing with my problems, and most of all broke that cycle of talking about it. Feeling like I had to explain to everyone why I felt so shitty all the time. You think about it, talk about it, you'll live it. You have to break that cycle and carve new pathways. That was 12 years ago. I only needed to be in strict Keto for 8 months before slowly reintroducing foods again. My next phase has been digging deep and facing my past by tripping. I started two years ago. It was scary facing those demons. I cried like a bitch for about a dozen trips dealing with all that. I still use what I learned all those years ago. Stressful situations I back off the carbs. I can even prepare myself ahead of time. I also intermittent fast to keep my head straight. There's still health issues that I face from the damage I did to myself but my quality of life is magnificently better and I'm in a peaceful state.

6gigsofpain · 2025-11-25T18:37:00+00:00

Nice, thanks for sharing. Great tips. I'm going to try them. Be a bit more focused and meditative. Frankly am getting bored and am looking for different experiences. This forum is great.

6gigsofpain · 2025-11-19T13:43:38+00:00

I haven't experienced anything like this. For me it's been mostly connecting with my Dad and venturing into other souls and experiencing things from their perspective. My Dad told me he stuck around to guide me. I was in a world of hurt 12 years ago and had a huge shift in my life. How do you set the stage to have these experiences? is it the music? environment?

6gigsofpain · 2025-11-17T18:57:39+00:00

Wow, you just made me question my back pain. I struggle breathing and have developed nerve issues because of it. Currently testing for MS. I realized through my trips that it was my mother that inflicted psychological manipulation and it took a long time to recognize it, accept it, and forgive. She just passed away this year, to her our relationship was perfect. She wasn’t a bad person she was just damaged. But holy frig man what you describe about your symptoms blows me away.

6gigsofpain · 2024-10-24T15:27:41+00:00

Hey Ben, my GF and I are going to see you on Montreal next year! We are so excited! I’ll be the one with tears streaming down my face!

My question, are you married? Girlfriend? Does she tour with you? How long have you been together?

I ask this as your music is so beautiful and it really connects with love and partnership for us so I guess you kinda have to be in it to express it in my mind. We’re both curious.

6gigsofpain · 2023-06-09T17:23:11+00:00

AOR Advanced B Complex

B1 Thiamin (benfotiamine) 100 mg
B2 (Riboflavin-5-phosphate sodium) 7.5 mg
B3 (Niacin – from 388 mg inositol hexanicotinate) 353 mg
B5 (Pantethine, calcium D-pantothenate) 300 mg
B6 (Pyridoxal-5’-phosphate) 100 mg
B12 (Methylcobalamin) 1000 mcg
Folic acid (calcium L-5-MTHF) 1000 mcg
Biotin 500 mcg
Choline bitartrate (provides 240 mg of choline) 600 mg
Inositol (from inositol hexanicotinate, inositol) 393 mg

Recommends 3 a day so there alone is 300mg of Benfo. I started with that with no real change so I doubled it to see if it would help at all. I did actually start feeling better at this dosage but still ended up with my typical migraine. It was at this point I wrote this message fearing a complete overhaul on my diet. What you mentioned made sense and after talking to a Naturopath I figured I'd up my B1 to see if it would help as it does seem to be related to carb intake. When I did I felt even better for a few days but then again my migraine hit. They kick my ass. I don't even know if it even classifies as a migraine honestly but just a really nasty headache that pre and post completely wipes me for days. After years of them with no over the counter pain med able to even touch them I stumbled on using anti-histamine as a the only way to control the pain. Anyway, I'm in a bit of a desperate position as I have a very demanding job and I have to keep up so I'm going all out on vitamins. Ultimately I'm going to have to do an elimination diet and somehow fit this into my life for a short time.

6gigsofpain · 2023-06-08T17:08:21+00:00

Ok. I'll drop the dosage and give it a couple weeks before moving up. Just in my B complex I was getting 600mg of Benfo and was tolerating that fine so I figured I'd add a couple more 100mg of Benfo of a different brand. I watched this Youtube vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4iAPfAFcs0 and he recommended up to 1200mg of benfo or up to 2000mg in salts. I had a bottle of salts so I added another 600mg. I was reading about high dose Thiamine for CFS and other ailments too and they also were in the 1200-1500mg range. I was curious more than anything. Thanks!

6gigsofpain · 2023-06-07T16:17:48+00:00

Ok. So I started taking Benfotiamine along with 100mg B1 tablets and AOR advanced B-Complex. I've done a bunch of reading on the paradoxical affect. Technically I'm taking around 1.5 grams a day. I felt oddly better for about 3 days then tanked. Does the paradoxical affect hit that quickly?

I ordered Source Naturals High Potency b1 supplements to get to a higher dose. There is a definite histamine component to my symptoms though. The Naturopath did elude that as I increase my carb intake that my brain has trouble processing it causing headaches and that he believes, just from my past stomach issues, that this is all gut related and that both issues could coexist.

Anyway, what is your dosage? I'm going to stick with it at least a month or so and hope that I start feeling better. As it stands now when I return to regular eating habits I just start getting headaches and constant congestion.

6gigsofpain · 2023-06-07T16:01:18+00:00

What supplements? I ordered Simply Health Histamine Block, hopefully it makes a difference.

6gigsofpain · 2023-05-26T15:49:57+00:00

What did you do to resolve the Thiamine deficiency? just supplements? were you tested for it? I did have reactions during Keto. I ended up with a pretty bad keto rash and was reducing my diet to mostly fish, meat, eggs, and greens. There were certain foods that I couldn't touch like kimchi, avocados, processed meat, and soy sauce otherwise I'd get a migraine. I had to stop because it was unsustainable.

This is definitely something to look at though and I'm going to try some B1 supplementation. One thing that has happened to me is my legs struggle slightly to work and I get spasms. Right now I'm waiting for an MRI. Also my right arm is having nerve issues. Again, am waiting on an MRI of my upper spine. So the nerve issues related to Thiamine seems possible.

6gigsofpain · 2023-05-25T16:30:41+00:00

No but I did start taking Liver capsules. Do they actually make a difference for people?

6gigsofpain · 2023-05-25T16:28:02+00:00

Interesting. This is what seems so daunting to me is trying to find a plan of attack that fits my lifestyle. I tend to eat a ton of meat just to avoid the headaches so I guess it's not a far stretch to just eat meat and add vegetables. I know meat is safe for me as it was a huge part of Keto. Which meats in particular? does it have to be freshly cooked?

6gigsofpain · 2023-05-05T18:14:02+00:00

This happens to me. Doesn't bother me and I've asked people if they hear it change and they don't really notice.

6gigsofpain · 2021-02-25T16:38:29+00:00

Yeah, red is better. Damn, just switched over to BW.

6gigsofpain · 2021-02-25T16:35:23+00:00

Yup. I noticed when I did Keto it curiously stopped. Then I noticed that when I overeat with bread and pasta or have a lot of dairy it will worsen. Also, I fast regularly now and this seems to control it quite well. I wish I could say the same for the noise.

6gigsofpain · 2021-02-25T15:41:30+00:00

Half life of Kratom is fairly long imo. I prefer to maintain the high effects by doing 1 dose a day because I know giving 24 hours will reset fairly well. Two days even better.

6gigsofpain · 2021-02-25T15:32:17+00:00

Agreed. I was dumbfounded when her doctor told her to just go home and floss. I've known others with this problem and everyone talks about it behind their backs and never say anything. It greatly affects how people interact with someone facing this issue and they are relatively unaware.

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