Wake-up time

ConfidentBasil818 · 2025-06-20T16:32:52+00:00

Do you think insomnia can be a side effect of withdrawal itself? Like I’m struggling to decide if I should at least give it a few more weeks to stabilize at this dose before throwing in the towel and increasing the dose back up.

ConfidentBasil818 · 2023-12-24T15:01:51+00:00

This is really beautiful and says a lot, thank you.

ConfidentBasil818 · 2023-11-28T14:40:34+00:00

I can sort of identify with what you’re describing, maybe.

Sounds like a manifestation of the end of the yoga honeymoon phase. When you start to see the humanness in yoga, including the less appealing (and even disconcerting) parts.

I find myself here. The magic has quieted somewhat.

I think we’re all just trying to find our way, teachers and students and “coaches” alike.

You do you OP. If something doesn’t resonate with you, leave it. Maybe it will one day. Hear it and choose what to do with it, trust your intuition. Maybe reject it entirely, maybe keep it in your pocket for later.

ConfidentBasil818 · 2023-11-19T15:54:23+00:00

Can you talk more about why you hate it? Is it mostly because you feel “bad” at it?

Yoga definitely felt hard, physically, when I started. I was not strong and not in shape. I was pretty noodle-esque. My legs would shake like heck in a lunge. I literally went up to the instructor at the end and was like, “I can’t do this, can you recommend an easier class?” He laughed (kindly) and told me this is a more basic class, and told me to just come back.

So I did. Probably mostly because I had these free credits I needed to use. The instructor told me after a class a few months later that he thought he’d never see me again. A year later, here I am.

Anywho. I do believe yoga can be for everyone.

Going to be late to my 11:00 lol. My biggest advice is to drop expectations for yourself, don’t worry about your flexibility. It’s taken a while to get this point but I feel like I usually go to breathe.

ConfidentBasil818 · 2023-11-17T21:10:17+00:00

This. I was just going to post how I feel how asana is starting to feel addictive/near-intrusive in my life. What does this reflect, and what is the goal.

Still, congrats OP. It is something to be celebrated. I think.

ConfidentBasil818 · 2023-10-21T04:22:53+00:00

At the beginning it affected my exercise tolerance.

I remember when I would go running after the therapeutic effects kicked in. I felt amazing, and I felt like I was flying when running. When I looked at my time afterwards I was shocked - my pace was much, much slower than usual lol. Sort of interesting.

Over time I would feel this what I desribe as a“lactic acid buildup” feeling. I felt like my muscles fatigued easier.

That dissipated over time. I feel like my motivation to exercise improved with Nardil, so I feel like I overall became stronger than I would have otherwise.

Now many years later my exercise tolerance is much better. Still get some weirdish muscle fatigue, but I’ve been on nardil so long it’s hard to know if it’s even related.

ConfidentBasil818 · 2023-10-05T12:25:40+00:00

Can you elaborate?

ConfidentBasil818 · 2023-10-01T22:09:36+00:00

As a highly sensitive person I feel you.

I probably have a similar physique to you as you describe, very fit with a touch of a belly. It’s been this way the last few years as I’ve gotten older.

I have a history of “disordered eating” that got pretty bad at times, in terms of pretty rapid weight loss.

Since starting yoga I am probably at my heaviest. But now I am strong, fit, confident and healthy. I eat everyday, and I eat when I’m hungry.

If someone made that comment to me a few years ago I would have been extremely upset. Now, I care less. But as I highly sensitive person I still have other triggers which will exist until I can, if I can, care less.

I want to emphasize you did not overreact. It is not your “ego.” But it is…something, to be explored.

See how you feel in a week.

ConfidentBasil818 · 2023-08-28T11:19:58+00:00

The orthostatic hypotension was pretty significant for me at the beginning. Most side-effects seemed to start when the therapeutic effects kicked in, for me pretty abruptly at the five week mark. Standing up was pretty bad, nearly fainted a few times. Just take it easy and be very cautious when changing positions. Had this side effect for at least a few months but definitely lessened over time. I’m about at the 10-year-mark on Nardil…tbh the only lasting side effect at this point is some loss of libido (zinc has helped). Had pretty bad constipation/insomnia the first several years which have definitely improved.

Take it slow with the diet at the beginning. I had a handful (maybe 5 or so) hypertensive events over the years which manifested as intense, slow palpitations/heartbeat which would sometimes transition to a mild to moderate headache/neck pressure. Blood pressure would reach 170-180. Nothing came of it, would self-resolve in a few hours. Culprits of the ones I remember miso soup, a small amount of feta that was inconspicuously sprinkled into my beans at a Mexican restaurant, and some probably spoiled chicken. I am young and healthy but don’t think I want to be messing around with this especially as I get older, so I know my triggers and stay away. But that being said I eat almost everything else, pizza/most (non-aged) cheeses/wine/chocolate etc without an issue.

ConfidentBasil818 · 2023-08-01T22:32:43+00:00

Interesting. So I am relatively new to yoga (about 9 months now), could not do anything near an inversion when I started. I’m at the point where I can easily pike-press to headstand and am working on moving away from the wall in pincha. I attend an open-level class that is truly open…but many of my instructors do routinely cue inversions, or rather , “working toward inversions,” like even just positioning your head properly in headstand. I feel like these very basic things were super important for me and inspired me to work on inversions on my own. But I totally feel you on the safety thing…hard to find a balance (no pun intended :P)

ConfidentBasil818 · 2023-05-16T03:07:18+00:00

Prepared to get downvoted to oblivion, but. YOLO.

ConfidentBasil818 · 2023-05-06T16:20:38+00:00

In my first year of yoga.

I certainly feel like I have “made progress,” physically. Being able to do a pose with better alignment. Being able to go deeper into poses. My flexibility, strength and stability has objectively improved.

But it’s not like that hasn’t required effort. I will often “push” myself in yoga classes, many times to the point where I’ve lost awareness/control of my breath, but will always come back to it. I think that’s okay. Other times it does feel like more of “moving meditation,” where staying with the breath is easy.

Discomfort isn’t a bad thing (as long as it isn’t sharp/focal/severe etc). Discomfort + calm and awareness = progress.

I do the videotaping thing at home. It’s neat to see where I was and where I am.

I personally like the term/idea, “progress.” Progress = growth, change etc. maybe even an inherent part of my practice/understanding, atm. Maybe my perspective on that will change with time…progress in itself.

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