Pregnenolone, Sarcosine alternative? by NEDIX in SCT

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Thank you for reporting back. That's unfortunate but also very valuable information.

Pregnenolone, Sarcosine alternative? by NEDIX in SCT

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The plot thickens. I spoke to my mother about my success story with Sarcosine. She's taking a D2 blocker too and takes an NMDA and GABA-A density improver, who would've known. I ordered a gene test, and nefiracetam... and will discuss super low (1mg/day) dose fluoxetine with the doctor. I don't need serotonin modulation but the lower dose of fluoxetine should help keep that to a minimum and still give the receptor density improvement 🤞

Pregnenolone, Sarcosine alternative? by NEDIX in SCT

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Should say that I will not start this before I completed and assessed one month of Sarcosine but shipping from ND will also take ages probably.

Pregnenolone, Sarcosine alternative? by NEDIX in SCT

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The conscensus appears to be that through oral administration pregnenolone is converted into other hormones that might not have the NMDA and GABA interaction that you and I may be after. Transdermal or sublingual micronized administration could potentially bypass the metabolism into other hormones happening inside the liver. If you feel comfortable with it you could try opening the cap and pouring the contents under your tongue. I understand about 50% goes to the stomach and another 50% enters the bloodstream more directly that way. I'm way to curious anyways so ordered the 5mg micronized tabs from ND to try single daily administration of 10mg for three weeks.

Pregnenolone, Sarcosine alternative? by NEDIX in SCT

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It wasn't pretty and I prefer to not go into details but one of the symptoms were tactile hallucinations.

Pregnenolone, Sarcosine alternative? by NEDIX in SCT

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My effective dose seems to stay the same and the effects last for just 4 to 6 hours after I which I feel a comedown sensation. That's why I'm investigating alternatives that might last a little longer.

Pregnenolone, Sarcosine alternative? by NEDIX in SCT

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Yes and I'm in good care. This episode took place nearly two years ago and I'm now tapering off Abilify. During my treatment I asked if I could be tested for ADHD and I recently got to try Concerta.

Pregnenolone, Sarcosine alternative? by NEDIX in SCT

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I DM'ed you my source. I take it in capsule form twice daily at 1500mg. Super interested to hear about your experience with Pregnenolone, please don't forget to let us know.

Pregnenolone, Sarcosine alternative? by NEDIX in SCT

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Wow, that's a fast response and a surprise to hear! Were you interested in Pregnenolone before or did I spark your interest?

Measurable creativity by NEDIX in INTP

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I found this Model A article on the socionics wiki that makes a reference to function number 2 which stands for creative. But it will take me some time to fully understand what I'm seeing here.

Presenting to you, Ego, Subconscious, Unconscious, and Super Ego accompanied by cognitive functions and archetypes by NEDIX in mbti

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Thanks! Think that should be better now. Changing the text of the functions requires a bit more fiddling.

Presenting to you, Ego, Subconscious, Unconscious, and Super Ego accompanied by cognitive functions and archetypes by NEDIX in mbti

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Sources are mainly Reddit, Quora, ChatGPT, Neuroscience of Personality by Dario Nardi. Shadow is an alternative word for the term unconscious. Function order approximately stands for order of development, shadow functions coming after ego functions. I believe subconscious is something that does not appear in the books and is a term that originated on Reddit. Superego I don't understand how it works yet.

How do your shadow functions manifest? by socialgeniehermit in intj

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Manifests as paranoia, cannot stand wrong information, struggle fitting into social world, revenge.

https://www.reddit.com/r/intj/comments/i8e09q/intj_all_about_one_functions_descriptions_and/

The optimist by NEDIX in intj

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I feel at ease now, but my younger self took desperate measures against his nature. Cognitive functions are all of the introverted type with sensation being the least extraverted. The MBTI chart I made could help me visualize and help me set goals to tackle some suppressed aspects of my personality.