ItтАЩs not sleepiness, I just seem immune to feeling anxious or very excited. Even stimulants canтАЩt do it, or life-threatening situations. To some extent itтАЩs always seemed like I get a burst of dopamine and focus when I should be freaked out, but a decade or so ago I still merely had a high threshold for it, it wasnтАЩt nearly impossible like it is now. I say тАЬnearlyтАЭ because I can count on one hand some unusual days where I suddenly had a normal startle response, but it never lasted through the next day and I canтАЩt identify anything I ate or took or did those days to explain it. The days were years apart.
Unfortunately, when this started to be a consistent issue, I also felt as if my reward circuits quit working too, so I donтАЩt just get to have a super power where IтАЩm never frightened or jittery. It made me realize how much positive and negative kinds of excitement have in common physiologically.
In "Testing Nutritional Status", Chris mentions niacin toxicity as possibly leasing to lethargy and mild vitamin C deficiency with lowered noradrenaline production. But I suppose lethargy might be too strong of a word here?
Does anyone know what treats the opposite problem, i.e. inability to startle?
Somnolence? I reach for caffeine.
ItтАЩs not sleepiness, I just seem immune to feeling anxious or very excited. Even stimulants canтАЩt do it, or life-threatening situations. To some extent itтАЩs always seemed like I get a burst of dopamine and focus when I should be freaked out, but a decade or so ago I still merely had a high threshold for it, it wasnтАЩt nearly impossible like it is now. I say тАЬnearlyтАЭ because I can count on one hand some unusual days where I suddenly had a normal startle response, but it never lasted through the next day and I canтАЩt identify anything I ate or took or did those days to explain it. The days were years apart.
Unfortunately, when this started to be a consistent issue, I also felt as if my reward circuits quit working too, so I donтАЩt just get to have a super power where IтАЩm never frightened or jittery. It made me realize how much positive and negative kinds of excitement have in common physiologically.
In "Testing Nutritional Status", Chris mentions niacin toxicity as possibly leasing to lethargy and mild vitamin C deficiency with lowered noradrenaline production. But I suppose lethargy might be too strong of a word here?
Hmm, yeah, not really lethargy, but I do feel like I just donтАЩt make adrenaline. Thanks for the idea!