Comment · Fri, July 3, 2020 · ND Owner
Taking KSM-66 and Guta Kola, developed some sort of insomnia?
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ogloque · 6 points
I stupidly started taking both about a week apart from each other (KSM first) and have been taking them both for about a month now so I am uncertain which might be the cause, if any. I have seen changes in my mood for the better: I am less stressed, it's easier to "let things go", and I generally have less obtrusive thoughts.
However, I've also developed insomnia or something similar in that I cannot sleep for more than 3-5 hours at a time. I am posting this after getting 3.5 hours of sleep and feel completely unable to go back to sleep. Again, I am not sure if this is actual insomnia or not but it sure is a sleep loss problem of some sort.
This seems counterintuitive because every time I Google both, they are said to improve sleep or even be used to treat insomnia individually, but perhaps taking both is causing a problem?
I had never had this happen except when taking a particular antidepressant about two years ago, I had similar results in mood but quit because of the same type of "insomnia", along with other sides, which stopped fairly quickly after I discontinued use of it. I had seen similar benefits in mood from that drug. I tried many others with no benefits or lots of…
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bob__cobb · 3 points
Oh that’s interesting. My grandma was just diagnosed with Parkinson’s, assuming that’s related to COMT. I have not done 23andMe but I’ve always wanted to. I think I’ll do that. I always felt like I was slow on dopamine, ha. I was doing research on that a few days ago. Are there specific side effects related to being slow at breaking nor and dopamine?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
You are naturally more prone to sleep issues and anxiety. Stimulants affect you more, and for a longer duration. You probably have higher cortisol.