A month ago I described how various scientific journals had found the
use of turmeric to relieve the effects of
depression.
I decided to put this to the test by taking one flat teaspoon of the
yellow powder every morning. Gross. Anyway, a month has passed and
I've had a lot of turmeric. What's happened?
I've
been focussing on four personal bests at the gym. 10 minute cross
train, 10 minute run, chest press and horizontal dumbbell fly. They
are four of my oldest PBs. I was hoping that an improved mentality
would hammer me through some of these, but it was not to be. I'm
still encroaching these targets. So, hardly an uplifting experience.
(Pun?)
What
about other areas of life? Work? Still learning a new responsibility
after a month or so now. It's repetitive but there are a lot of steps
to the task. I'm picking up speed. Social? Got my arse handed to me
at go karting again. It seems I got worse since April.
I've had a few social challenges, like discussing depression onstage
in a local bar
with Andy's Man Club.
This went great. But I've not particularly had any nights out or done
anything else social. I tried running some meetups but the response
to them was abysmal. Despite this hermit lifestyle, I'm still running
out of money at a horrific rate. Career? Fired out a few
applications; heard nothing. HMRC? Another Citizen's Advice meeting
happens Monday. In the last month I've heard nothing. Typing? Thought
I'd beaten a PB, actually hadn't.
It's
been a tough month, and if turmeric is worth taking, it's been this
month I've needed it. A combination of that, and a 25ml dose of
sertraline, hasn't been particularly helpful. I came down to half a
dose from 50ml a day as the antidepressant was leaving me feeling
numb and was piling weight onto me. My appetite was through the roof.
I'm still overweight now.
I'll
stick to including turmeric in dishes, but I'm not going to put
myself through the spoon-feeding process again.
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