It’s possible I have a metabolic disorder that wouldn’t be detected by regular blood tests. And yes the amount of glucose is absolutely tiny. I also bought a blood glucose meter. It doesn’t show elevated values at all from supplementing glucose. When eating it does increase measurably in line with what is normal. I do have sleep apnea which might do weird stuff, like give you diabetes. I do have a CPAP though maybe there is still some effect from that.
I don’t quite understand why it works. But it seems really strong of an effect. Once I increased the amount of MPH I took, then I took 0.6g of glucose, and it suddenly made me feel a pressure in my heart. The effect of the MPH was now too much. Something was throttling the effect of MPH before taking the glucose. And somehow taking the glucose stopped the throttling. This happened in less that 10 minutes. Probably less than 5.
Have you tried double-blinding yourself, Gwern-style? (I. e., prepare a box with glucose capsules and a box with some placebo (empty capsules + close your eyes when taking them out of the box?); at the start of the day, pick the box to take capsules from at random; at the end of the day, try to guess whether it was the placebo box; then check; repeat for several days.)
Agreed that this would clarify a lot. On the other hand, if you’re very confident that taking the capsule helps, then at worst you’ve stumbled on the cheapest and least harmful placebo known to humankind (a sugar pill!!). Maybe you should just run with it (acknowledging that it helps while releasing or holding lightly to the proposed mechanism).
It’s possible I have a metabolic disorder that wouldn’t be detected by regular blood tests. And yes the amount of glucose is absolutely tiny. I also bought a blood glucose meter. It doesn’t show elevated values at all from supplementing glucose. When eating it does increase measurably in line with what is normal. I do have sleep apnea which might do weird stuff, like give you diabetes. I do have a CPAP though maybe there is still some effect from that.
I don’t quite understand why it works. But it seems really strong of an effect. Once I increased the amount of MPH I took, then I took 0.6g of glucose, and it suddenly made me feel a pressure in my heart. The effect of the MPH was now too much. Something was throttling the effect of MPH before taking the glucose. And somehow taking the glucose stopped the throttling. This happened in less that 10 minutes. Probably less than 5.
Have you tried double-blinding yourself, Gwern-style? (I. e., prepare a box with glucose capsules and a box with some placebo (empty capsules + close your eyes when taking them out of the box?); at the start of the day, pick the box to take capsules from at random; at the end of the day, try to guess whether it was the placebo box; then check; repeat for several days.)
No, but great idea! I’ll likely run one. I already ordered some microcristaline cellulose and designed an experimental protocol.
Agreed that this would clarify a lot. On the other hand, if you’re very confident that taking the capsule helps, then at worst you’ve stumbled on the cheapest and least harmful placebo known to humankind (a sugar pill!!). Maybe you should just run with it (acknowledging that it helps while releasing or holding lightly to the proposed mechanism).