This method sounds like it could be useful for unconscious habits. I have a bad one of gnawing on my finger nails. By the time I realize I’m doing it, however, the damage has been done. For whatever reason, I think my brain has connected nail biting with stress release. Taking away that association without having to rely on my poor willpower would be nice.
Magnesium & Calcium supplements are cheaper still—nail biting can be a symptom of a deficency in one or both. And one advantage of suppliments is that you should know pretty quickly if that’s the cause or not; in the admittedly few people I know who tried suppliments it either significantly reduced nail biting within a week or it never helped at all.
Absolutely true. I test as I can, as difficult as that can be with a sample size of 1. But the magnesium/calcium supplement combo reliably stopped and restarted my nail-biting through three rounds of taking/not taking the supplements, which is as good a track record as I require. When I started testing my supplements I was not surprised to learn that several that had initially seemed beneficial didn’t provide any sustained benefit.
This method sounds like it could be useful for unconscious habits. I have a bad one of gnawing on my finger nails. By the time I realize I’m doing it, however, the damage has been done. For whatever reason, I think my brain has connected nail biting with stress release. Taking away that association without having to rely on my poor willpower would be nice.
In case you haven’t already tried it, denatonium would be much cheaper and less risky for your liver.
Magnesium & Calcium supplements are cheaper still—nail biting can be a symptom of a deficency in one or both. And one advantage of suppliments is that you should know pretty quickly if that’s the cause or not; in the admittedly few people I know who tried suppliments it either significantly reduced nail biting within a week or it never helped at all.
It can be really hard to tell whether a problem is more mind-like or more body-like.
Absolutely true. I test as I can, as difficult as that can be with a sample size of 1. But the magnesium/calcium supplement combo reliably stopped and restarted my nail-biting through three rounds of taking/not taking the supplements, which is as good a track record as I require. When I started testing my supplements I was not surprised to learn that several that had initially seemed beneficial didn’t provide any sustained benefit.