I’m working on a piece for Asterisk magazine on how biohackers (broadly defined) think about risk. Are you interested in being interviewed? Do you know someone who is? I’m taking a very broad definition of biohacker (self-medicating to save money counts), but some people I’m especially interested in talking to are those who:
biohack for its own sake- no one needs magnets in their fingernails, but you want them.
receive treatment within the standard medical system, but playing an active role in personalizing it (e.g. trans people adjusting their HRT, diabetics figuring out their insulin dosing)
strongly prefer herbal to allopathic medicine
the aforementioned driven-to-self-medication by financial constraints
people who chronic mystery illnesses
Use peptides besides GLP-1s (love you guys but GLP-1 users were by far the easiest to find)
I’m working on a piece for Asterisk magazine on how biohackers (broadly defined) think about risk. Are you interested in being interviewed? Do you know someone who is? I’m taking a very broad definition of biohacker (self-medicating to save money counts), but some people I’m especially interested in talking to are those who:
biohack for its own sake- no one needs magnets in their fingernails, but you want them.
receive treatment within the standard medical system, but playing an active role in personalizing it (e.g. trans people adjusting their HRT, diabetics figuring out their insulin dosing)
strongly prefer herbal to allopathic medicine
the aforementioned driven-to-self-medication by financial constraints
people who chronic mystery illnesses
Use peptides besides GLP-1s (love you guys but GLP-1 users were by far the easiest to find)
relevant past work of mine:
Church Planting: When Venture Capital Finds Jesus
Luck based medicine: my resentful story of becoming a medical miracle
pseudonymity is fine, happy to answer other questions. You can reach me by email at elizabeth@acesounderglass.com
I would sign up, but I have a feeling that a doctor self-prescribing isn’t quite what you’re looking for.
Depends. Are you strictly following standard of care, or personalizing for yourself?