Entering Week 5 of Microdosing
Sometimes I think I miss voyeuring in on my "friends" on Fake Book, but I have to tell you, my mental health is already improving by not utilizing that platform as most people do. I go into groups when I need to, participate in meaningful discussions, and I manage my business page. That's it. Having strict boundaries on interacting with people in this "close but distant" dynamic is helping me feel much better. I listened to my feelings about it the first week I began microdosing. Now we are entering Week 5! For the last two microdosing weeks (4 & 3) I skipped one because I was too tired to get up early to take it. I have a sleeping schedule where I consistently get up at 1pm-2pm. I've been this way for a long time and it's just against my neurology I think to wake up any earlier. This is one of the many fun things of being neurodivergent and on the autism spectrum. I used to wake up much later. The fact I consistently get up at these times is a good marker of success for me. However, if I don't interrupt my sleeping cycle and get up briefly at 10am to take the microdosing capsule, then I shouldn't take it all. Otherwise, it will cause me to have insomnia. I noticed a dip in mood when I basically was taking 0.1g for 2x a week instead of 3x a week and I wonder if I should even increase the number of days in which I am microdosing! I'm a "low and slow" kind of person. I have to ease my toes into new waters to ensure I don't upset my highly sensitive nervous system. Almost everything so far has been highly positive and making gains towards progress since I started. It was only when I dipped below 3x a week that I noticed a little bit of a slide backwards. This causes me to believe that I might just benefit from going up to 4x a week. This would mean I would need to change my microdosing schedule entirely. It's important in some cases to make sure there are a couple of consecutive days off to allow for any tolerance to reset. Right now I am doing Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday with Sunday/Monday my two consecutive days off. Going up to 4x a week would mean I would need to change to 2 days in a row on, 2 days in a row off. So something like: Friday/Saturday on, Sunday/Monday off, Tuesday/Wed on, Thursday off. This looks closely related to the Dr. Fadiman protocol, which is 5 consecutive days on, 2 consecutive days off. I will have time to think about it as I will be finishing up weeks 5 & 6 at 3x a week, then I'll have 1-2 weeks off to reflect and make any adjustments.















