I've been experimenting for the last few days with a 100mg daily dose of Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine form) and... Well, holy f*cking sh!t. Mood is up, energy is up, libido is through the ROOF, and I'm getting that excited / jittery "butterflies" feeling all the time over very mundane things. It feels absolutely epic. When I say libido is through the rood, I mean I feel like a 13 year old again quite literally, I'm developing crushes on every woman I meet and feel the urge to whack it multiple times a day with absolutely no reduction in quality. Amazing.
I've long attributed lethargy / mild depression to an ongoing slightly-elevated prolactin issue, so the most logical conclusion for this is that (apart from the obvious placebo possibility), the 100mg B6 every morning is causing a dopamine surge and suppressing prolactin release.
So that's the upside. The downside, obviously, is that as we all know, dopamine receptors get down regulated over time when they keep getting overly stimulated. Given the constant nervous butterflies I'm assuming that they're being fired almost constantly right now, far, far more than they're used to.
What I'm wondering is, how quickly do they get de-sensitised and down-regulated? And with that in mind, how long can one reliably take this kind of B6 dosage - and how long should one then cycle off it - to avoid the aforementioned tolerance issue?
For reference, I think I was around three days into this regime when I started really feeling the effects of it. And the day before, because of being super busy, I had to take B6 last thing at night, followed by first thing the next morning as usual. So some of it could be related to that, but that was Wednesday and despite only taking it once a day, and as I say fairly regularly engaging in prolactin-boosting activities (heh), it shows no signs at all of abating.
What do people think? How long can you sustain a B6 high like this, and how long should you cycle so as you can feel it repeatedly?
I've long attributed lethargy / mild depression to an ongoing slightly-elevated prolactin issue, so the most logical conclusion for this is that (apart from the obvious placebo possibility), the 100mg B6 every morning is causing a dopamine surge and suppressing prolactin release.
So that's the upside. The downside, obviously, is that as we all know, dopamine receptors get down regulated over time when they keep getting overly stimulated. Given the constant nervous butterflies I'm assuming that they're being fired almost constantly right now, far, far more than they're used to.
What I'm wondering is, how quickly do they get de-sensitised and down-regulated? And with that in mind, how long can one reliably take this kind of B6 dosage - and how long should one then cycle off it - to avoid the aforementioned tolerance issue?
For reference, I think I was around three days into this regime when I started really feeling the effects of it. And the day before, because of being super busy, I had to take B6 last thing at night, followed by first thing the next morning as usual. So some of it could be related to that, but that was Wednesday and despite only taking it once a day, and as I say fairly regularly engaging in prolactin-boosting activities (heh), it shows no signs at all of abating.
What do people think? How long can you sustain a B6 high like this, and how long should you cycle so as you can feel it repeatedly?