That’s really cool if it did help the pain in your hands, because as an old dude I have arthritis in hands, shoulders, knees and back. I do take plenty of supplements that help tremendously, but I’m always interested in something that helps. Interested in how your time off experiment works.
Me too, the only variable was I cut a lot of sugar out of my diet and I know that would help relieve inflammation as well but I don't think two or three days of removing sugar would have made the pain go away. But I'm very serious when I say there is a massive reduction in pain in my joints and I'm praying that it's because of the methylene blue. That would be huge for me and that would be more important than any of the other benefits for me personally. I also would like to add that I'm definitely not getting the anti-anxiety antidepressant benefits at 7.5-10mg. I've been kind of sad and depressed for the last few months and it's not improving I'm good I don't want to sit here and sound like I'm crying but I was hoping to get that benefit from the methylene blue and I have not noticed it. I will add that from everything I read 15 mg was the anti-anxiety antidepressant dose.That’s really cool if it did help the pain in your hands, because as an old dude I have arthritis in hands, shoulders, knees and back. I do take plenty of supplements that help tremendously, but I’m always interested in something that helps. Interested in how your time off experiment works.
Yeah, definitely any pain relief in joints would be the biggest thing with me as well. It sounds like it definitely helped with endurance considering 2 hours of going from circuit training, to heavy bag work, and then sparring on low nutrition….that’s a good test right there in my book….another plus.
I feel fresh today too. Legs are a little sore because Tuesday I threw some squats and hack squats into my push workout And there was a lot of leg related stuff in the circuit yesterday but other than some muscle soreness I feel good. I'll be doing a full body workout tonight that's focused on pull.Yeah, definitely any pain relief in joints would be the biggest thing with me as well. It sounds like it definitely helped with endurance considering 2 hours of going from circuit training, to heavy bag work, and then sparring on low nutrition….that’s a good test right there in my book….another plus.
Any effects on sleep or mood
I’ve been off work for 16 months with my knee injury, so life has been generally a lot less stress free anyway. I’m still getting full pay lol.
#1. Sorry about the knee but also, Sweet lol.
this happens to me every time I chase a strength cycle over about 200lbs. I've never in my life been a snorer, but the past few years I have cycled up to about 203-207lbs and cut back to 183ish and every single time I start to push the tachometer to 200lbs+ snoring and apnea try to creep in.
Same here. Anytime I'm over about 210 lb I start snoring, I don't notice it myself but my girlfriend definitely does. Now I used to be a lot fatter when I'd be at that weight now that I'm leaner at heavier weights It doesn't seem to be as pronounced But I'd imagine if I pushed up to 225+ or something like that again, it would start all over again.
I wake up every morning to my wife not in bed, she goes sleeps on the couch now. I need to get this under control lol.
I probably sleep in bed with my girl four or five times a month I'm a couch sleeper as well lol. Since my daughter's gone to college sometimes I sleep in her room with the cat, My girl likes to go to bed early and I don't go to bed till about midnight and I pace around a lot and I snore when I'm heavy so there's all kinds of things that I do that interrupt her sleep and she's one of those people where if she gets one minute less than 8 hours she's a raging lunatic
Yea and it’s worse cuz in a dick a refuse not to sleep in my own bed, I’m like we have an expensive ass mattress I’m enjoying it, get ear plugs or you go to the couch lol.
People who don't know about fitness and bodybuilding don't have a clue just tell him you sat on the couch and did dumbbell curls cuz you couldn't walk and your arms got huge
I'm not giving any advice on this but I'm going to rattle off a few things I read. I am still fairly new to researching this stuff. I do not trust my own knowledge. I've heard they inject it sub q for general use like similar to oral general use. I've read its given intrathecal which is the fluid around your spine, I recently saw a thing (actually I believe Dustin posted it somewhere in this thread) But Phil Heath talks about getting methylene blue into his IV drip. So it seems like there's a ton of different ways to use it. I do not know what way would be better, or safer ect.
Figured now that I have the prescription I can still try other formats and if there is any truth to the false positive I’m still covered with the oral prescription
Dang 16 months full pay! If I were you I may "injure" the other knee right when you go back
I know I saw that and it made me want to go fall off a ladder real quickDang 16 months full pay! If I were you I may "injure" the other knee right when you go back
Late to the party here!!! Mea culpa!!! In regards to anti-inflammatory effects… I have arthritis in right elbow and shoulder. Pissed both off last Tues doing bi’s n tri’s. I actually iced my elbow Tues and wed last week post workout. I NEVER do that. That was day 2 of M-blue for me at 10mg per 1st thing a.m. I have increased my sets and reps/ adding volume w the ATP enhancements I’ve been feeling. So basically leaning into the gas while in a 300-500 cal deficit and wait hurt last week feels better than it normally does. Normally when I get after it harder my ailments hurt more. I’m not saying I feel no pain but it’s def mitigated some of it. I typically live off of SNS Cissus and Joint XT and PEA RELIEF. I would assimilate my level of relief from M-blue to adding those last 3 supps
No but it stained my white countertop pretty good. Took a lot of elbow grease to get it off. If you have any animals make sure you clean up any spills I've heard it can be very dangerous to cats and dogs
I keep getting it on my fingers some how. It’s like roofing tar to get off
. I like the, if it ain't broke don't fix it mentality sometimes.
Little update, it's been days off M-blue. I think I stopped April 4th. Still not getting any pain in my hands, at least nothing like it used to be and to add to that, I went back to eat in a couple extra desserts here and there too this week. So I reintroduced one of the things I eliminated and I eliminated one of the things I introduced which kind of puts me back to where I started but I'm not having any issues so now I'm just confused. I don't want to complain because my hands feel good. But I'm completely stumped I can't say that this was anything more than just a coincidence giving all the factors. Hearing other people say that there was a reduction in pain gives me a little hope still but I'm not going to go back on the end blue for a little bit longer just because I'm feeling kind of good lately and I don't want to screw it up
I'm going to use it again. I plan on doing a lot of experimenting with it. But right now I'm just going to chill cuz everything seems to be going good and I'll revisit the idea in a week or so
Let us know how well it worked! I have been looking in to this as well. Thanks!
I think it would be the dopamine effects to worry about. Could be synergistic could be overload.
It's not completely because of stims, it's because of serotonin syndrome. But, blue increases heart rate in moderate to high doses. But 2.5-10mg appears to not be a issue with that, but still a possibility. (I have a naturally high resting heart rate and that's the last thing I would want, is to get elevated heart rate from it)
