Years ago, and ended up addicted to benzos and amphetamine at the end. But the rest of my health issues coincide with anxiety and all. I can influence my mental health by what I take daily... methylfolate and I feel awesome like amphetamine. Nevertheless, I won't be put on an SSRI again. I've seen several psychiatrist and all they want to do is give an SSRI, SNRI, or benzo or whatever.
What meds were those that worked?
The one that really helped was Seroquel, they have also given her a mood stabilizer now but the seroquel knocks her out. She has to take it at a reasonable time or she will be dragging ass the next morning. She almost never touches her anxiety meds now either. It just helped with all of it.
Well at least it is at a nice and healthy range but what a mystery eh...
Yeah, bizarre...good, as long as it doesn't keep dropping lol
Found this part of a post from 2 years ago. I'm not too far off from these numbers actually which makes me feel better.
So, woke up good and sweaty about 12am with heart pounding. Fun stuff. Fell back asleep pretty quickly though.
Maybe just replacing dips with incline press would be best, but that low incline bench also sounds interesting. With gyno, the best thing is probably to just get rid of dips or anything else for much lower pec development. Thanks.
Perhaps, I don't know I always found for me anyway the larger my lower chest was the more likely my gyno tucked under it. Whatever option you choose I would recommend using DB;s they have been shown to provide more stimulation to the pecs and help keep it from being so shoulder and triceps dominant. If focusing on upper pec size that is the recipe for success.
So maybe flat bench on one day, and low incline dumbbell press after standing press on the other day?
Well honestly if you have a bench you can just put a plate under for flat you won't need any higher incline, and it won't cause you any loss on the lower pec activation it just brings in the clavicular portion more.
That's the thing though...both Upper pecs and delts are my focus as well as traps this go around. Thanks for the recs. I will be adding in Lateral Raises to at least one session to bring the Lateral delts up more, but I can't take out shoulder press. I have a thing about that...it's always been my pride and joy...gotta get it back up lol.
After thinking about it, I should probably just lay out all my priorities at one time.
I would say the best thing you could possibly do would be to get a third session per week in.After thinking about it, I should probably just lay out all my priorities at one time.
Deadlift strength
Standing shoulder press strength
Bench strength
Pull up repetitions
Lateral delt size
Upper pecs size
Trap size
Arm size
Squat for the sake of squatting
In the least amount of time possible
That's really what my program is based around.
Agreed. I would love to be able to increase the frequency, and I hope the improvements with sleep will translate to increased recovery. Up until this point, I was just staying sore for too long. Thanks for the feedback.
Man that is like an I want it all smorgasbord. I started typing something up then got distracted yesterday and came back this morning to see what @Hyde wrote. Pretty close to what I was going to suggest. That or prioritizing your goals a little more. Like Hyde said pull up numbers tend to increase with frequency, and also adding some weight to them even if that means lower reps. Also just because you are adding in a 3rd session doesn't mean you have to keep the same volume on each workout. As a matter of fact you probably shouldn't if you already had trouble recovering from what you were doing. Even if slightly more volume across the week each session should have a little less volume than the 2 you were already doing. Then you can add volume little by little as you go.After thinking about it, I should probably just lay out all my priorities at one time.
Deadlift strength
Standing shoulder press strength
Bench strength
Pull up repetitions
Lateral delt size
Upper pecs size
Trap size
Arm size
Squat for the sake of squatting
In the least amount of time possible
That's really what my program is based around.
This is probably more realistic as an initial change than a 3rd serious training day. His 2 full body serious training days, then a 3rd Fluff ‘n Buff day (as Brian Carroll calls it). A day to get the heart rate up/break a good sweat, move lots of blood, pick 3-6 accessory movements and hit them with short rest or even circuit style. They don’t have to be isolations, but they need to stay lighter and more emphasis on easier volume because you want to be in and out in 30-50 minutes. Following those rules tends to improve overall recovery because it raises fitness, while still helping the physique.
Overate a bit too much last week, and walking 10-15k steps per day didn't cut it. Oh well.
But, that was also the tail end of an LGD cycle. Still getting used to Smith machine shrugs. I end up heaving up every rep and letting them down slow which I know isn't optimal. I was thinking though, my traps were the biggest when I was doing power cleans, so maybe I can get away with "power shrugs" I'll call them lol.
Good info here, ive pretty much been doing these types of workouts for about a month or so ^^^^^. I think I'm going to start a 5 x 5 and incorporate one of these workouts during the week.
It really depends on how well you recovered and your RPE of each session.
Last time I told a woman she was bipolar she laughed at the idea and then threw a plate at me before offering to make dinner.
Sounds like anxiety with some sort of trigger at home. I was dealing with this for a while. I would be fine all day at work and then even pulling into the neighborhood that would start. Also I think you have read so much about things that could be causing it you are probably increasing it with the belief it could be all of these things that you see around you that correlate with your research. As much as you are looking for external reasons you might want to speak with a therapist and start looking for internal / emotional reasons. I think that is far more likely then the EMF stuff. Not discounting that possibility. I know after some talking and self discovery my anxiety which caused me adrenaline releases which lead to easy anger started to subside. By the way me suggesting this does not mean I am suggesting you are unhappy at home.Weight: 221
Weight still recovering from last week
Today's WO:
BB Bench 5x135, 5x155, 5x165
BB Row 3x10x95
Squat 5x95, 5x135, 5x185
Cable Upright Row 8x25, 8x30
OH Cable Extension 10x25, 10x30
DB Curl 10x20's, 8x20's
Notes: Super easy workout. Avoided rep slowdown on anything, so I think the hardest I went on anything (except DB Curl) was RPE6 or 7 (never less than 4rir). Reason is my sleep has been pretty bad this week, and I didn't want to make it worse with a hard workout.
On the health related side...an observation...when I'm out of town, even with the same supplementation protocol and even worked from someone else's house, I experience much less of the overstimulation feeling. I also experience less of it when it's not a normal work day. For example, Sunday morning, get the family up and out the door for church at 8am...I feel almost normal on days like that. But, when I get up and work (from home, nothing stressful, easy job) I start having that feeling like all my senses are on overload. I don't get it.
My crazy theories: EMF (strongest internet we've ever had), mold in house, new plants in house near work area, drastically different diet (liver glycogen depletion at home?)...
GABA is well known for causing anxiety if overdosed.
Well that's what you told her anyway. LMAO!!!
I had the same initial thought. Maybe because home is also a workspace?
I know a lot of people get stressed working from home. It makes sense, You never really get a chance to fully decompress from the responsibilities of either situation. When you are home, you are still husband, father, or maybe pet owner regardless of the fact you are working. When you can leave for work, unless there is an emergency you are just you at work doing your job. No interruptions and distractions of home and if work sucks you can go home and be in a different environment to separate yourself from that. However, if work from home sucks, it's harder to separate or detach from that when you are still in the same environment.
It is definitely true. I’m fortunate to have a job that’s generally low stress and easy for me, with coworkers I really enjoy, but I spend way more time in my head of household role - I see my family a lot more through the week compared to when I was traveling to a separate work location.
I hear you and I've considered they possibility, but the symptom I'm dealing with isn't anxiety, it causes anxiety. For months, I couldn't identify what was happening and just plowed through the day with it, knocking things out using it to my advantage. It wasn't until last week, out of town, realizing that it wasn't a natural feeling when I realized I should feel. Now knowing the difference, it creates anxiety/stress because I know it's not right. I hope I explained that well.
Thank you sir!
Oh I know exactly what you mean, well, I think I do anyway from how you described it as being over stimulated. I don't know that anxiety is the right word for what I was feeling so it is what I labeled it just for something to call it others could kind of understand. I just don't know what other word to use for the feeling. I told my wife and therapist it was like I would get the rushing feeling of adrenaline and it was always there in my chest just waiting to spring forward into action. Like I was on high alert defcon 5 but there was no actual justifiable reason.
Did yours effect your heart rate or blood pressure? Mine doesn't; in fact, some of my lowest blood pressures (114/74) occurs while it's happening, and it's weird, the times I felt the most relaxed are when my blood pressure was more like 130/80. That's some of the weirdness of it, because when my anxiety is going, my BP can be like 170/100
The other thing is it's not in my chest, but in my head...like a pressure.
Good idea. That'll clear it right up
48oz ribeye at a minimumLol c’mon man 16oz is a solid steak, but if you want big boy metabolic disruption you need to put down some big boy numbers for the sweats!
I probably need at least 50% more than that to get into sweats territory, but rest assured if you push far enough you’ll earn them.
Not fun at all though
I am not sure, back then I wasn't tracking any of my vitals. I hadn't touched anything in years so I wasn't too worried about them.Did yours effect your heart rate or blood pressure? Mine doesn't; in fact, some of my lowest blood pressures (114/74) occurs while it's happening, and it's weird, the times I felt the most relaxed are when my blood pressure was more like 130/80. That's some of the weirdness of it, because when my anxiety is going, my BP can be like 170/100
Although it does tend to happen more with meat due to it having a higher TEF from being harder to process. I also notice I only seem to get it with harder to digest carbs. I have never had the sweats from candy or white rice. Not saying it doesn't happen, just not to me.
good news on the lack of PEM. Are you putting together any specific short term or long term goals at the moment? your comment about choline is sorta mind blowing, I had never even given it a thought before. Do you ever fight ADD? It's sorta interesting seeing that you might be someone who needs more Choline, getting more of it, and reporting less PEM afterwards which could possibly also be connected.....Weight: 223
Time to get this under control. Eating way too much
Otherwise, sleep very well for a workout night, and have no PEM (post exertional malaise) today! Praise God. It's been so long since I haven't felt like trash the day after a workout.
I'll be skipping all supplements and vitamins the next couple days for the Organic Acid Test by Great Plains. Well, I plan to, but keeping lemon balm and theanine handy.
Yeah, I'm thinking the choline might be related to the PEM as well. I sometimes have ADD type symptoms, i believe. I'll have to read the same thing 5 times occasionally to get it. Sometimes, I literally can't at all. It's annoying and why I hate reading.
