🧵 Artificially induce bipolar Mania with St John's wort? Eg: go Super Saiyan

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 18:37:34 UTC No. 16175842

I've been on a bit of a dive trying to figure out how to manage bipolar disorder myself and came to the conclusion that lithium was untouchable if you didn't want to die of organ failure after a year without a prescription and there's not much else besides a bunch of other while maybe not bull-shit comparatively useless holistic activities for someone like me.

But then I discovered there's something called St John's Wort which is a natural mood regulator but psychiatrists tell people with bipolar disorders not to take it because it induces Mania.

So am I insane or is it possible to not regulate but use It or something like it too raise my mood during non-manic depressive episodes to at least establish a equilibrium between poles so while the equilibrium might be extreme it's consistent, which to me or at least from experience I think that might be a lot more manageable and help me with my productivity.
And while I understand the brightest flames burn the shortest, when I'm a little bit Manic and also happy I can get more done in a day than a team of people in a week.