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Dave’s experience with ketamine treatment for depression
Ketamine obviously isn’t a non-prescription therapy, but it is far enough outside the mainstream, and promising enough, that I (the editor) jumped at the chance to hear about it.
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User supplement reviews: a valuable research tool
For years I’ve used the customer reviews at online health food stores to learn about experiences other people were having with various supplements and health issues.
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How to speed up your health research
(Updated April 2023.) I first started my self-experiments with nutritional therapy two decades ago, when internet searches for “XYZ deficiency symptoms” landed me on sites featuring iguanas, Yorkshire terriers, cockatiels, and, on one auspicious day, a Colin Farrell sex tape.
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Therapies and treatments we’ve tried
(Updated Mar 2023.) This website originally focused on self-experimenting with nutritional therapy, using supplements available at healthfood stores. Eventually I widened my horizons and tried out these modalities or approaches.