January 2025
How marijuana and alcohol affect my sleep
A few nights ago, I used marijuana for the first time after abstaining for several months. The following morning, I noticed that my overnight resting heart rate (RHR), as measured by my Oura ring, was ~8 BPM lower than the previous few nights, and my heart rate variability (HRV) was also ~10 ms higher than typical for me. Did using marijuana actually positively impact my sleep? I dig into my data in this post.
9 minutes
October 2024
My experience taking naltrexone, an opioid antagonist
Before my dissociative symptoms intensified around 2019, I was actively engaged in life as a prolific student and researcher. But once my dissociative symptoms started flaring up in my adult life, I became dysfunctional and struggled to understand or engage in the external world. It’s taken me long time to mostly get back on my feet where I am today, but I can now definitely say that, along with therapy, naltrexone has enabled me to properly engage with and advance in life again.
data DID medication naltrexone
19 minutes
August 2023
Learning about my system with data
Life is moving very rapidly right now. I wrote the previous post (Waking up to the present) six weeks ago, shortly after I had split a new cluster of parts. Then, three weeks ago, I split a whole new cluster of parts. Both six weeks ago and three weeks ago I had very distinct changes in my behavioral patterns and how I operate. I have two very distinct “jumps” in my continuity of memory both three and six weeks ago.
conceptualization cycle data DID polyfragmented symptoms
5 minutes