Norbert Somogyi

Do you have lab measurements that showed actual deficiencies? Do you follow any restrictive diet like a vegan one? Do you experience any benefit besides these symptoms, upon taking this multivitamin? Lots of the ingredients are beneficial, but some may be only required in certain situations, and cause harm in others. There are multiple potential culprits, but it may take a while to find it. Vitamin Bs (B6/B12/Niacin), supplemental C&Iron interaction, zinc&copper interaction, and more. I experienced pins & needles in my hands and feet when I was taking a B-complex, as well as rare heart palpitations (but no chest pain). They subsided in a few days after I stopped. I'd just give this one up and focus on more important supplements. Vitamin D - you may benefit from a higher dose, Magnesium, Omega-3, K2 and whatever you can't properly get from your diet or food in general. My two cents.

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I don't necessarily favor multivitamins, because the many different compounds fit together (that usually don't exist combined so tightly in nature) can cause unforeseen reactions in your body (no matter how much workaround the manufacturer is trying to do). Different compounds can also compete with each other in different ratios, making you lose a substantial part of it during metabolism. Do you take them on an empty stomach? That can potentially explain the chest pain, but can also be different things. Have you also tried different brands?

As said before in the thread, cholesterol seems play a crucial role in different bodily processes. Vitamin D Synthesis, Bile Acid production (digestion of fat and fat-soluble vitamins like A,D,K,E), Cell membrane integrity and cell signaling, as well as nerve function. Correspondingly, a cholesterol level below the normal range seems to come with numerous risks related to brain and mental health, even an increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in the brain). Here is Gemini's assessment on the topic. Here is also an overview of the relationship between cholesterol and (not only) vitamin D, including numerous studies referenced.

I'd be cautious to take zinc&copper complexes, as zinc can inhibit the absorption of copper. Manufacturers have tried different workarounds, here is Gemini's current assessment. Just to be on the safe side, I'd take them separately, alternating between them 12 hours or every other day. I'm sorry to hear you have hashimoto's, but there seems to be workarounds other than zinc&copper. Here is an overview in regards to vitamin D

I am not sure if I have any zinc-specific benefit I experience, but I also take D3,K2,Magnesium,Omega 3,C,Copper,Boron,Iodine&Selen. I know that zinc is greatly beneficial on its' own, furthermore synergistic with vitamin D. https://vitamindwiki.com/Zinc+and+Vitamin+D My immunity is off the charts in comparison, but that also is related to high D3 levels. I was barely sick for a day this year, at the time others got such heavy cases of flu that some were almost bed-ridden for days or even weeks. Nothing was said about this flu in the news or the local government, which is interesting.

It's a high dose, pontentially not risky, but you are likely to be fine with half as much. A blood test can tell where you are at currently. According to NIH (National Institutes of Health), the higher limit is 40mg per day. Interestingly, I also take as much in the form of Picolinate (50mg per capsule per day, even the bottle says as much). I will also experiment with halving the dose, to see if anything happens on my side. What you should be concerned about is excessive zinc's inhibitory effects on copper. It can increase the rate at which copper is removed from the body, also decrease the amount it is absorbed. Copper deficiency is a bitch - anemia, worse and less white blood cells, decreased immunity, potential osteoporosis and neuropathy (masking B12 deficiency symptoms, can be misdiagnosed).

@royce I was about to post this, thank you.

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Scienfitic debate and ethical conduct aside, a vegan diet is not exactly a sustainable practice in all parts of the world. I've been thinking about how the biosphere can be affected by the large-scale transportation of plant-based food to locations where crops don't grow throughout the year (EU and the US for example). However, I instead asked DeepSeek to provide numerous effects, because I was certain I couldn't account for them all. Allow me to copy & paste it These are second and third-order effects which are understandably beyond the scope of individual sensitivity, and of course this accounts for the transportation of animal products as well. The only way I can think of where you can sustainably detach yourself from the supply chain and still provide yourself the conditions to maintain your vegan diet - is to grow your own food with regenerative practices at places with climates that allow you to grow plants throughout the year. Not an easy feat for most. This is where the synergy of the Mind and the Heart is required, so that you can evaluate the extended and long-term effects of your individual choices. Beyond what you are sensitive to when you are heart-centered. P.S: I don't agree with all of the solutions suggested by the AI, nor am I growing my own food - but that's another topic.

A pointer the size of a planck-length compared to infinity Everything that has ever happened, been imagined // is happening, being imagined // will happen, can be imagined and the reverse of everything said before, happening infinite times simultaneously in every single moment of the past, present and future. All of this in every single one of infinite timelines, universes, from the perspective of every single particle infinitely smaller than planck length and their infinitely diverse combinations. It's like every single atom is watching a Mandelbrot zoom from the beginning to the end of the universe, which perhaps has no beginning nor end due to a potentially cyclical nature - we will see eh?

I guess this is why Ken Wilber emphasizes the multi-dimensionality of development (in his book Finding Radical Wholeness), meaning Waking up (Awakening), Growing up (Personal Development), Cleaning up (reintegrating the Shadow), Showing up (referring to his 4Q model and how the Quadrants all co-exist and influence one another) and Opening up (to the various facets of intelligence one can develop). Furthermore how focusing solely on Waking up could result in various even disastrous effects. I have yet to read the book, but got curious about it after reading this Reddit post.

Thank you for the clear and valuable response! I believe there is a small misunderstanding, as I didn't mean to imply that I envision enlightenment as detachment from worldy affairs. I view some traditional paths leaning in that direction, and I view such detachment with caution. It reeks with selfishness and escapism to me, but perhaps I am not aware of methods that benefit the collective without being involved with worldy affairs. I also consider the possibility that the misunderstanding stems from a completely different mindset, given how those paths of detachment were born in a completely different time period and place. I also don't resonate with the arrogance awakening is often presented with here. I just don't see how frequently interacting in this (sub)forum and explaining what is time and time again could be a path anyone awake would choose over others. How this path could be the most ideal when it comes to caring about and sharing truth. It is possible I just have yet to comprehend the utter careless awakening could produce, meaning everything inherently having the same value. It just stings, perhaps this is why I am not involving myself with it at the moment.

Thank you! This resonates much more with me. I agree with your TL:DR, but that's not the feeling I am getting when I am reading this sub-forum. To me it feels like endless parroting for the majority (not everything, I've read some incredibly deep posts here), but I could be wrong of course.:)

I don't doubt the logic, it intellectually makes sense. However, it doesn't contradict my point. Awakening doesn't give someone omniscience let alone omnipotence, you still need to learn how to navigate the world as a human. It sounds even more difficult since you may need to re-learn a lot of stuff. Stuff like self-actualization, empathy, love, understanding women, meaning of your life etc. Petty human shit does not go away when you awaken. In my head someone who is awakened would not waste their energies in petty human debates. They wouldn't have spiritual egos that seek validation. They would not waste their time trying to enforce their views on anyone on such a niche platform. Instead they either bask in the magnificence of what is, or trying to cultivate the same Absolute love they experience in anyone they meet. Other times just spend their time being human, with everything it entails. My keypoint here is authenticity, if nothing else. If awakening is not that - then no thanks, I guess

Yeah, it's kinda hilarious (no offense to serious seekers). Feels similar to mining bedrock in Minecraft, you can randomly glitch through it and experience the void (which is but another perspective), but you still don't understand a large part of the game (like redstone mechanisms or villager trade as a comparison).

This is hilarious and made me laugh out loud, yet so insightful. Never put a cap on your creativity ever again!

Fair points! Allow me to share my own view on this. You could make the case that psychology can't exist without biology, but biology can exist without psychology. The situation however is more nuanced in our case, since we have both at our disposal. The examination of their relationship instead, is an interesting and fruitful endeavor. I believe this is rather a matter of perspective and context. Our brains seemingly have evolved for us to be social, because this increased the likelihood of our survival the most. They are unusually large in proportion to our body size, which is not often seen in the animal kingdom. Cooperation, language, abstract thinking, socialization are consequential frameworks that required the additional brain matter to form. The default mode is to be social (except in a select few), and the loneliness epidemic may be a symptom of us distancing ourselves from each other at least in developed countries (especially in urban areas, where people are paradoxically living the closest to each other). I'd also tie Maslow into this, especially the basic needs on the pyramid. Without water, food, warmth, a roof above your head (physical safety) and even sex (which appears on the whole pyramid in different flavors), I wouldn't think socialization would be a top priority in one's mind. They are interdependent and when biological meets are met, then the social needs arise. On the other hand, communities facilitate frameworks that ensure people's biological needs are consistently met. Anorexia is a special case, and I'm not an expert on it. It really appears to be overriding biology. From my perspective, I think of it as biology seeking equilibrium - resulting in the self-perpetuation of this image - accompanied with a low body and emotional awareness. I'd consider people suffering from this to be truly head-centered, with feelings/sensations suppressed or misinterpeted. When it comes to sexuality and attraction, you do have a great point that overlaps with my personal experience. Its fascinating how we have some sort of sixth sense to sense out and attract certain people with familiar (or needed) dynamics without even having spoken a word to them. Does biology play a role in this? Most likely. Perhaps there is a biological system in our bodies and/or the brain from which this sense is born and fine-tuned. Psychology can help someone change the state of this sense (changing our attachment patterns from any type of dysfunctional to safe - through emotional&trauma work and maybe meditation). Biological factors definitely play a role especially in the phase of attraction - hormones for example. Relationships and their maintenance seemingly require more from the side of psychology than biology. Finally, in my personal experience, modifying my hardware bore me bigger fruits than psychology ever did. You could say my years spent with inner work, in therapy, retreats, spirituality were the nutrients to the soil from which the fruits of my work could bore and grow. You could also say that without a faulty or low-energy hardware, all the time someone spends in therapy could be running in circles with seldom breakthroughs and step-ups. In my case both are valid. Since I've been experimenting with supplements (that definitely override some of my physiology given my drastic improvements and consistently elevated state of mental well-being, as well as the unfilteredness between me and my emotions). It's like I've reached a point in my self-development which I thought were years of work away, but here I am opening up to myself and to the world. Curious to read your thoughts!

Do you really want to smoke, or is it just your friends pressuring you directly or indirectly to do it? A good question to contemplate. Regardless, inhaling right after is how it makes you feel the buzz.

I agree with @Flowerfaeiry, everyone have their reasons and motivations to get into this work. My reason was pretty similar. Lately I've been thinking that spiritual work is not exactly ideal for everyone at any point of their lives. In case it feels like a grind to you, it is an invitation to contemplate whether it is what you truly desire or not. Furthermore, whether the way you do it feels closest to you, or not, and why. My spiritual phase helped me appreciate the simple things and the wonders of life and the world around us. It kept me positive and optimist even at my worst moments. I've sort of distanced myself from it for a while however, currently I participate more in grounding, earthly matters

This is hilarious, was my first thought too! Somehow, Popelatine has returned, and switched sides again?

Moving onto the topic of balance, I've been contemplating on it. Is it always ideal to seek balance, aren't there states from which it is better to step out? Things like low-energy and low-conscious states (more like phases, because as states they can appear anytime). I understand they are inherently less compatible and less likely to facilite a search for balance - but this is where I would consider spiritual bypassing to rise. Which in my opinion is a misguided search for balance, or at least ill-timed - given how much emotional baggage can be swept under the rug and kept there for an unnecessarily long time - instead of letting them rise to the surface and allowing them to be expressed. How does someone balance the various motivations and desires that are pulling our psyches around as we interact with the world? How does one balance perspectives when one of them is pulling so hard you can barely resist. Is it better to resist, or is it better to let things happen as they need to and live out the perspectives before coming back to the earth? Meaning, is it always better to strive to learn from others' mistakes, or are there situations where it is best to just jump into? How does someone even determine when it is better to seek balance and when it is better to just jump into the chaos and let the flow take over? Is it necessary to determine beforehand? I've got so many questions to ponder on, one more being Should Thanos win? As I am contemplating and pondering on these, I'm forming a visual model or representation of basically all the above in my head. I will share later on, as it matures.

Take a look around the world, and look where the extreme has brought us. War, famine, sickness, pandemics, genocides. Deforestation, melting icecaps, extinct species, decaying coral reefs, oceanic dead-zones, desertification of certain lands, depleted soil, PFAs contaminated rainwater, microplastics, plastic islands on the ocean, contaminated fish. Dying cultures and eroding languages. Addictions, cancer, mental disorders, obesity, diabetes, heart-attack, existential crises, families torn apart, traumas everywhere (granted we just started to learn how they work like 150 years ago), critically low attention-spans due to dependence on technology, thinking and survival skills forgotten. This is just the tip of the iceberg. To be honest I find it incredibly fascinating how much our body is capable of enduring. Therefore I wouldn't say, that balance is a lie. I apologize for the derailing rant, just wanted to put this one out.

Yeah, good point. There goes my bias

That's hilarious haha! I got surprised at the hungarian title, thought youtube automatically translated it for me. Now I wonder if it auto-translates to English for you.