I wanted one place where I could drop anything related - organize my thoughts and ask questions.
I found this site about a year ago but at that time I did not understand the idea behind this protocol. At one point I though I have found solution and I am healthy and then boom - my solution doesnt work anymore and I am depressed again, so depressed I have not felt for 3 years and this scared shit out of me.

Male, born in 1981, ~75kg
Usual symptoms - worst case: Depression, anhedonia, low energy all the time. Took 2-3 naps per day. No supplements work, some nootropics work sometimes (like modafinil, prl-853, phenylpiracetam) but the "hangover" usually follows next day worsening situation. Nicotine makes me sleepy. Max quality working hours per day - 2-3.
Frequent urination, mild gut issues, brain fog after food containing gluten, milk protein and probably seeds like sunflower seeds and cacao.

But in last 3 years I was feeling somehow ok - was able to work 4-5 hours per day, no motivation for extra learning or something useful.

In last 3 years I was taking every possible supplement I found useful. I have taken in various combinations almost everything that is in bornfree protocol.

In the end of 2022 I took stack containing a lot of antioxidants, nootropics and usual stuff like minerals and vitamins and I got in to manic working state. I was working/learning at least 8-10 hours per day + rest of the day playing with my child and being responsible parent in every other ways. And I loved it (if not counting some psychotic episodes).

After 2 months being in this state I took a rest from everything (Christmas), but after that I could not get in to same state with reduced stack of supplements. And then I think I got covid or something like that. But when everyone around me was having some kind of symptoms - I had nothing, just sore throat and maybe a little elevated body temp (also oura warned me about that) for week or so - max 37.5C. From the nootropics I got anxiety so I stopped them. Other supplements did not work at all - so I stopped taking them. I got more and more depressed. I was in such state for almost for half a year.

In the beging of summer I started to get my normal lower level of energy and was able to work 4-5h per day, but still no motivation for anything else. Blamed THC, blamed overused supplements etc.

So here I am, studying this protocol as it makes sense for me.

HTMA ordered. Learning about useful blood tests here in Latvia. Recently my throat infection went a little bit worse - now it feels healed, but I am feeling worse in terms of energy again.

Have not done serology tests. I don't have doctor yet who could help me, but searching for one.

At this point I have 2 suspects:
1) My home (flat in old brick/wooden house) has mold. Because of leak from my flat. Now I can see it on walls. Need to move out from there. I have options to live somewhere else time to time tho.
2) I have at least 1 or 2 dead teeth (removed root canals)

So I have finished my 3 day egcg fast. Also Forskolin and trans-pterostilbene (form of resveratrol) was used. From minerals: salt, potasium chloride was used. Magnesium bisglicinate was used only in morning of day 1 with warm salt water for cleaning gut. On day 2 added 1 capsule (500mg) berberine.
So this was least enjoyable fast from them all. I have fasted quite a lot and usually I am fasting for 3 days every 2-3 months for several years. This was my second egcg fast - this time with much larger egcg dose (3x caps Life extension per day).

After the fast I am keeping low carb diet.

My psoriasis red spots on skin retracted a lot - this is by far best result from all the fasts I have done before. Also carnivorish diet helps a lot with psoriasis.

On second day I felt discomfort/slight pain in joints I have problem with, inside eyes-forehead. 

Will repeat! Need to schedule fasts so my body starts to adapt for regular fasting.

My HTMA

My protocol has been successful so far. I am having great focus and an overall ability to work. Tho my ability to solve problems in my head is still low. Probably due to THC overconsumption. Also, low testosterone/DHT from extended reishi and EGCG use is making me weak and whiny.

I started my protocol at end of summer. At that point, I was 30-40% functional. Able to work, but not able to do anything besides that. Was not as depressed as in spring, but still fighting a lot of self-doubt and self-punishment thoughts.
Ordered copper sulfate on amazon 1kg cheap stuff - not for oral consumption and started to consume it - like 1-2 mg per day - slowly rising dose.
Took all the other minerals. Added humic fulvic acids. That changed a lot - my psoriasis went down a lot. My gut felt better, mood was starting to improve.
Also was taking extra antioxidants: astaxanthin, ergothioneine, quercetin, black cumin seed oil, and reduced glutathione.

After I started the next phase of supplements where forskolin and R-ALA comes in - started to feel better... But still not able to do the job in a high-quality manner.

Then RUBIDIUM came in. I ordered RbCl and Rb Malates from pglchem.com
I used rubidium chloride intranasally ~300mcg - in the same day - after 1-2 hours I felt the urge to work - and I did, and it was a success! Such a level of the workforce inside me I haven't felt for a long time! It felt so natural tho powerful! Rubidium was my game-changer nr1 in this protocol!

So I was able to work, my mood was still swinging and I was a crying bitch sometimes.

When I started reishi par of protocol mood swings were abnormal. Sometimes I was sitting alone at my work just crying not willing to go home showing how weak I felt. After 1 week or so it got better. I took reishi protocol part for 3 weeks. My mood was stable but this reshi effect on 5AR was there. I hoped to get some kind of fiver or reaction from reshi+beta glucans but got only a few small lesions on my face.

Now the protocol has been finished. Learned a lot!!! Learned about the importance of small minerals no one is talking about. NOONE!!! Probably rubidium inst a miracle drug for everyone - it was for me. I am still planning to check what zirconium, cobalt, germanium, and other small little know minerals can do.

Last note. I still felt depressed while not working. Such a state - self-punishing thoughts all the time at the same time able to work - was the first time in my life. I was very internalized - unable to connect with my family. So I dropped in oregano oil and Chaga alcohol extract at the same time. And it reduced this load of self-punishing thoughts a lot - like by 75% at least. Probably oregano doing its bacteria-killing thing in the gut or Chaga triterpenes doing its part...

Also, I have reduced my coffee, nicotine, and THC usage. Don't need those things so much anymore.

So thank you Josh and everyone else in the community for what are you doing there.