RE: Science in Anarchy! Participate in the world's first science experiment on steemit and get paid!
This is interesting. I've heard a few people say they take tylenol and advil when depressed. Mostly for the psychological connection between physical and mental pain, and a sort of placebo effect it gives them (at the very least)
I take painkillers quite often. I have clinical depression so maybe it's a habit for me in the same way they say chocolate cravings are symptomatic of depression.
I wouldn't be helpful in the study even in control group for various reasons. My meds give me major sugar cravings and I often don't have much appetitie.
You have reminded me that I should pay more attention to what I eat. So thank you for that. I think I will experiment with the advil, in the sense I will pay more attention to any effects.
And one question I have...is if the advil is suppose to help at the onset of depression-type symptoms, how can people really know if the timing is right? That can take months to really realize day to day, if being honest with oneself (or a few years)
Or maybe since I already take advil a lot I might be a good person to do that. So long as in the usual diet group. And I know coming up is time when I get depressed/tired a bit.
Yes you would be perfect in the normal diet + painkller group.
Purpose of the study is to test the null hypothesis, i.e. placebo effect.
Just keep doing what you're doing, but blog about it and add #AS1G1 to your daily journal.
ok I can start soon. So I just take advil when I feel 'crappy', not necessarily everyday?
@radioactivities
Yes exactly. In fact we want you to limit it specifically to when you feel crappy. Since it's not the drug we're testing, but the cycle.