My Amoryn Diary

[Zombie]

Hello Everybody,

I've decided to keep a diary of my Amoryn experiences over the next 6 weeks & post it on this thread. Thought it might be helpful for anybody thinking of taking it. Oh, & I also have nothing better to do!!

OK, I've already been taking Amoryn for over 2 weeks now with no positive effects. I ordered it from a UK site, Natures Medicines but I think they get their stock from BioNeurix in the US.

If anybody would like to take a look at my history before reading this it can be found in the “Introduce Yourself� section of the forum.

Anyway, here are my retrospective findings:-

Week1 - Felt OK but I think I was just excited about taking it & I went away the following weekend which was something I was looking forward to.

Week2 - Headaches, anxiety, pessimism, confusion, incoherence, depression set in. I felt even worse than I had done before I started taking the stuff. My teeth started hurting too which has always been a sign of depression for me. I think they often hurt but I just notice it more when I'm depressed, thus making me worse!

Decided to order some Seredyn towards the end of the week to sort out the anxiety. Still not arrived yet. E-mailed BioNeurix for reassurance that things would get better. No reply.

Week3 - I am now in week3. Headaches gone but still feeling anxious, incoherent, over sensitive, unusually quiet etc. Received a reply from BioNeurix(which surprised me considering the banter going on round the site!). However, they just told me the same old rubbish that is on their site. IE: Anxiety can be felt during the first few weeks & 87% of users usually encounter benefits after 6 - 8 weeks etc etc etc(!).

Tell me something I don't know Mr Amoryn. My actual question was "Why do I feel more depressed?" not "Why do I feel more anxious?" This guy(or gal) was called Chris by the way, not Ben who has already posted on the site.

Today I purchased some L-Tyrosine(500mg) to try to focus me a bit. Took one earlier but it didn’t seem to do anything. Think I’m going to leave these alone to make my Amoryn diary more credible because I’m not 100% sure of the effects whilst taking Amoryn. However, I will take the Seredyn when it arrives for the anxiety.

I’ll post again in a couple of days with an update. I’ll be starting week4 in a few days so I’m hoping things are going to get better.

Cheers now!
Dave.

[Zombie]

Hi,

Me again! Glad to see the site's up & running, shame that the migration didn't go too well, though. Bloody servers, eh Kelly!!

OK, I'm now a couple of days into Week4 on the Amoryn. I have to say, I do feel a little less mentally scattered & a little happier but by no means do I feel great. The anxiety is still there but has been OK this week.

Went to the pub at the weekend with a friend & I was drinking pints. Something I don't usually do because in the past I have felt very bloated, lethargic, sluggish, which in turn, has made me feel more depressed. However, last weekend was different. I just kept throwing them down me without a care in the world & had a really good night. Full of energy & conversation.

This could have been due to the new surroundings though, & the fact that we had a whole room in the pub to ourselves, with a pool table in it!

Something I will mention is that I have been feeling quite tearful & emotional during the days this week. A feeling that I felt when I was beginning my Fluoxetine capsules early last year. Hmmmm.

Anyway, in summary, Week4 doesn't exactly have me jumping for joy just yet but I think there maybe something trying to poke through. It's my birthday at the weekend & I'm going out so I'll send a post on the Sunday to let you all know how I coped with it.

Thanks
Dave.
PS: My Seredyn still hasn't arrived, but I don't feel I really need it at present. If things carry on the way they are I might just cancel my order.

[Zombie]

Hello again,

Just reaching the end of week4 & guess what? Time to up the dosage me thinks!!

Just to make it clear, here is a list of what exactly I have been taking during my 4 weeks on Amoryn.

2x Amoryn caps (1 in morning, 1 late afternoon)
1x Seven Seas cod liver oil caps (1 in morning, for the last 7 years)
1x Multibionta, multi vitamins (1 in morning, for the last 4 years)

OK, onto the diary of the last week:-

Week4 - Oh dear, I know I reported that I was feeling OK in my last entry but I am now feeling rubbish again. Not particularly anxious at present but very tired & lazy. Just getting off my arse & doing the slightest of things(including my job) just seems very difficult & pointless.

I'm having difficulties making sense of anything or explaining myself verbally to people. I was also having some unwelcome thoughts yesterday too.

This all could have stemmed from the weekend's shanagans. Here's what happened:-

Friday(day before my birthday) - Went out for a meal at a local pub with my mother & her side of the family. Went OK but felt a bit out of place occasionally. Didn't have a drink because I was driving.

Saturday(birthday) - This was a bad night & I sort of felt it before I left the house. I wasn't nervous or anything, just hazy & not really feeling up for it.

I went to town with a friend &, after a few drinks, I became a walking zombie. Zero facial expressions, self conscious & really just wanted to be elsewhere. So different from the night the week before whereby I was almost on fire with personality.

Eventually, my friend disappeared & I got a text from him a bit later saying that he'd gone home because he'd had enough of me. His exact words were: "I've gone home because you're being a mard arse".

LOL!! However, at the time it didn't seem funny. Especially as he knew about my depression & what possibly to expect. Just goes to show that people really do not understand, even though he should because he suffers from depression himself. Only, his is quite different. His depression is more behind closed doors.

Sunday - Birthday meal with dad & family friend. This also went down like a led balloon. Just felt like I didn't know these people I was eating my dinner with. Didn't really know where to look. Wasn't even worth speaking 'coz, no matter what I said, it never made any sense or I had to work really hard for it to do so. Even then, nobody seemed interested in what I was saying, including me!

My dad asked me what was wrong at one point, I just said that I was hot which was true, it was roasting in there, but that was not the issue. Needless to say, I felt quite sad yesterday.

All in all, a great birthday......NOT!!!

You'll be pleased to here that I will be going out again next Saturday night. Can't wait to tell you about that one!

The question of the day today is: "What's the point?" That's just how I'm feeling right now. "What's the point in anything & everything?!" It's all rubbish anyway. Rubbish rubbish rubbish!!!

OK, so now I'm just depressing myself even more & you too no doubt!

Anyway, as mentioned earlier, I've upped my dose from 2 caps a day to 3 because evidently they aint doing what they should. I'll be on this dose for the next week & will up it again next week if required.

And another thing, I haven't received my sodding Seredyn yet!! I ordered it on the 16th June & they told me if I don't receive it by today to let them know & they'll send a fresh bottle.

Bit late now, if I'd have received it when I should, I may not have had to have moaned so much on my diary!!

Check ya next week anyways, I'm gonna go grumble else where for a bit.

Bzzzz!

Dave.

[Zombie]

Greetings all,

'Tis me again with my weekly Amoryn diary update. It has been a week since my last entry, last week being the beginning of my 5th week, whereby I upped my dosage from 2-a-day to 3-a-day.

Well, since last week, up until now, there is really not much to report. Needless to say, from today, I will be upping my dosage again from 3-a-day to 4-a-day which is the maximum recommended daily dosage.

I will sustain this dosage for the next 3 weeks which will take me to the end of my 8 week Amoryn experience. If I do not feel what I think I should be feeling by then I will give it up & move on to something else.

OK, here are my findings during the last week:-

Week5 - Started like the previous week, I suppose, but didn't really end like the previous week. End of week4 left me feeling sad but I think that was to do with my miserable birthday.

Last Saturday I went out with a friend & had a really good time. After last weekend I was a bit wary because I didn't want the same thing to happen(IE: me turning into a zombie & him going home due to my lack of animation). Didn't stay out as late as last weekend so didn't drink as much which could have made the difference.

Today & last week I have been feeling a little bit anxious, but not overly. Felt unusually quiet & a bit nasty to be honest. I said things to people & then thought to myself: "that isn’t something I'd normally say" & I’d usually make a joke out of it or something at least but I just don’t seem to want to. That’s right! I don’t feel I should. Strange....

I think the reason I have been saying these things is because I just can't seem to think of anything to say, hence my unusual quietness. Trouble is, if I just remain quiet, I then feel useless & vulnerable. No win situation really!

Anyhoo, I don't feel as sad as I did on my last report which is a bonus but I don't think it has anything at all to do with the Amoryn. On the contrary, I think I would feel even happier if I wasn’t taking it!

I only wish that next week I will be able to tell you all that I am feeling like superman, flying through the air, invincible with the power of fifty men. But I get the feeling that it just aint gonna happen.

We’ll see…..

Dave.
PS: I received my Seredyn at long last & took 2 capsules last Friday. Guess what? Nothing but a stinking headache about 5 hours later which lasted all night!!

[Zombie]

Hey Everybody,

'Tis I, the human guinea pig. That's right, & a very disappointed guinea piggy at that!

I am now just beginning my seventh week on the Amoryn & taking a dosage as of last week of 4 capsules a day. One in the morning, one in the afternoon, one in the evening & one at night.

Well, what can I say? Not a lot really! Last week felt pretty much like the week before, & the week before felt pretty much like the week before that. I'm just simply under whelmed by the lack of any kind of effect from this Amoryn stuff.

Here is this week’s report of last week’s events(for what it's worth).....

Week6 - I was actually off work last week & was supposed to go to Wales on a fishing holiday but it was cancelled due to bad weather. Who would have thought that rain would paste the hills of Porthmadog at any point during our pitiful UK summer, hey?

In which case, I had set my heart on going away somewhere, so I did. On the Wednesday I went to Blackpool(LOL - BLACKPOOL!!). Some people have named it "The Vegas of England". Some people say it's the heart of all English holiday resorts. I say nothing, because I wouldn't want to offend anyone!

Na, I'm only kidding, it's OK for a day or two. Besides, I only went for the casino's in the evening. Two days I stayed for on my own & it was OK. I sort of chatted to people & didn't always feel awkward. In fact, the first night, I may even have been in with a chance with the barmaid but she was working until far too late for me to hang around.

The second night was in a different casino which wasn't as friendly as the previous one. I have to say, people annoyed me but I didn't let it show too much. This has been a problem for me sometimes in the past, keeping my gob shut. Somehow, I managed to stay calm & collective throughout.

Was this due to the Amoryn? I don't know. What I do know is that I spent a fair few quid at both casinos & came home with nothing to show for it. But who cares? I was on my holidays!!

Anyway, I've probably digressed completely but this is because I don't really have anything to report this week. Frankly, I'm beginning to find myself quite bored with this Amoryn lark. I wish my experiment was over now so that I could swiftly move on to something else, something that may work &, if not, doesn't take 8 sodding weeks for me to find out.

At the same time, I am feeling quite excited because I only have 2 weeks left on my Amoryn experience. I've got a whole load of Kira SJW & Gotu Kola capsules to get through after my 8 weeks are up.

Mmmmmm, yum yum!

And that's it! Tune in next week for my second to last entry in "My Amoryn Diary". Bet you can't wait - LOL!!

Dave.

[Zombie]

Hello All,

Well, what can I say? I'm feeling sooooooo good, sooooooo happy & extremely excited, too. Why? Because it's my last miserable week on these good for nothing pills, that's why!!

Apologies, I'm a bit late with this entry for the simple reason that I just couldn't be bothered to add it last night. How rude of me! Maybe if these rubbish Amoryn pills had any positive effect at all, I may have felt happy or even eager to update my diary last night.

So I suppose you wanna hear about me previous week's shanagans on the Amoryn? Okerly dokerly doo!!

Week7 - Last week came......& last week went without any noticeable positive effects from my 4-a-day Amoryn dosage. However, I think I have been experiencing some effects never-the-less, just not very nice ones. For instance, I felt I had to take two days off sick last week. I wasn't sick, I just felt really down & couldn't get myself out of bed to go to work. I know that when I get like this, I'm really falling down into a pit of depression.

The rest of the time, (IE: when I was in work), I just felt like staring at a wall & crying.....but for no reason! My eyes would just fill up & I'd start thinking about how insignificant I am. How stupid of me! The same thing happened today on one or two occasions, too.

I didn't do anything at the weekend, just stayed in & a friend came round on Saturday night. Watched a film so it made his stay easier to not have to converse with me too much.

Got really drunk on Sunday night on my own & played Playstation until the early hours of the morn. In fact, the best I have felt all week was yesterday which was probably because I had gotten so drunk on the Sunday that I was still drunk for half of Monday! I've always been like this, if I have a drink during the night, I feel so less depressed & more confident the following day.

That's about it really. All in all, still nothing positive to report for the Amoryn & far too many negatives up to now. The most concerning part was the time off work that I took. When I was on the meds last year I never took any time off work for most of the duration. I actually enjoyed work & when I was on holidays I'd look forward to going back. It's only when I feel like this that I can't stand to be there.

Anyway, I have now already started my final week on Amoryn(week 8) & I can't wait for it to end. I'm going to take my last pills on Friday &, if I feel nothing positive, I'm going to wave a stern farewell & good riddance to them.

I'll post my final entry here next Monday for all to see. Until then, take care of yourselves, & each other.

Thanks
Jerry.....erm I mean Dave.

[Zombie]

Hi All,

HURRAY!!! At long last my boring Amoryn experience is finally over. I reckon you'll all be even more happy to learn about this than I am. Let's face it, there'll be no more monotonous drivel from me on this thread which, I myself admit, makes me feel pretty darn good!

Last week, I continued to take the Amoryn until I took my last capsule on Thursday night. Making my Amoryn experience a total of 7 & a half weeks. The reason I cut it a little short was because they were making me feel more depressed. Normally I would have taken my last one last night but never mind. A couple more days wouldn't have made any difference, believe me.

Anyway, here is my final weeks entry:-

Week8 - Basically, felt virtually the same as the week before & the week before that only with a little more depression. Very tearful too. I wasn't crying or anything, just felt emotional & a bit dazed. To be honest, I am having difficulties remembering what happened last week. This usually means that nothing actually did happen!

I do remember having some rubbish thoughts, I think it could have been those thoughts that made me feel bad. These thoughts mainly came from a work colleague who had annoyed me & I was unable to shake the after thoughts. I then started to think that I was stupid for not standing up & saying something. I then started to think that, if I had, I would have only made a fool of myself due to my condition. Depression is crap, you just feel like you can't win, no matter what you do or how you do it.

Anyway, that was last week. All in all, over the (almost)two months I have been taking Amoryn, it has provided absolutely no positive effects for me whatsoever. I have to say, I am thoroughly disappointed! I really thought that this was going to be it.....the answer. Evidently not.

However, this doesn't necessarily mean that it won't work for anybody else, it just didn't work for me. The trouble is that you may have to waste 2 months of your life finding out whether it does or doesn't work for you.

Since last Thursday, I have been taking Kira SJW, 300mg(900ug) one-a-day at night time. Through the day I have been taking Gotu Kola 1400mg (700mg morning, 700mg afternoon). I have taken Kira before & it has worked for me, only it wore off. Now that I have discovered this site, I'll make sure that this doesn't happen again.

I have not felt anything as yet but I think I'm beginning to feel better just to be off the Amoryn. Maybe I'll start another thread elsewhere to report my findings. It won't be another diary, though, just a quick woohoo or a quick boohoo if necessary!

In the meantime, anybody wanna buy half a bottle of Amoryn capsules? Special deal? If you're willing to pay the postage, I'm willing to knock em out!

Take it easy & thanks for reading!

Dave.