I’d like to share with you my own personal experience of dealing with anxiety and depression, and the impact that taking Carbon 60 has had on me.
I’ve been dealing with anxiety and depression on and off for years.
It seems to come and go at the drop of a hat, so I always felt that mine had a strong biochemical basis, and very little to do with what was going on in the world around me, or even inside my own head.
I have never taken prescription drugs for it, as I’m very opposed to interfering with our body’s own natural biochemistry.
As a trained biochemist and geneticist I am in awe of the complexity and wonder that is contained in our body’s metabolism, and I’m always reluctant to mess with it, and so have always managed it the best I can using natural approaches, but there were still times my depression and anxiety held me firmly in its grip.
The stress of a new job
In September 2017 I started work at a new job that was extremely stressful, because of the steep learning curve that was required.
I was determined to succeed, but found myself coming home every day overwhelmed by stress and anxiety, and not knowing how I was going to get through another day.
My strongest feelings were a mix of total overwhelm and not feeling that I could cope with the job and wanting to quit, and intense emotional pain that made me want to escape everything i.e. suicidal thoughts.
This was not new to me so I soldiered on as best I could, taking each day one at a time.
I began taking Carbon 60
Then, during November 2017, we started taking Carbon 60 olive oil.
Within 30 minutes of taking the oil in the morning before work, I felt completely different.
The overwhelm dissolved, and I started feeling like I could handle things.
Interestingly, I could also feel the effects wearing off at about 3 to 4PM each day, when the overwhelm and stress would reappear.
So we upped my dose to closer to 8-10ml per day, and it would last longer, and allow me to get through the day.
The transformation was so unexpected and amazing that there was no way that I could go without my Carbon 60 oil in order to cope, so it became a fixed part of my daily regimen.
And on the days where I came home more overwhelmed than usual, I would take some extra, and watch the intensity turn down significantly.
This was the first time I had found anything that had such a marked impact on my state of mind, which only further reinforced my belief that my experiences were founded in out-of-balance biochemistry.
I did find that the C60 didn’t turn down my suicidal thoughts as strongly, although the lowered anxiety and my increased coping abilities did make it easier to manage and put them in perspective.
I added amino acid support
And then in February 2018, I began using the methods outlined in Julia Ross’s “The Mood Cure” and added both tryptophan and GABA to my toolkit, and found a reliable, effective, natural way to correct my brain biochemistry.
Within five weeks, I no longer needed to take tryptophan or GABA daily, and was able to slowly increase the time between doses until I reached a point 3 months later where I was only taking them as needed, rather than as a matter of course.
I still take somewhere around 8ml of Carbon 60 olive oil every day without fail, and now when the overwhelm rears its head, I take a GABA, and when I feel suicidal I take a tryptophan, and within a few hours I’m back to myself again.
Fortunately my own natural processes appear to have returned to much healthier levels, and I find myself taking either of the amino acids less than once a month these days, often in the week before menstruation, which suggests that my hormones are playing a role in my biochemical imbalances as well.
I’m coping so much better than before
I have now been at that same job – which is even more stressful right now than it was when I started – for 16 months, and I’m managing remarkably well given the circumstances, which I never would have been able to do without the support of C60 and my (now very occasional) neurotransmitter supplements.
My experience with C60 olive oil shows me just how powerful it can be in helping to rebalance brain biochemistry, and I basically refuse to go without it, so we always keep plenty on hand for our personal use.
I have experienced no negative effects on my mental health from my long-term use of it, which is now around 12 months.
I hope that my story gives you some insight into the ability of Carbon 60 to cross the blood-brain barrier and affect the emotions of at least one person (i.e. me) around anxiety and depression.
If you have any further questions about my experience, please comment below and I’d be more than happy to answer them.
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Note: This post is about my personal experience only and is not meant to be taken as health advice. Depression and anxiety are serious diseases that need to be managed carefully. If you are currently under the care of a health professional for a mental illness, please work with them before making any changes to your treatment program.
15 comments
Ana Biles
Hi Nikki,
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
I’am just discovering C-60 olive oil. Today I’ve had a first tablespoon 🙂
Reason behind – my sudden onset of anxiety which started a few months ago ( and not wanting to take antidepressants (!!) )
I am 56 years young / menopausal and generally very healthy.
Please could you recommend which brand you took of Tryptophan and GABA.
I shall gladly keep you posted on my experience with C- 60, just give me a few weeks.
With love
Ana.
Nikki Stokes
Hi Ana,
I’d highly recommend you read “The Mood Cure” by Julia Ross, as that’s where I learned so much of what I needed to manage my moods naturally.
I bought my various supplements from iHerb and tried a range of different brands, but can’t recommend one in particular, because everyone responds differently.
For example, I found that I didn’t respond well to 5-HTP, and ended up having to use tryptophan. And equally I had to try a range of GABA doses, because I found that I was very sensitive to it, and sometimes I reacted to the lactose in these GABA tablets, even though they worked best for me.
So that’s why I don’t think there’s one best brand or form or amount for everyone. I’d suggest you try a highly rated one, and see if it works for you.
The dosage size is important too, so keep that in mind when you’re choosing one.
All the best.
ORRIN DRESSLER
Interesting article. I would like to try it.
Lawrence Badman
Just a comment on amino acids,. Tryptophan and Gaba
Are known to be difficult to
absorb? Wonder how you took them. Thanks
Nikki Stokes
Hi Lawrence,
I take them in tablet form, and notice immediate effects with small amounts, so I don’t seem to have too much trouble absorbing them.
Detek
Ive had depression for decades. Very helpfull. Thanks
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Hi Derek,
I’m glad to hear that you found it helpful and hope that you find a solution that works for you.
Nikki
ANDY
How do you know it was the c60 and not the oil?
Nikki Stokes
Hi Andy,
Prior to taking C60, I had been consuming olive oil and coconut oil as part of my daily diet, and yet I was still experiencing anxiety.
I have also ingested straight olive oil as part of doing liver flushes, but experienced no impact on my emotions.
It was only when I had C60 in olive oil – and we’re talking 5 to 10ml at most, so not a large amount of olive oil – that I experienced the drastic shift in my experience.
Marjet Bedi
My story is not based on how I felt / there are just too many variants for that to be accurate/ but on the 3 monthly blood results from hematology. I have myeloid fibrosis which makes me continuously anaemic with a haemoglobyn readout between 80 – 90. 80 being the level at which one seriously drags one’s heels and know its time for a blood transfusion. Initially I tried 3 months on C60 to see if I would feel better with a h. level in the high 80s. I did not note a difference in the ‘feel’ department and paid no attention to h. levels. Started C60 again some months later and this time subscribed to a monthly supply. By 9 months later, or the 3rd blood test from consistently taking C60, my hemoglobin had moved from 90 to 100! That was the time of the sudden price rise and I let it go again. Now I’m back at 90. That, plus the opportunistic corona virus, which affects those with compromised immune systems first and worst, prompts me to get my priorities straight and get my monthly supply of C60 to work my way up the h scale again! I’m glad you supply it here in Australia, thanks guys. Marjet
Nikki Stokes
Hi Marjet,
Thanks for sharing your experience with C60 and your hameoglobin levels. I’m really glad that it’s been helping you.
Richard
Nikki I started my wife Barbara on C60 a week ago and she really is feeling so much better, her depression has dramatically reduced so I hope and pray it is an answer for her.
She says she can’t wait to take her C60 each morning.
Thank you
Nikki Stokes
Hi Richard,
I’m really pleased to hear that your wife is seeing some great benefits from C60.
I can certainly relate to her experience of “hanging out” for her dose each morning.
Thank you for sharing your experience so far with us.
Richard Magrath
Niki I am 72 and still working part time, I started taking a tea spoon a day of c60 about 4 months ago and upped it to a table spoon about 2 weeks ago, I now notice that every day my energy levels get a little better and stronger, over the last week or so I find that it’s like I am in my 40s again and each day as I finish one job I’m now looking for another.
This is amazing stuff to say the least, I still get a little asthma but hope that that may improve as time goes by.
I will update how I feel in another 3 months and just hope the great feeling just gets better.
As I mentioned I am now 72 but feel like 50 and my mind is sharper than ever, I am still designing and costing new homes for clients and will just keep going if c60 can rejuvenate my body.
Thank God for C60 in Olive Oil.
Nikki
Hi Richard,
Thank you for sharing your story with us. I’m glad to hear that you’re experiencing some great benefits already. Thank God for Carbon 60 indeed 🙂