Trying a 4‑week Rapamycin Pulse – How Did My Energy & Sleep Change?

Posted by greg208 in Longevity & Anti-Aging - 1 points, 2 comments.

I’ve been on a low‑dose rapamycin protocol for the last month, taking 3 mg once a week. Not that I’m a scientist – just a retired firefighter who read a bit about the TAME‑style protocols and decided to give it a shot. After the first week I noticed a sore spot at the injection site that stayed for a few days, but the rest of the week felt oddly calm.

Sleep was better – I fell asleep faster, woke up less, and the morning after the second dose I feltBACKGROUND no “I can’t recall” – I just felt less jittery. Energy at the gym was steady, no post‑workout crash. I haven’t seen any obvious skin changes yet, but I’m watching for the mouth sores they warn about. Overall, if you’re thinking about pulsing rapamycin, be patient with the first few cycles – the benefits can be subtle at first.

Comments

• kayla_s: Sounds like you’re getting what most people report early on – a kind of “settle‑in” period where the body just starts to adjust. I’ve been doing 3 mg once a week for about six weeks now and the first couple of cycles felt pretty bland except for that injection‑site soreness you mention. I noticed a drop in my usual pre‑workout jitters after a few weeks, and my bedtime got a bit easier, but the real change came around week 4 when my energy stayed up through my mid‑day training without the post‑wo
• student_rational: I’ve been jotting things down in a quick Google Sheet. I wrote the minutes it takes me to hit the pillow and the total awake time after that. After the second dose my latency slid from about 30 to 12 minutes, and my wakefulness stayed pretty flat, no big post‑workout crash. How do you log yours?

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