I haven't posted here for many months, so I suppose it's time for an update.
Age: 60
Pre-condition: Parkinson's Disease
Began taking Rapamycin a year ago (13 months)
Dose: 2 mg Q 3-4 days, so about 4 mg per week. However, I also drink 8-10 oz of grapefruit juice daily, which is expected to effectively increase my dose of Rapa by 3.5 to 4 times.
Note that my dose has changed over the last year, but I've been steady on this dose for about 5 months.
My supplier was a company in India which delivered Biocon Sirolimus blister packs. I have reason to believe that they're legit. DM me if you want to know more.
Other than a few small mouth sores at the beginning, there have been no side effects.
When I started, I weighed 168 lb (I'm 5' 7"); Creatine was 1.38.
Now, I weigh 155 lb; creatine as of 2 months ago was .82.
Keep in mind that I have PD, which tends to take the weight off.
Also, I switched from eating chicken almost daily to becoming vegan (though I still have an egg 3x a week).
I'm also very carefully watching my omega6 to omega3 ratio.
Really, everything I can think of has improved. I walk/jog 4 miles a day, whereas before I could barely walk (due to PD). Some of that improvement is from better meds for my PD.
My neurologist is beginning to notice that I'm doing much better than his other PD patients. At the very least, my PD symptoms haven't gotten worse. Subjectively, they've gotten a lot better.
But, is it mostly taking Rapamycin, improved PD meds, becoming vegan, or improvements from exercise? I've changed too many things to be sure.
I do NOT take Metformin, unlike most others. My reasoning is that Rapamycin as a PD fighter has some clinical studies backing it up, whereas Metformin+Rapamycin doesn't. I'm in this primarily to deal with my PD.