Dr.DermMIA said:The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions.
Agreed, and one caution: a single measurement is not a measurement. Anything that moves day to day needs a trend before it means anything at all.
SleepFixSam said:Agreed, with a caveat about community reputation: it is a lagging indicator.
This answered a question I did not know how to ask. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.
Dr.DermMIA said:The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions.
This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. Not convinced. The evidence being cited is consistent with the conclusion and also consistent with two other conclusions nobody has ruled out.
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Shop Reference StandardsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. If you are going to change something, change one thing and give it long enough to express itself. Four weeks is the usual minimum for anything pharmacological on this board, and two weeks of data has told you almost nothing.
Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part. Tagging this one for the weekly digest.