I’m not so sure this is the place to interject a scientific perspective but my story has been dramatic and my changes have been radical so I feel the need to share this with you. I experienced a slump similar to yours in my pursuit of peace, happiness, fitness and relief from social anxiety and couldn’t figure out the reason behind the sudden onset of my lethargy and lack of motivation.

Before this point, for 4 months I was a machine moving toward my goals and my days were designed for output. Running shoes and outfit laid out, alarm at 7, sprints until 7:30, protein shake for breakfast, research til lunch, write, go lift weights, dinner, meditate, then bed. 5 days a week.

Then, everything came to a grinding halt and it was like my brakes locked up. Everything was suffering and my writing went to crap. My professors even noticed. I had zero energy or determination like never before so I asked a friend that was in the Exercise Science program about it and she emailed me stacks of literature which was awesome. I assessed my “healthy lifestyle” and realized I was feeding my muscles but not my brain. I had zero sources of DHA in my diet and found that our brains are actually made up of 30% DHA and that deficiencies can severely inhibit performance on cognitive ability tests. I also had no sources of Magnesium in my diet and, for how much I exercised, I should have been intaking a great amount of it.

So I got serious about it once I saw the evidence published in reputable journals. And my life has been remarkably different in terms of energy and thinking ability. Coming up on 4 years now I eat fish often or take krill oil when I can’t, I start my day with a kale/spinach/tomato/protein smoothie and I get 7 1/2 of sleep every night.

It is incredible and I feel a world of difference and would implore you to look into feeding your brain in order to get you through that negative energy. I’d also say cancel cable but that’s up to you 😛