# Finally, I understand I-Shine/TAA **URL:** \ **Category:** Men's Pheromone Advice & Field Reports\ **Created:** [November 8, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/finally-i-understand-i-shine-taa/6502 "2007-11-08T07:49:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smudge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Smudge](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Smudge)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/finally-i-understand-i-shine-taa/6502/1 "2007-11-08T07:49:52Z")
Well, for a long time, I have been saying I-Shine/TAA doesn’t do much for me and I have been wearing it for others. Now, finally, I can see its effect and understand why it hasn’t worked ON me before. I am usually fairly content, quiet but mildly happy if that makes sense. Lately, much of all I have is work. Those damn 14 hour shifts, lack of sleep, emotionally-draining clinics and sterile-smelling hospital corridors have finally got to me, making me depressed. Ann Patchett’s Truth & Beauty - A Friendship, the book I have just finished reading, hasn’t helped either (a good book though, by the way). In retrospect, the days I had I-Shine/TAA on were much more bearable. At no time it gave me the instantaneous buzz so many people have reported getting. Instead, it gave me a subtle but crucial help that I needed to get on with my job and make it through a day. Then, it finally dawned on me. The effect of I-Shine/TAA seems to be context dependent, on me at least; it only gives me a lift when I am down and in need of help. Realising this, I am definitely getting a bottle of oil soon. After all, there are still years of traverse through the ever sanitary-smelling hospital corridors ahead of me. ---
**Author:** ![MadisonTate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MadisonTate](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MadisonTate)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 8:17am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/finally-i-understand-i-shine-taa/6502/2 "2007-11-08T08:17:17Z")
Be careful about staying hydrated if youre already pushing yourself. ---
**Author:** ![tisha23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@tisha23](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/tisha23)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 10:18am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/finally-i-understand-i-shine-taa/6502/3 "2007-11-08T10:18:01Z")
Great post, I am glad you are getting to see some self effects with shine. Not that I am glad you had to be overworked and depressed to discover them. I got slight effects from it at first because of the same reasons as you. I am often already in a great mood. I didnt notice it until I used it around people who are consistantly cranky and I saw how much it effected them. > [@](#): > > Be careful about staying hydrated if youre already pushing yourself. Dont forget sleep he needs sleep 😉 The hours are picking up at the PO as well since we are closing in on the holiday season. I had to work 12 hours yesterday and it sucks. May be needing more shine myself. Tisha ---
**Author:** ![bubblebob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/bubblebob/32/2120_2.png) [@bubblebob](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/bubblebob)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/finally-i-understand-i-shine-taa/6502/4 "2007-11-08T11:53:46Z")
I took me a while to discover the effects of IS on myself, too. From time to time I’m falling into a light depression - and just as for you IS helps tremendously in these situations. If I’m already in a good mood it doesn’t do much for me, though. So I guess the positive effect on others depends on their mood and emotional status, too - people who are down will certainly feel a lot better around you and maybe connect that feeling of well-being with you. Sounds like a great tool, doesn’t it? Tisha my dear - where do you find all these avatars? You seem to change them daily… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tisha23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@tisha23](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/tisha23)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/finally-i-understand-i-shine-taa/6502/5 "2007-11-09T01:17:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Tisha my dear - where do you find all these avatars? You seem to change them daily… Oh here and there. I love to change them and once in a while I sneak one of me in. Tater is the only one who caught me so far LOL.