Posted by Lorraine on August 4, 2001, at 22:07:38
In reply to Depression - amino acid profiles for, posted by nutsy on August 4, 2001, at 11:29:48
> Anyone suffering been tested - been deficient in any of the following: tyrosine, phenalalanine, taurine, gaba, tryptophan?
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> Supplemented and felt better?
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> Curious.My pdoc had me try all of these (except taurine which I have tried anyway). thewayup.com is a good website for an overview on these amino acids and Slagle's book (The Way Up From Down?) is good--you can get it at your library. I definately felt the effects of each of these, but they did not do it for me. Tyrosine was too activating for me, but I have a friend who take St Johns Wart and Tyrosine daily with success for years. I suspect her depression is not as bad as mine. The tryptophan you can only get by prescription now and then only from a compounding pharmacy--it sedated be. HTP 5 is the next in line to tryptophan and is available at health food stores. I think it is worth looking into this stuff. I felt I owed it to myself to try it all and I did. For me, it didn't work. Neither did SamE. sigh....
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