Posted by blueberry on January 15, 2006, at 11:31:20
Does anyone know how pycnogenol works? There are anecdotal reports that it can be used instead of ritalin for ADD or ADHD. There are anecdotal reports of it being a good antidepressant. When I tried it, I got clear antidepressant effects the first day, but the effect wasn't as pronounced the next day. I gave up on it fast because I thought it was a fluke or quick tolerance or something, but now I'm thinking maybe I should give it a couple weeks.
It's primarily a radical scavenger. But it also has something to do with norepinephrine and dopamine. I'm reading a book that says if omega3, tyrosine and dlpa don't do the trick for you, then try pycnogenol because it stimulates catecholamine activity. On the internet the best I can find is that it affects enzymes that modulate norepinephrine and dopamine. But what exactly does that mean?
Does anyone know how pycnogenol modulates the catecholamines?
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