Posted by Molitor on December 18, 2007, at 17:29:26
In reply to Acetyl-L-Carnitine, posted by tecknohed on December 18, 2007, at 8:13:48
IIRC, it took a week or three for me to realize the effects. I've never felt anything from a single dose, just in retrospect I realize I felt less fatigue. I don't know if the effects are cumulative, but they might take a while to manifest.
I wouldn't say it gives me energy, but it definitely seems to alleviate fatigue. I've tried many, many things, and this is the only one that actually seems to work. It also seems like it improves endurance, as I take it right before exercise and I seem to be able to peddle on the stationary bike for longer, with less effort. Now if I could only find a supplement that makes peddling less boring...
I switched to PLCAR plus R-ALA to see how it differs, but I can't tell much difference so far, the one thing I noticed was that I started getting *severe* postural hypotension, something I usually don't have a problem with. I don't know if it's the ALA or the PLCAR or something else.
I'm also switching back to Nardil from Parnate for various reasons, so it might be hard to judge PLCAR against ALCAR. If I start getting the postural hypotension, I'm going back to ALCAR.
Presumably you should take ALA (Alpha lipoic acid) with ALCAR/PLCAR, because of mitochondria and rats and free radicals and old Cadillacs:
http://www.powersupplements.com/ala/05e5225.html
I take one, 1fast400 R-ALA 100mg capsule daily.
-Moli
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