Posted by willey on December 21, 2009, at 15:14:51 [reposted on December 22, 2009, at 15:41:45 | original URL]
In reply to Glycine - new anti psychotic safe?, posted by Jeroen on December 21, 2009, at 14:43:20
Wish i could give u a better answer,HOWEVER you are being misinformed.Along with meds i study nutrients,amino acids and other herbs and nutrients for ten years now.
What glycine is would be a amino acid,a natural supplement and building block of the body,glycine would for example fit in with what you might know as tyrosine,phenlyanine etc.
They are in no way drugs.People often mega dose these amino acids to achieve a drug like effect,these mega dose protocols are usualy talked about on natural sites etc.
Now while glycine is indeed involved in the brain with many mental disorders,its invovlment is very complex,and is much more then simply adding more by means of supplements.
Again people mega dose stuff like phenylanine for depression,gaba for anxiety,taurine for anxiety and so on,....but they usualy dont get lasting effects,this is because the brain works much more complex then over loading it with a single amino
Medications are tweaked by scientist to do more then simply raise chemicals,they have methods of action etc,so to replace a medication with a simple over load of a amino acid can be dangerous in some cases,you might get a initial feel at first,but you will absolutly in time cause an imbalance in amino acids and you will not get any form of lasting therputic effect.This is my opinion of course,people will disagree,but i workout and studied these supplements for a very long time and i have never ever seen amino stacking work long term.Now what is common is to use amino acids and supplements to augment drugs,to potienate them and so on,this is definalty a more effective and safer way to use them
However peopl with serious illness levels such as urself i feel are dabbling in dangerous waters by using natural supplement mega dosing over medication.
Rember a natural substance when overloaded,megadosed etc is no longer natural as its being used in a unnatural way similiar to a drug.
What is important to know is when u look up a amino acid,they usualy tell u what it does in the brain,from that companys flaunt the amino acids to sell,however just because a amino acid does xx in the brain,it doesent mean its a simple process of megadosing it,there actions in the brain have nothing to do with the free form supplement of it.Jeron i have read ur posts a long time,i truly feel for you,i dont think you give urself any props for the good things about you,well ill tell u,even with extreme suffering you are constantly trying meds,constantly posting and talking about them,constantly seeking help,that shows a lot of character and i know its easier for me to say then for you to feel,but u should stop and take pride in that now and then.
Finaly i recomend u read on the amino acids,i believe there are 13 essential ones,they all play a vital role in the brain,learning them contributes enromously to better understanding any thing about the brain.
Here is a pretty good article i found as i wrote this,im going to save it myself and read it as it looks really informative.
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