Posted by willey on December 22, 2009, at 2:28:14 [reposted on December 22, 2009, at 15:42:42 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Glycine - new anti psychotic safe?, posted by neuralbudhist on December 22, 2009, at 0:41:59
Since you directly responded to my post,not sure if you were replinyg in regard to mine.If you were first let me say u provided some great studies.
Second however,you stated the same thing i did,that glycine as well as other amino acis are commonly used adjunct WITH or PART of a med combo.
There tons of studies like the one you presented,taurine for one is a major inhibitory amino second only to gaba,and many studies have been done finding it useful in condtions from seizures to bipolar as the amino acid can stablize eletrical acivity in the brain as well as inhibit glutamate induced toxcity.It also raises natural gaba levels.
Many amino acids work well with meds,in the article you presented,i breezed over and if im correct they also included two other amino acids found useful along with glycine.I dont believe using the resources and so on from the internet,published info,user info,and so on is in any way bad as it is a form of self medication.
This only my view totaly,but i feel the time has come to use the abundance of info we now have,and play a part in our treatment.
Psycology has always changed,from the initial introduction of thorazine which finaly let people out of hospitals,to the use of drugs such as maois and tcas,to the arrival of the famous ssri class,to cbt therapy,and so on.
Self medicating,well which sounds bad,but getting invovled in your treatment is long over due,and we should not be afriad to do so,and docs and patients should relaise the time has onece again changed and psyh has again entered new stages.
Im not what you were saying exactly,but becuase glcycine was in a small study does not in any way present it any more then what it is which is a over the counter supplement,and to recomend,not saying uhave,but to do so and recomend these treatments in place of possable medication is very dangerous.
There are in depth studies such as the one u present on almost every amino acid,example being taurine and gaba,but they are small,and unfortantly for us not any kinda of major breakthrough.To jerons orignal post,the dose of glycine u mentioned on using is absurd,and i hope u dont turn to this as a replacment for meds.
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