Posted by Ron Hill on March 22, 2010, at 1:47:52
In reply to Re: SUCCESS! - Phenylethylamine (PEA) » uncouth, posted by Economist on March 20, 2010, at 23:25:04
> I'm not able to find any dosing information about how much phenylethylamine to take for mood disorders. I am also on the EMSAM/selegiline patch right now (6 mg, lowest dose) with no effects, so I want to try adding something to it. However, I keep reading that PEA is a no-no with EMSAM. What is the recommended PEA dosage without EMSAM, and how much should I take if I am currently on it?
Prior to my trial of adding PEA to Nardil, I conducted extensive research. As a result, I have a couple hundred documents bookmarked in my Favorites.
The following link is a chapter in a book. It is a fairly comprehensive coverage of PEA. The chapter starts on page 92 and ends on page 108. Use the page forward/back icon in the upper left corner of the document to move from page to page. A couple pages are not available, so just click past them.
The above document does not address using PEA with EMSAM. If you decide to try adding PEA to your EMSAM, start with a very low dosage of PEA and monitor your blood pressure closely.
There are PEA dosage data in the literature for 10 mg of selegiline (i.e.; selective MAOI-B), and for Nardil. Based on these data, I used 13 mg/day of PEA as an add-on to my 90 mg/day of Nardil. I monitored my blood pressure very closely.
PEA comes in 250 mg capsules. To get an accurate measurement of 13 mg/day, I opened the 250 mg PEA capsule and dissolved it in 2 liters of water. Then I poured the appropriate volume (104 ml) of the PEA solution into a water bottle such that it contained 13 mg of PEA. I took small drinks from the water bottle throughout the day.
-- Ron
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