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Posted by Jimmyboy on November 26, 2006, at 16:00:18
has anyone had long term success using amino acids? Or does your body eventually adapt to the higher levels you are giving it and it quits working?
JB
Posted by kiwiredbeach on November 26, 2006, at 16:28:49
In reply to Amino Acid therapy, posted by Jimmyboy on November 26, 2006, at 16:00:18
Ive never tried it myself, Trying very high levels of a specific amino acid, and I suspect your body would adapt to it
> has anyone had long term success using amino acids? Or does your body eventually adapt to the higher levels you are giving it and it quits working?
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> JB
Posted by circusboy on November 26, 2006, at 16:36:33
In reply to Amino Acid therapy, posted by Jimmyboy on November 26, 2006, at 16:00:18
Jimmyboy,
I've been taking l-tyrosine (500mg before breakfast) for a couple of months now. I still get a energizing boost from it every morning. A little irritability, too, but that's manageable. Granted, the boost is a little smaller now than it was the first week, but it's been holding steady since.
I think it works synergistically with the methylphenidate (and maybe the SAMe?) I also take.
Anyway, I am concerned about poop-out, too, so in a small gesture towards preventing it, I try to skip the tyrosine a day or two a week.
-cb
Posted by aeon on November 26, 2006, at 18:02:13
In reply to Amino Acid therapy, posted by Jimmyboy on November 26, 2006, at 16:00:18
Tried it alot. It never worked for me in isolation or for a long time.
I wasted a LOT of money on aminos and sustained improvement was always lacking. I wish this wasn't the case becuase it seems to theoretically be a valid way to fix out problems - unless the body is extremely adept at downregulating production in response to increaes of precursor aminos. This could be an adaptive response to prevent NE or serotonin overload from mistakenly eating too much of something.
Apparently I read that some university holds a patent on phenylalanine for increasing dopamine and never used it because they found it does not work.
SOme people seem to swear by them though - maybe they have less efficient regualation systems?
Posted by circusboy on November 26, 2006, at 18:13:56
In reply to Re: Amino Acid therapy, posted by aeon on November 26, 2006, at 18:02:13
> SOme people seem to swear by them though - maybe they have less efficient regualation systems?
The less efficient regulation system hypothesis occurred to me, too. It would explain why I react so strongly to supplementation with stuff my body manufactures itself and/or comes in my food. Tyrosine, tryptophan, glycine, NADH, SAMe, inositol... these have all (for better or worse) affected me profoundly.
This could also explain why my mood has always been prone to inexplicable shifts, etc.
Posted by willyee on November 30, 2006, at 9:42:47
In reply to Amino Acid therapy, posted by Jimmyboy on November 26, 2006, at 16:00:18
> has anyone had long term success using amino acids? Or does your body eventually adapt to the higher levels you are giving it and it quits working?
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> JBIm not telling u anything u dont know im sure,BUT amino acids are the building blocks of protiens,of our bodys,essential and crucial.
Megadosing a single,or set of aminos is neiter natural nor entirly safe,i dont recomend it unless you have researched it as much as you would a drug.
You intake too much of a single amino,and i promise it can make you feel as bad,if not in some cases worse thany any drug.Lot of it is hype,find a good site that can offer some reliable information on it,just my two cents from having dealt with aminos a very very long time.
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