Posted by rovers95 on November 6, 2006, at 15:07:01
In reply to Re: Lamictal, when will it ever work? tensor » rovers95, posted by tensor on November 6, 2006, at 6:46:30
> Hi Mark,
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> have you tried other amino acids than l-theanine? I'm thinking of l-tyrosine or DL-pheylalanine, which are thought to have AD effect because od being precursors to a few neurotransmitters.
> I went to a nutrition shop today and bought magnesium 400mg, i'm now thinking about an amino acid after all.> >I must tell you im not some sort of clean living hippy (well i didnt used 2 be anyway!) but the failures of my "conventional" ad trials has kinda forced me to pursue the "natural" path.
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> I recognize that, in the past i tapered off all my prescribed psych meds and went for a more natural approach, however, it didn't work so i started over with the AD's again. But they don't exclude each other, so i'm keen on new approaches incl. amino acids.
>
> /Mattias
Yeah iv tried some l tyrosine..it defo works when u take it on an empty stomach i took 1g of it and i was "buzzing" for a few hours great for social anxiety not for relaxing (GAD). Search up on theanine on the net.i find it has strong AD and also some good anti-anxiety properties, helps me sleep great too. NMDA antagonists are way more powerful than other AD's in my experience, hence the recent ketamine antidepressant trial!!the way i understand it theanine it increases dopamine and gaba and decreases glutamate through its NMDA antagonist properties. by far and away the best supplement ive used and seems to be even better with the lamictal!! Tried ketamine once earlier this year and it worked short term..........but i dont advise this!!!! Persuaded my pdoc to let me hav a trial of memantine too, just gona see how this goes!!
Also tried 5htp-didnt really notice much, but not sure its the serotonin boost i need!!
hope this helps!!!
mark
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