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SJW and licorice; syndromal dynamics » matthhhh

Posted by DSCH on October 5, 2003, at 9:36:37

In reply to Re: The Plan, posted by matthhhh on October 5, 2003, at 7:34:41

> Ive tried all the herbal supplements too. DLPA seemed to be the one that was the most activating for me i would take 3-4 500mg tabs 2 * per day. St. Johns wort didnt do anything for me. Do u find that the brand or type of SJW that you are taking is superior to others? ie do u think it would work if the other sfuff didnt?

I haven't even started the SJW tincture I bought yesterday. I have never taken SJW of any form before. My hypothesis is that my serotonin levels were excessive as late as mid-August and going back for several years. It began to drop when I started on Atkins, perhaps over the past couple weeks it has finally dropped to the point where I could use some support as I still need to lose weight and must resist carbohydrate cravings to stay on track. When I took Paxil in 2001 and Prozac (along with Provigil) in 2002 I believe the results where complacency and worsened ADD. I tried SAMe back in 2001-2 and TMG last month and neither really did much for me. However I will keep them all in the back of my mind. This whole process is very dynamic and non-linear and the "endpoint", if there really is one for me, may not necessarily be a static routine.

> I think i might have ADD inattentive type as well. I find it hard to stay focused in a conversation, my mind goes blank or trails off. How about u?

It's about staying on task and being productive for more than a day or so without being pulled off in a new direction. Also keeping up with such things as chores, bills, and paperwork.

Limbic ADD also seemed a good fit for me at times. As has "avoidant personality disorder", maybe a touch of "schizoid personality disorder", and then there's "delayed sleep phase disorder". Much of these I think get wrapped up into what someone referred to as "ADHD Burnout" (see http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020103/msgs/89263.html ) which appears a lot like what the alternative crowd calls "adrenal exhaustion". In my case, licorice root tea was excellent for getting at this (3 cups a day for about a month). I'm having a cup as I write this (more just to have a morning cuppa (as the Brits say)) and that will do me for the day; you can develop hypertension if you overdo it. That's particularly possible when in combination with something like yohimbe.


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