Posted by LOOPS on May 17, 2004, at 20:13:14
In reply to Re: can I take tryptophan at same time as gaba? » LOOPS, posted by BarbaraCat on May 16, 2004, at 18:42:27
I've had excellent results with the Solgar brand - plus, ok, this is a bit superficial, but the bottles look really nice! I mean, they're all glass with metal tops and have nice labels. Oh dear.
Well I was just reading up on taurine some more - found good article on thewayup.com referring to anxiety. It seems estrogen INHIBITS taurine being formed in the liver. There is also some debate about whether we need taurine from animal products, despite being able to create it ourselves from other aminos.
Also, people with eczema are often deficient in taurine. Well that would be me then. Which is ironic, as the reason I went *mostly* vegan was to overcome this very problem.
I had a look at that website Doctoryourself, and it was very interesting, especially the article about treating alchoholism with megavitamins. Unfortunately, I don't react too well to l-glutamine (makes me irritable, although this is not ALWAYS the case), and with chromium I seem to break out in terrible itchy eczema even more. Also when I take more than 1 / 2 B-50 tablets I seem to get a bit anxious. I also tried lecithin, but found it made me anxious as well. I prefer inositol mixed with a few other things - my brain likes this better, although fish oil I have always found beneficial.
The vitamin C works well though. I am definitely 'on the way up'. I can't believe I've lived so long with anxiety without knowing what really works for me. My husband thinks all my pretty bottles are just another obsession. Well at least this obsession has a point to it, and a good one at that. (Actually I think deep down he agrees that anything that helps is worth it - wish he would say so more though).
Loops
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