Posted by JLx on October 4, 2004, at 11:14:08
In reply to Re: Very IRRITABLE!!! Help! » Jasmineneroli, posted by raybakes on October 3, 2004, at 14:38:46
> Hope I don't complicate things too much, or go off at a tangent, but have you looked into glutamate metabolism and it's reuptake into the glial cells? Glutamate allows calcium into cells via the NMDA receptor, as do breakdown products of tryptophan (increased during inflammation or infection). Alcohol, increases calcium entry, and mercury too.
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> RayHmm...hadn't heard that about alcohol or mercury specifically. Perhaps that's one reason why alcohol is so often involved in depression, and suicide.
That's a good point about excitotoxins in general. Have you read Blaylock's "Excitotoxins"? I tried, but most of it went over my head. As does this article, which relies on Blaylock a lot as a source, but I still found it interesting as I seem to be quite sensitive to excitotoxins:
http://www.antiaging-systems.net/article-excitotoxins.htm
For irritability, it may not be enough to cut down/out calcium and increase magnesium, but also to eliminate such things as aspartame, MSG and wheat gluten.
When some people feel so good after taking taurine, perhaps it is because it is counteracting some of these excitoxins?
I find I feel better the better I eat and the more things I avoid like aspartame or even food dyes, but it's hard to do.
JL
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