Posted by Jakeman on February 11, 2005, at 21:51:29
In reply to Glutamine = speed??, posted by sabre on February 11, 2005, at 14:59:10
> Hi
> Whatever I took a few years ago couldn't have been glutamine as my experiments with it in the last few days have yielded a very different response.
> I took 2gm three evenings ago.
> Didn't sleep well that night. Woke up feeling wired. Went for a run and felt like I could have gone on for hours. Felt alert, hyper and energetic. Able to read and concentrate. No appetite. Didn't sleep well. Unable to relax.
> Next morning still wired, euphoric. Took another 1gm to test the stuff at work. Also took 1/2 tablet of Propanolol as I felt I was bouncing off the wall. Felt on edge socially and the panic started to break through a few times. Didn't suffer my usual beta blocker tiredness and stupidity.
> This morning the body started to feel fatigued but the brain is still wired.
>
> So...does this mean that glutamine is converting to glutamate causing excitation in the brain and possibly the conversion from glutamate to GABA is faulty???
>
> What happens to excess glutatmate in the brain if it can't turn to GABA? Can it cross the bloodbrain barrier and be reconverted to glutamine? Or does it go round and round the brain until your neurones fry??
> I feel like my head is going to melt down!!!
> sabre
>
Sabre, thanks for your report. I wish I could answer your questions but I can only give you my experience. I take 500 mg morning and another 500 mg in afternoon. I've found, overall, it helps with my afternoon brain fog, fatique, and anxiety. I feel that with glutamine I'm more apt to exercise and have less carb and alchohol cravings. Maybe that's why so many bodybuilders use it in large amounts.I've never taken it at night. I do suspect that it could be helping with possible hypoglycemia (doctors aren't interested). But I've read that it does play a role in glucose metabolism, among many other things. I've found it's difficult to draw many conclusions from the literature because of the various complex ways that it affects the body and the conflicting reports. I'd like some of our drs. or chemists to weigh in on this subject.
here's a pretty informative article:
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag99/sep99-report3.html-Jake
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