Posted by Larry Hoover on February 14, 2005, at 7:54:57
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!!!
> sabreConsidering the low dose (20 grams is not unheard of), I suspect you may have a blood-sugar regulatory problem....hypoglycemia. But I can't imagine that would last as long as you described. No more than an hour, I would expect.
Have you considered that the glutamine you have might be mislabelled? That it might be something else entirely?
I don't have any other ideas about what transpired. The combination of taurine and glutamine may well be something to consider.
Lar
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