Posted by barbaracat on October 6, 2005, at 13:32:02
In reply to Re: More from the Macuna front » barbaracat, posted by gromit on October 6, 2005, at 12:21:44
> I absolutely hate benzos, refused to even take ambien until a couple of months ago. That was dumb, ambien is great! Valium is depression in pill form for me.
**Yeah, valium is depression in a pill for me too. Other benzos aren't quite as bad and I'll take lorazepam if I'm needing to chill. But sometimes they don't do a thing and if I take another I end up feeling edgy and uncomfortable. I have paradoxical reactions to a few meds but not consistently. Probably has something to do with what I've eaten and how it affects the cytochrome P-450 enzymes.
**Ah, Ambien. Finally a sleeping med that does what it promises and lets you out of bed in the morning. I was taking it for 3 years, experienced some tolerance and towards the end before I quit needed 20mg. Quitting was very difficult. Talk about rebound insomnia! The whole time I was reducing it I got either no sleep or 3-4 hours max. Finally am off it and as long as things are quiet and conducive to sleep, I get to sleep, stay asleep and have a wonderfully vivid backlog of dreams that troll the psyche and entertain.
> What is normal anyway? I'm sure alot of people wouldn't react that way but I also find it very relaxing and yet energizing in moderate doses. It still doesn't make sense to me, DLPA and tyrosine both made me feel kind of uncomfortable even though they did help.**Yes, it is puzzling. I'd guess that with the aminos, it's not a direct supplementing but a precursor thing where all sorts of other receptors are getting hit along the way, some of which may be too activating. The L-dopa is just that. No conversion, no uptake, just a direct hit of dopamine. But even so, dopamine is excitatory. I dunno, it still doesn't make sense.
-Barbara
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