Posted by LOOPS on June 1, 2006, at 9:06:12
In reply to Enada » LOOPS, posted by Larry Hoover on May 31, 2006, at 17:11:17
yes!
I took ENADA for about a week 3 years ago. However at the time I was just starting to get effects from sjw so was already a little off balance. I remember it kind of heightened the whole sjw experience for me - made me very energetic. However I think I got burnt out on both so ditched the ENADA. Also my insomnia was getting really bad - but I get this with sjw anyway.
As a side-note I have multiple bad habits - like I chew nicorette all day (I'm now addicted to the gum) and I still drink wine in the evenings. The only thing I've really managed to do is cut the wine down (due to low-carbing) - because more than 2 glasses and I'm really really sleepy and just go to bed. This is great, but I still drink every night, and sometimes at the weekend I drink more than two glasses. I'm pretty convinced this kind of addiction has led me to having deficiencies in just about everything - and I don't believe they know EVERYTHING to put in multivitamins. The whole magnesium thing is a good example. I didn't think for years that it is the one thing there is NEVER very much of in a bottle of vits - and guess what - it is depleted by smoking (prob too much nicotine as well from gum) and drinking alcohol etc.
I think I'm gradually getting better with things now - for one thing I no longer have to restrict calories to keep my weight down which means more nutrition, and also I have found some things very useful in the vitamin parade:
I love:
mag/ (balanced with calcium no more problems - sleeping like a log)
vitamin C balanced with zinc
vitamin E seems to help with insomnia
cod liver oil - I almost get 'high' off taking enough vitamin D in the Winter here - enough seems to be around the 1000IU mark for me but I get a lot of sun in the Summer
low-dose Bs as in Berrocca plus + occasional high dose B1 and B6
low-dose fish oil - good but I actually think my brain prefers the fish itself.
Melatonin - coupled with mag/cal 1.5mg very helpful.
Ginseng - give me more and more of the good quality stuff. Really seems to balance me out and even lift my mood a little. I like it because it seems to be a true adaptogen (other ones like Rhodiola seem to mess me up rather than help me adapt lol).That's it really these days. Oh sorry - there I go again having a bit of a ramble about myself. I don't know how I got onto that really!
So the ENADA was ok but I overdid it - maybe I could still use it occasionally. It was oddly calming and energizing at the same time I seem to remember - an effect I like.
Loops
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