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Re: Taurine

Posted by Questionmark on October 2, 2006, at 1:56:13

In reply to Re: Taurine » Phillipa, posted by Tomatheus on September 18, 2006, at 22:55:11

Taurine! I love this amino acid. I mean yeah, no it's no miracle supplement, but for its price, lack of side effects, and lack of apparent harm, it is quite a helpful little supplement. The strange thing is for me, however, that I never noticed anything from it when I took it by itself. From all the positive posts I read on this board about it, and the articles I read about its neuropharmacology, I was expecting some great benzo-like anti-anxiety effects. I was disappointed when no effects were ever felt from it however.
But after some time I began to notice that every time I took it with caffeine, I would feel slightly-but-significantly more positive, sociable, upbeat, and-- actually, I think-- energized. And I think-- as someone else mentioned on this thread-- that it prevented some of the extra anxiety and jitteryness that accompanies caffeine (but i'm not sure about this part). It's strange though. For me it almost feels more like an adaptogenic herb than an anxiolytic. And it only seems to have any noticeable effects when used in conjunction with caffeine. I'm not sure why that is.
Also, i typically take 1 to 2g, usually 1.5g, and it generally seems to last at least 4 or 5 hours for me.

A final note-- although taurine *is* a significant NMDA antagonist or inhibitor (can't remember which exactly), I recently read some research articles that makes me pretty sure it is located in several areas of the brain, including one of those major dopamine-concentrated areas (VTA, nucleus accumbens, substantia nigra, or some other [again I can't remember which]). So I believe it has other roles other than just being a straight anxiolytic stemming from NMDA antagonism.
But that really wasn't that helpful cuz it was so non-specific but hopefully issomething.

But yeah, I'm grateful to this board and Larry Hoover in particular for showing me this helpful supplement.


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