Posted by Tomatheus on May 3, 2012, at 23:49:20
In reply to Re: Update on my response to TA-65 » Tomatheus, posted by sigismund on May 3, 2012, at 21:54:00
Sigismund,
See below for my responses to your reply...
> There are heaps of supplements which keep me awake. I recall the rhodiola/deprenyl combo as being distinctly pleasant except for the insomnia.
I haven't tried that combo. I had a few good days on selegiline when I tried it, but when I tried rhodiola last, it didn't agree with me very well. I actually felt less energetic than usual with an increase in psychomotor retardation. Maybe I need to try a different brand, as Bleauberry suggests.
It's too bad to hear about the insomnia that you had with that combo, though. If I had to guess which part of the combo would be the bigger offender with regards to the insomnia, I would go with the deprenyl.
> Do you ever have a problem with (supplement induced) insomnia?
Yeah, sometimes supplements can keep me awake much later than I want to stay awake. L-glutamic acid comes to mind. I think that the last time I took a little bit of that supplement, I spent both the following night and the day after that awake.
But even with l-glutamic acid, as the case has been with a lot of the supplements that I've taken, I eventually develop a tolerance to all of its effects (including its effects on my sleep) if I stay on it for long enough.
> The other day I had a few too many cups of that GABA oolong type tea and hardly slept after midnight.
It's interesting that something GABAergic would have that effect on you. I don't know anything about oolong tea, but I wonder if maybe it was something other than the GABAergic effects of the tea that was keeping you awake. That's not to say that paradoxical reactions can't happen, though.
Tomatheus
Dx: schizoaffective disorder
Taking Abilify and 3 supplements
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