Posted by Christ_empowered on April 4, 2015, at 11:39:28
Just wanted to say...if you're on psych meds, consider taurine, especially if you're on AP/AAP drugs. I take at least 2 grams/day, in one dose. When I really think about it, I'll take an additional 2 grams dose, so 4 grams per day.
Anyway, you do have to take it on an empty stomach, which is rough, or is for me because I take so many things that have to be taken with food, lol. Kind of complicates things.
That said, its been good to me. I'm calmer (I also take high dose niacinamide, which works well, too, but the combo...nice...), I don't have twitches or tics (there's some indication that taurine may help w/ TD and such through some kind of action on GABA), and taurine is one of the least expensive supplements I can think. My 240 count bottle of 1 gram capsules lasts 2-4 months, and that's for less than $15.
If you google it...there are a few small studies in first episode psychosis patients using 4 grams/day taurine w/ an atypical (I'm guessing risperidone). The taurine group showed faster response to the AAP. In one, they did brain scans (way above my comprehension) that apparently showed good things happening (that's about my level of understanding of all that, lol).
Oh, yeah...vain side benefit: hair. Taurine is used by some people for help with various forms of hair loss, and to just make your existing hair better. I think it works! Not only have I been able to regrow a significant amount of hair that I thought was gone forever (I even regrew a good bit on the hair line, and that's not supposed to happen w/ anything short of surgery), my hair is now ridiculously healthy. I mean, I have girl hair, lol.
And so...yes...taurine: think about taking it.
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