Posted by PaulB on August 18, 2001, at 9:51:37
In reply to Be Careful With L-Phenylalanine , posted by BrainSurge on August 18, 2001, at 9:09:21
First of all I would back you up on your above posting in defence of amino acids effectiveness for mood problems. As well as your word there is a great deal of scientific literature to support their use.
In response to this post, I have never read of or experienced myself much difference in response to L-Phenylalanine and L-Tyrosine and I guess can only make assumptions as to why L-Phenylalanine had this effect upon withdrawal and L-Tyrosine didnt.
What occurred to me while reading your post was that Phenylalanine is the precursor to a substance called Phenylethylamine(PEA). PEA is a near dead ringer structurally to amphetamine. PEA has been likened to the home-brewed "speed". Perhaps coming off Phenylalanine then caused a drop in PEA.
PaulB
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