Posted by Ron Hill on February 13, 2003, at 0:26:53
In reply to Hello RON HILL, posted by johnj on February 7, 2003, at 20:07:19
Hi John,
Sorry to take so long to get back to you, John. When I was reading up on NADH three weeks ago, I thought of you right away. NADH (coenzyme 1) serves many functions in the human body, one of which is its involvement with ATP for energy production within the cells. I don't know if ENADA NADH would help you with your workout problems, but it might be worth your time to do some reading on the subject and/or buy some and try it.
ENADA NADH is kind of expensive (about $2/day at the recommended dose of 10 mg/day), but it would not cost too much for just one box as a trial. A corporation named Nenuco holds the patents for the stabilized absorbable form of NADH called ENADA NADH. Nenuco licenses the product to various distributors (e.g. GNC, Source Naturals, etc.) so you can buy it under various name brands at most nutritional stores.
The product is available in a 5 mg enteric coated "down-the-hatch" tablet (to be taken twice daily) and a 10 mg sublingual tablet called ENADAlert NADH. For athletic performance enhancement, I've read that the sublingual formulation should be taken about an hour before the workout. John, this stuff might not help you at all. I don't know. But, as I already said, you came to mind when I was reading about NADH, so I thought I'd pass along the information.
As you know, I'm taking it for its AD effects. I started by taking 10 mg/day of the sublingual formulation. Initially, the AD effects were profound. However, after about two weeks the 10 mg/day sublingual dose began to make me irritable. Therefore, I switched from the sublingual tablets to the "down-the-hatch" tablets. The later seems to have a smoother and longer acting duration. However, I can currently only take one 5 mg tablet per day, otherwise I get irritable. It's a catch-22 because about six hours after taking my first 5 mg tablet for the day, my brain wants a second dose, but if I take a second dose I get irritable.
John, if you have an interest in NADH, check out the links I put in the bottom of my original post, http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030204/msgs/139361.html , and/or enter "NADH" in your search engine. The first article in my list of links is written by Dr. Edmund Burke of US Cycling Team fame.
I congratulate you for your success in passing the FE exam. It's a tough test. Good job, John.
-- Ron
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> Sorry to hear about your depression. I am happy that your wife appears to be a great support for you. It must be the year for depressions to return. I have had a depressive episode that gave me little relief since before Christmas. But, about a month ago I went back to my TCA, lithium, and upped my benzo a bit. I may just have to try some NADH. I am also thinking of giving 5-HTP a try too. I am waiting for cymbalta to come out so I can give it a try. Lexapro trial caused so much anixety I had to give it up and I was just a zombie on it.
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> Only one good piece of news. About 3 weeks before the FE exam I started sleeping well. Had a anxious night before the exam, but I PASSED the damn thing. So happy to get that done. But, after the test my sleep went out of whack. Very odd??? I sometimes wonder how I get throught the day at work. I work for the government so it is easy to hide some when I feel like crud. Keep us posted on NADH, I may have to give it a go. I hope Colin is doing well. Take care
> johnj
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