Posted by linkadge on August 30, 2006, at 21:37:39
In reply to Re: Another interesting article » linkadge, posted by Jimmyboy on August 30, 2006, at 20:15:42
I'm not an expert I can only speculate.
>What would happen if you did combined MAO B + >COMT inhibitor + DAT inhibtor?
You could wind up with overstimulation, or perhaps symtpoms of dopaminergic excess like irritability, psychosis etc.
>So that would be like a EMSAM/ Selegiline , >green tea , ritalin combo to avoid?
I'd certainly be cautious about combining those three.
>What are the odds that having the val/val >variant of the COMt gene could lead to atypical >depressive symptoms ( hypersomnia, low >motivation, hard to concentrate, social >avoidance, passivity, etc) . These all seem >kind of like traits of having low dopamine?
Its hard to say. There are one heck of a lot of factors. If a COMT inhibitor abolished your symptoms, it could be likely though.
>Anyway, my interest here is that last winter I >took low dose selegiline 5mg + 500 mg >phenylalanine and it quickly boosted me out of >a bad depression and worked really well for >awhile... also during this time, it was cold >and was drinking a few cups of tea ( possible >COMT inhibition). About the time it started to >warm up , quit drinking tea regularly, kept >taking Seleg + Phenylalanine, but the effect >started fading out and not working... think the >tea could have made the difference??
Its possable. Green tea extracts have been used for weight loss based on their ability to boost norepinephrine levels.
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