Posted by ILADVOCATE on September 8, 2008, at 0:55:12
In reply to Re: Glycine Antipsychotic, posted by Zyprexa on September 8, 2008, at 0:14:21
> I find that taking Glycine is calming and stops worrying. Its not activating. I take it one heaping teaspon at a time with water or coffee, also take it every 2-3 hours as the half life is 2 hours. Often taking it about 4 times a day. I don't find it very effective, just mildly.
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> The best place I've found to buy it is LuckyVitamin.com, Now foods, one pound, $9. Its also called L-glycine. As my doctor told me its ok if it has the "L" in front of it. Other than that I don't know why.
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> I did reaseach on it and found that it affects the Canabinoid recepters in the brain. The same thing that the good portion of POT affects. The part that is antipsychotic. The THC part though is psychotic.
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> I did notice that it made me a little forgetfull when I started it.So in other words you find it has a short half life too? The same as I found. That's important because the official study gives it once a day.
Probably better to take it directly with water not coffee as it can be mixed into water and then taken in pure form. Anything else might make it work less. And caffeine underminds psychiatric medications of many kinds. Something to think about. I don't believe it affects THC receptors. The glutamate antagonists are officially called the NMDA receptor modulators. They work on a different area of the brain. Look at the link to Dr. Javitt's study for more information. That should tell you. I did summarize it for Wikipedia but that's in brief. And yes the glutamate antagonists are being studied for anxiety too so to get an anti-anxiety effect is not surprising.
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