Posted by jono_in_adelaide on December 3, 2012, at 17:14:48
In reply to Re: Tryptophan Deficiency = my major depression?, posted by Christ_empowered on December 3, 2012, at 13:32:48
If you're realy concerned, buy some 500mg l-tryptophan tablets, and start taking very small dioses as an experiemen (say a quater of a tablet), if there is no adverse reaction, try half a tablet, and again, if no reaction, try half a tablet twice a day. Discuss with your doctor before starting this though.
Re the b-vitamins, cut the tablets into quaters, and take a quater oill with each meal and at bedtime with milk - this should help cut out the upset stomach
I beleive that orthomolecular psychiatry has been pretty conclusively discredited over the last 40 years or so - it grew out of the knowelege that Vitamin B3 deficiency caused a certain syndrome that involved a form of insanity (pellegra?), which was quite common in the south of the US where the majority of the diet consisted of maize 9which is deficient in B3 and tryptophan) and a particular doctor extrapolated this to the beleive that excta B3 would cure any psychosis. It was widely tested in the 1970's and debunked. That said, it is extremely unlikely to do any harm if you wish to try it.
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