Posted by ghuber on January 2, 2006, at 22:16:57
In reply to Comments on my recent supplement trials., posted by blueberry on January 1, 2006, at 15:23:40
Blueberry,
I find your review of the supplements quite interesting to say the least. I've experimented with supplements a great deal in the last five years, and consider myself quite knowledgable concerning the topic. I've tried many things, but now I am quite careful about what I ingest. I believe last year I winded up causing a reoccurance of my OCD symptoms after almost a year no symptoms following the withdrawl from a year long course of antidepressant treatment.
In particular, when I started to relapse, I was taking 2,000mg of L-Tyrosine daily and 12,000mg of Inositol and a multi-v. Looking back, I believe that the admission of only a dopamine and nor-e precursor without a serotonin precursor caused my problem -- This unbalanced combination likely caused the relapse due to the depeletion of serotonin and strong elevation of dopamine.
I also believe the Inositol caused a hypersensitivity of the serotonin receptors in my brain. Why you might ask? Because when I went back on AD treatment last year (During the relapse), I was unable to tolerate a 2.5mg dosage of Celexa. Prior to the admission of the Inositol (Which lasted over a year) I was able to tolerate 30mg.
Anyway, after another year on SSRI treatment, I am now back off as of last week. I'm only taking a multi-v right now, but plan to add L-Tryptophan in later this week. This time I hope to swing the balance of neurotransmitters in favor of serotonin, not dopamine.
Be careful what you take, supplements CAN have some very strong effects.
G
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