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Posted by linkadge on September 14, 2005, at 21:47:22
http://biopsychiatry.com/coffee-maoi.htm
Is this regular cofee or some specialty coffee?
Linkadge
Posted by wildcard on September 14, 2005, at 21:53:11
In reply to Coffee is an MAOI ???, posted by linkadge on September 14, 2005, at 21:47:22
Maybe i should drink more coffee! and did i misread or did that say smoking had a good effect??? interesting!!
Posted by Iansf on September 15, 2005, at 0:01:19
In reply to Coffee is an MAOI ???, posted by linkadge on September 14, 2005, at 21:47:22
> http://biopsychiatry.com/coffee-maoi.htm
>
> Is this regular cofee or some specialty coffee?
>
> LinkadgeMakes sense to me. I've often found coffee makes an effective antidepressant. Unfortunately its effectiveness usually lasts less than an hour and it works at most twice a day. A third cup, even if drunk several hours after the second, never seems to do the trick. I can recall occasions where a cup of coffee unexpectedly lifted me out of very deep depression.
Posted by iforgotmypassword on September 15, 2005, at 8:08:19
In reply to Coffee is an MAOI ???, posted by linkadge on September 14, 2005, at 21:47:22
Posted by Declan on September 16, 2005, at 20:50:02
In reply to Re: Coffee is an MAOI ???, posted by Toonice on September 15, 2005, at 21:39:13
Isn't caffeine supposed to do something to cyclic AMP, as Hydergine does? Boost it, I guess.
Declan
Posted by linkadge on September 16, 2005, at 21:25:06
In reply to Re: Coffee is an MAOI ???, posted by Declan on September 16, 2005, at 20:50:02
Yeah. But I have never heard of it being an MAOI.
It must be a very weak one.
Linkadge
Posted by lunesta on September 17, 2005, at 11:05:59
In reply to Coffee is an MAOI ???, posted by linkadge on September 14, 2005, at 21:47:22
coffee works by reducing adenosine which is neuroprotective and sleep promoting.
Adenosine levels are very high in the brains of people with CFS, for example - they are usually always tired. Its a neuroprotective mechnisism.
Adenosine blocks glutamate.
Posted by linkadge on September 17, 2005, at 11:53:02
In reply to Re: Coffee is an MAOI ???, posted by lunesta on September 17, 2005, at 11:05:59
Have you heard of any effects of coffee on MAO?
If it was true, I wondered which isoform was affected the most MAO-A/B ?
Linkadge
Posted by Mistermindmasta on September 18, 2005, at 23:46:48
In reply to Coffee is an MAOI ???, posted by linkadge on September 14, 2005, at 21:47:22
> http://biopsychiatry.com/coffee-maoi.htm
>
> Is this regular cofee or some specialty coffee?
>
> LinkadgeWow, this is crazy, to me. After all I've read about coffee, now its an MAO inhibitor?? Interesting stuff, though. Would this mean that one would have to drink coffee for like a month to see effects? ... similar to a pharm MAO inhibitor.
Posted by linkadge on September 19, 2005, at 11:07:49
In reply to Re: Coffee is an MAOI ???, posted by Mistermindmasta on September 18, 2005, at 23:46:48
Yeah, I would like to hear more of the specifics.
Linkadge
Posted by wildcard on September 19, 2005, at 11:16:49
In reply to Re: Coffee is an MAOI ???, posted by linkadge on September 19, 2005, at 11:07:49
Posted by tecknohed on September 21, 2005, at 23:52:36
In reply to Me Too!! (nm) » linkadge, posted by wildcard on September 19, 2005, at 11:16:49
It would seem to me that the tolerance/downregulating effect caused by the long term consumption of the caffein in coffee would ruin/overpower any positive long term MAOI effect. It certainly dont help me.
Maybe decaffe would be better?
A drug derived from these newly discovered compounds could be interesting.
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