Posted by Larry Hoover on June 3, 2006, at 11:43:15
In reply to Re: Larry?-Alcohol-Taurine » Larry Hoover, posted by Paulbwell on June 2, 2006, at 2:37:19
> Hi Lar,
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> I bought some taurine, 500mg caps, and took about 2 grams, last night, opened em' up and sprinkled em'in my mouth. No immediate, benefits-perhaps a little relaxant effect.Here's where I would get taurine: http://www.easycart.net/BeyondACenturyInc./Amino_Acids_Single_M-Z.html
It dissolves readily in warm to hot water, and has a mild sweet taste.
You could take more than 2 grams.
This not going to be like using adrenaline (epinephrine) to treat anaphylactic shock. Or like injecting insulin to treat diabetic keto-acidosis.
This is a slow treatment, which can have some immediate effects.
It's more like the fish oil thing.
You could take up to about 10-12 grams of taurine all at once (according to the literature), without any real risk of adverse effects. Not any that I've ever heard of. [PLEASE: report adverse effects, so we can learn together. We're expanding human knowledge, at this specific threshold, right here.] You could, instead, take 2 grams, six times, over a few hours. For the immediate effect. But your brain has reuptake pumps for taurine. If it has run out of taurine, it needs prolonged exposure to some of it, just to have it to store away in the synaptic vescicles, the storage sites for neurotransmitters that are inside the neuron.
Taurine is part of a blend of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators that are released every time a neuron fires. If there is glutamate in the released blend, you can be certain that there is taurine there, too. Unless you've run out of it.
Neurons do not squirt pure *anything* into a synapse. No pure serotonin flying around. No pure dopamine. Nuh-uh.
If you've run your car out of gas, you can run it on gasoline poured down the throat of the carburetor. But you still need to get some into the tank, because you can't drive while pouring gas down the carburetor.
Long term treatment is required, to restore taurine in the brain. Immediate effects can include calmness, and an alert relaxation. Or, the loss of that edginess that can drive people to have another drink. Alcohol causes brain cells to release taurine. But, alcohol inhibits taurine synthesis. You can get into a vicious circle, no doubt. No doubt.
> Took about 6 grms today, and i give it a continuing go, until i see my Doc, and we can get a handle on the anxiety issues (which 2 5mg Valiums do sh*t for)-which really are the main cause of me wanting a drink, (don't care about taste-only it's effects-funny that, aye drinkers?)-but hey, being Hospitalised, and injuring yourself from drinking (because you can't/don't won't to stop at 1 or 6 drinks is no way to go, even if i limit myself when drinking, the withdrawal, combined with (having Psych issues) is mental (literally)
This is not a cure for alcoholism. It is a supporting augment to other treatments, which will require abstinancy to allow your body to rebalance itself again. Sometimes abstinancy is a required treatment for alcohol abuse/chronic use.
> It says on the bottle caution if you are taking meds-pregnant,,,wonder why?Lawyers. Like when you park your car, it says "not responsible for yadda yadda".
Ignore that.
> Also, it's supposed to have sedative action, and be usefull in Epilepsy-acting as an anti-convolsent, SO WHY DO YOU SAY IT MAY CAUSE INSOMNIA?-because you MAY think it antaganising Melatonin?
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> CheersThe insomnia thing really need some context. At first, I used taurine to promote sleep. It was gorgeous and wonderful. But my brain adapted to it, and I got rebound alertness.
The brain is a mystery.
If your brain goes into rebound alertness, it is no longer useful to use taurine in the 12 hours before sleeping.
It may be a sign that the body has stored enough up, now. So that it can manage things on its own again.
You have to listen to your body. It does speak.
Lar
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