Posted by Francesco on November 24, 2003, at 14:39:19
I just post this to give a chance to all the babblers and tell how things can change suddenly (wheter you are or not BPII ;-)
Here is my recent story.
About two weeks ago I tried for the very first time l-tyrosine following the kind suggestion of DSCH. I took a 500mg capsule on an empty stomach and I was amazed and confused by the results.
It managed to target many of my ADHD syntoms like nothing else did (Ritalin at low doses included). I quit it also because I felt SO different from usual and I was *scared*.
(the irrational supposition that if you feel good there is something wrong maybe)Then I tried triptophan 50 mg twice a day. Something happened but not so much. I didn't like the effects on tryphtophan on my body, it made me sleepy and slightly depressed.
I tried also EPA-DHA (200+100) twice a day. It made me hypo in a couple of days. A lot of pleasure, but didn't manage to do anything done.
Yesterday I was disperated because I thought that the only way to go back to life was going back to meds and that I was wasting my time with this stuff.
Today my mind was pure hell while I remembered L-tyrosine laying in the drawer. I took less than 500mg because it was afternoon and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. Within an hour my mood was normal and I was explaning my father how to drive to a place reading at the same time the map of the city (normally this is the typical thing I don't even try to do).
I know all this sounds a bit melodramatic but I'm happy. I tried to express at the same time the joy I feel (not to feel obliged anymore to consider meds as the unique alternative) and saying something about my (very short) supplement story.
Any comment about my reaction to meds are welcome. From tomorrow I'll have to deal with the big deal of trying to understand what can work with my brain. Next post questions for Larry Hoover ;-)
poster:Francesco
thread:283253
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