Posted by Dr. Bob on February 25, 2004, at 19:55:33
In reply to Re: What is cacoa? » btnd, posted by Chairman_MAO on February 25, 2004, at 16:53:14
> Hector Sabelli did some investigation on l-phenylalanine, and then moved onto phenethylamine. There have been no double-blind, placebo controlled studies on this topic because everyone already knows it would work beautifully and the drug companies that sponsor most studies know they could never patent it.
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> If I had some money and the wherewithal to obtain pure phenethylamine, I would drop Wellbutrin and immediately switch to selegiline + PEA. One night I took 10mg of selegiline sublignually along with about 25g of raw cacao/cocoa powder. All I can say is that it was just as good--yet cleaner than--amphetamine for mood-elevating purposes. There was also a distinct amphetamine-like crash after it wore off about 4 hours later.
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> Try it, it will work. And the term "cocoa" originated from a misspelling of cacao.
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> Sustained antidepressant
> effect of PEA replacement
> by
> Sabelli H; Fink P; Fawcett J; Tom C
> Rush University and the Center for
> Creative Development, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
> J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 1996 Spr, 8:2, 168-71
>
> ABSTRACT
>
> Phenylethylamine (PEA), an endogenous neuroamine, increases attention and activity in animals and has been shown to relieve depression in 60% of depressed patients. It has been proposed that PEA deficit may be the cause of a common form of depressive illness. Fourteen patients with major depressive episodes that responded to PEA treatment (10-60 mg orally per day, with 10 mg/day selegiline to prevent rapid PEA destruction) were reexamined 20 to 50 weeks later. The antidepressant response had been maintained in 12 patients. Effective dosage did not change with time. There were no apparent side effects. PEA produces sustained relief of depression in a significant number of patients, including some unresponsive to the standard treatments. PEA improves mood as rapidly as amphetamine but does not produce tolerance.
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