Posted by JGalt on November 20, 2001, at 11:46:11
In reply to Re: amphetamine sensitization article » Hattree, posted by JohnX2 on November 19, 2001, at 22:20:52
John, I believe folic acid and Vitamin C are also needed for the conversion to neurotransmitters. Also note that these must be taken on an empty stomach (sugar is okay, no protein though), and no food for at least a half hour. I think N-acetyl-tyrosine works quite a bit better, as does DL-Phenylaline, but both seem to fade out after a while...I still get a moderate lift from them because I'm on selegiline, but its no where near what it was when I started. Perhaps the enzymes that convert these amino acids to neurotransmitters start to die off after being overloaded with the amino's too long? I don't know, though I do know that if I take a few days off the amino's and then start them up again I get a very noticeable lift. I believe the solution to this problem would be to take PEA (phenylethylamine) with selegiline, as pea doesn't require any conversion to be active. I don't think this would poop out as fast, but unfortunately pea is rather hard to get...too easy to convert it into methamphetamine or related compounds. If you do a search on the web though, some doctor has a patent on this method of relieving depression, PEA+selegiline, trying to sell it...don't know how you can do that, but its out there.
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