This is not an anabolic thread but has importance to fellow bb's and athletes.. please keep it up here. I am genuinely excited about my latest discoveries.
Some here will know me as the inositol guru. Many of you on this board have taken gram amounts of this supplement (most of those people who have tried it have had success using it).
I have been using it for a year. However, I began noticing a return of anxiety and depression symptoms around September last year. I have been busy trying just about every supplement touted as a possible cure for anxiety/depression since then. I was desperate for a repeat cure. I didn't tell anyone on the board, but since September, my anxiety and depression got so bad again that I stopped enjoying everything - work, cycling (racing bikes and mountain bikes), gym, art, and even sex (to the point where I had no sex drive)!!! All the things I used to enjoy. I really was in a bad way. Once brilliantly effective, grams of inositol were now ineffective. I have now hit upon a formula that I believe to be better than inositol alone. Maybe some of you would like to try it.
Inositol____2g - 10g (I now use 4g approx - much less than before). Inositol is the key ingredient in this stack. Increase the dose of this unofficial B-vit before you touch the doses on the rest of the stack. It has a proven track record against depression/anxiety - do a search.
Choline____1g (another B). Pre-cursor to acetylcholine, though there is a rate limiting step to conversion (still seems to help though).
B-Complex____strongest you can find (say 100mg of each individual B).
Take between 2 and 4 of these a day.
Niacin (this is the suprise find)____another B vit (B3). Take between 100mg and 400mg per day. You'll get skin flushes - don't worry about it, they go away. It definately lifts mood. It possibly has effects on serotonin.. need to read more. It can actually be produced by tryptophan! It also exists as niacin in the diet. Has odd effect of increasing pre-cum secretions (wetness)!!?
L-Tyrosine_____1g - 2g per day. Definately helps mood, but does interfere with sleep so take in the mornings only. A dopamine pre-cursor. But before you get to excited it has a rate limiting step to conversion. However, it does seem to exert a positive effect on alertness/mood.
Gingko Biloba______upto 240mg per day (definately helps alertness/mood slightly and certainly helps with erections! In fact, Ginkgo has been found to help impotent men).
That's it. It's fucking effective. Give it a try. I cannot believe how effectively it gets rid of anxiety.
*Note, I tried many vits, and even a couple of SSRI's in my quest, but the above is what I found best. I didn't get any benefit personally from kava, St.John's Wort, etc. Paxil made me feel like shit. However, I understand that some people do get benefit from these. Try my recipe and add other things you find effective.
Some here will know me as the inositol guru. Many of you on this board have taken gram amounts of this supplement (most of those people who have tried it have had success using it).
I have been using it for a year. However, I began noticing a return of anxiety and depression symptoms around September last year. I have been busy trying just about every supplement touted as a possible cure for anxiety/depression since then. I was desperate for a repeat cure. I didn't tell anyone on the board, but since September, my anxiety and depression got so bad again that I stopped enjoying everything - work, cycling (racing bikes and mountain bikes), gym, art, and even sex (to the point where I had no sex drive)!!! All the things I used to enjoy. I really was in a bad way. Once brilliantly effective, grams of inositol were now ineffective. I have now hit upon a formula that I believe to be better than inositol alone. Maybe some of you would like to try it.
Inositol____2g - 10g (I now use 4g approx - much less than before). Inositol is the key ingredient in this stack. Increase the dose of this unofficial B-vit before you touch the doses on the rest of the stack. It has a proven track record against depression/anxiety - do a search.
Choline____1g (another B). Pre-cursor to acetylcholine, though there is a rate limiting step to conversion (still seems to help though).
B-Complex____strongest you can find (say 100mg of each individual B).
Take between 2 and 4 of these a day.
Niacin (this is the suprise find)____another B vit (B3). Take between 100mg and 400mg per day. You'll get skin flushes - don't worry about it, they go away. It definately lifts mood. It possibly has effects on serotonin.. need to read more. It can actually be produced by tryptophan! It also exists as niacin in the diet. Has odd effect of increasing pre-cum secretions (wetness)!!?
L-Tyrosine_____1g - 2g per day. Definately helps mood, but does interfere with sleep so take in the mornings only. A dopamine pre-cursor. But before you get to excited it has a rate limiting step to conversion. However, it does seem to exert a positive effect on alertness/mood.
Gingko Biloba______upto 240mg per day (definately helps alertness/mood slightly and certainly helps with erections! In fact, Ginkgo has been found to help impotent men).
That's it. It's fucking effective. Give it a try. I cannot believe how effectively it gets rid of anxiety.
*Note, I tried many vits, and even a couple of SSRI's in my quest, but the above is what I found best. I didn't get any benefit personally from kava, St.John's Wort, etc. Paxil made me feel like shit. However, I understand that some people do get benefit from these. Try my recipe and add other things you find effective.
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