Anyone use GABA??

[Vascular Freak]

Does anyone here use the amino acid GABA before bed to help promote HGH release during sleep etc? I got some from bodybuilding .com and man this shit is for real. About 5 minutes after taking it my body gets a little bit warm and a tingly kinda like a niacin feelin which goes away after about ten minutes the I get really tired like if you took a bunch of Nyquil.

Anyone try this, or hear about it? Good...Bad?

 

[bigrand]

supposed to be good for anxiety, but it makes me jittery, even though its an inhibitory neurotransmitter....go figure.

didnt notice much diff in sleep on it, it is supposed to relax you though.

DOnt know about it releasing HGH, dont see how.

 

[drrman]

i promote my HGH with an insulin needle....LOL

 

[caravan]

Does anyone here use the amino acid GABA before bed to help promote HGH release during sleep etc? I got some from bodybuilding .com and man this shit is for real. About 5 minutes after taking it my body gets a little bit warm and a tingly kinda like a niacin feelin which goes away after about ten minutes the I get really tired like if you took a bunch of Nyquil.

Anyone try this, or hear about it? Good...Bad?

havent tried mine yet....see the thread entitled "hgh question". Aparently there are those that dont believe hgh comes in a a drinkable powdered form. If it does help you sleep though I'm totally stoked!

 

[chazk]

i read years ago when tryptophan when off the market that gaba was similar as a precurser and could help iduce a deep r.e.m sleep and maybe help with hgh secretion by the body. I tried twin labs gaba with little sucess I do however think meletionin worked well for me the times ive used it. Once i took 6mg hit the bed and woke up in the exact same position so I know I was so deep into sleep i never tossed or turned.So I guess its not the chemicals or aminos making any hgh but helping you get into such a deep sleep your body releases it on it's own.

 

[Cauliflower Ear]

i use gaba....and gh....my trainer loves gaba...so I use it...then i get up and stick myself with 3 iu..couldnt hurt to release more right?

 

[Bald Gorilla]

I just bought some, too. Tingly! I still don't sleep worth a damn, though.

Bump this.

 

[Vascular Freak]

The amino acid itself doesn't increase hgh release, but it promotes a deeper, rem sleep which is the stage where the body naturally releases more hgh.

I don't take it for the gh release but rather the great sleep I get while using it. I don't toss and turn, and when I wake up in the morning I feel like I could sleep for another 2 hours, and thats after 8 hours sleep. Not bad for a natural supp.

 

[musclemom]

Does anyone here use the amino acid GABA before bed to help promote HGH release during sleep etc? I got some from bodybuilding .com and man this shit is for real. About 5 minutes after taking it my body gets a little bit warm and a tingly kinda like a niacin feelin which goes away after about ten minutes the I get really tired like if you took a bunch of Nyquil.

Anyone try this, or hear about it? Good...Bad?

I'm taking a dose tonight for the first time, so I'll let you know, I'll be frigging thrilled if I just get solid, restful sleep, anything else is icing!

 

[Bald Gorilla]

Where the hell are these "studies" that say it increase GH by 500%???

It made my tongue swell up! A little scary...

 

[posthuman]

Where the hell are these "studies" that say it increase GH by 500%???

It made my tongue swell up! A little scary...

Pubmed... naturally, duh I think the dosage used was 5 grams.

EDIT:

Acta Endocrinol (Copenh). 1980 Feb;93(2):149-54.

Effect of acute and repeated administration of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) on growth hormone and prolactin secretion in man.

Cavagnini F, Invitti C, Pinto M, Maraschini C, Di Landro A, Dubini A, Marelli A.

A single oral dose of 5 g gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) was given to 19 subjects and serial venous blood samples were obtained before and 3 h after drug administration. A placebo was administered to 18 subjects who served as controls. GABA caused a significant elevation of plasma growth hormone levels (P less than 0.001), but did not consistently alter plasma prolactin concentration since only 5 out of 15 subjects showed an increase of the hormone. Eight additional subjects were submitted to an insulin tolerance test before and after per os administration of 18 g GABA daily for 4 days. Protracted GABA treatment significantly blunted the response of growth hormone and enhanced that of prolactin to insulin hypoglycaemia (P less than 0.01). These results indicate that pharmacological doses of GABA affect growth hormone and prolactin secretion in man. The precise nature of GABA's effects as well as its mechanism of action remains to be clarified.

Personally I think it's pretty worthless even if the results of studies like this are legit. Lots of things raise GH briefly. Won't make you jacked. Glutamine is another amino that may increase GH so if you are using it just take a teaspoon before bed.

 

[64Pilot]

havent tried mine yet....see the thread entitled "hgh question". Aparently there are those that dont believe hgh comes in a a drinkable powdered form. If it does help you sleep though I'm totally stoked!

Exactly, thats because it doesnt come in a "drinkable powdered form".

 

[Bald Gorilla]

Uhhhh, right.

Break open the vials and mix it up with kool aid.

I drank 4 vials of HGH and didn't feel anything!!!

 

[rick_hfh]

I tried it a few years back. Had good results. Sleep was really good and woke up really rested. Had really crazy dreams, but grew a little.

 

[mm107]

I took a whole bottle of GABA, couldnt tell if it made me sleep better. It was one of those placebo effects i think.

like it for the HGH release tho, i would take 3.5g/night. After my prebed shake. In Milk, so the milk alone has prperties that can make u fall asleep.

 

[MTS]

Gaba doesnt cross the blood brain barrier very well, so the effects as a neurotransmitter is minimal. It's basically a waste of money for bodybuilding. If it was any good you would see everyone using it. The spike increase of HGH is very very short lived, like a few minutes, so there are no effects on muscle growth. If you want Gaba to cross the blood brain barrier try Phenibut Powder

 

[OJENROCK]

I Use Gaba. I Take One 750mg Pill Before Betime. I Picked Up The Bottle At A Local "gnc". I Also Feel The Awesome Restful Effects. And I Beleive That It Does Help With Promoting Hgh Level Increases. Gaba Indirectly Stimulates The Pituitary Gland In The Brain To Produce More Hgh, And It All Happens While We Sleep.

Just Make Sure U Dont Give Up On It. U Gotta Keep Taking The Pill Everynight. I Do.

I Alsotake The Stuff Below For This:
Dhea
Zinc
L-arginine
Glucosamine
Alpha Lipoic Acid
St. Johns Wort
Creatine
Weight Gainer Shake
And My Roids

Peace Out!!

 

[lifthard2005]

GABA is fucked up shit. First, I get these tingly sensations all over, kind of compared to niacin when taking a high dose). Then my legs feel so achey, it hurts physically for about 15 minutes, then I feel sleepy. I dont like the initial feelings, so I stopped using it after 2 days. I did fall asleep a little easier, but woke up an hr or so later both days. I have a hard time sleeping and have for yrs. I average 4-5 hrs of sleep a night for the last 10 yrs which sucks cause it hinders my growth.

i went to the docotr and he gave me ambien, again, i wake up on it an hr or so later. Then we tried xanax, woke up on that too. Sleeping sucks for me. Nothing works. I can not beleive i wake up after taking xanax...that shit knocks me out like a mofo. and my dose was 2mg, that is a high dose of xanax, most people can use .05mg and have it work wonders for them. Not me!