Hi Heapsreal,
I don't know what you'll make of this, or if it helps with your question, but despite my high carb diet, I have to take 1.5 grams of L-tryptophan at bedtime and another 1.5 grams at about 3 am to prevent panic attacks in my sleep that turn into a heart rhythm problem called PSVT. I take a drug for PSVT prevention, but it doesn't work too well without the L-tryptophan to boost it, and, as you can see, I take a LOT of L-tryptophan. I have had my serotonin level tested, and it was at the very bottom of the normal range.
I took GABA for quite awhile, but it didn't do much, since it has trouble crossing the BBB. 5 HTP almost killed me. Nobody with any heart problems should ever take it.....it's vasoconstrictive action is too strong. I have 3 leaking valves and high blood pressure, and as a result I ended up on a heart monitor for a month after trying 5 HTP. I have no trouble with my large dose of L- tryptophan, however.
Speaking of almost killing me, that's what the usually recommended high protein, low carb diet did. I became so weak, I could not even walk across a room. I had to go around the edges of rooms and lean into the wall to stay upright. The mailbox might as well have been in Timbuktu. I would hold onto the fence to get down the driveway, but then I had to walk about 10 feet in the open to get to the mailbox and couldn't do it. I was nauseated, had zero energy, and after only a couple of months of trying it, my gallbladder went nuts and had to be removed, even though I'd had no previous problems with it.
That caused a cascade whereby I developed a precancerous condition called bile reflux gastritis . L-glutamine helps that, but I must take 2 drugs for it also and they don't work very well. Then my pancreas just quit making enzymes, and I am at the mercy of a sales rep who is sneaking me free enzymes, because they cost $1,100 a month, but we are not quite poor enough to get help with the cost. OTC enzymes are not nearly strong enough. The enzymes still require you to eat very low fat and they put tons of weight on you, causing more health problems. This pancreas problem takes 20% off life span.
All of that was because I let doctors talk me into going against what my body has told me to eat all of my life, ie. a high carb, low protein, low fat lacto-vegetarian diet. I trust my body now, not doctors. I know many of you feel better on high protein, low carb and that's great. My point is that doctors are not always right and the body is not dumb....it's a brilliant miracle. Also, the gallbladder is not a "useless organ" as docs try to tell you. 40% of people who have it removed will have problems ever after, and everyone who has it removed has a 10% higher chance of bowel cancer. Sorry for getting off the subject, but I don't want anyone else to end up like me.
klutzo
I don't know what you'll make of this, or if it helps with your question, but despite my high carb diet, I have to take 1.5 grams of L-tryptophan at bedtime and another 1.5 grams at about 3 am to prevent panic attacks in my sleep that turn into a heart rhythm problem called PSVT. I take a drug for PSVT prevention, but it doesn't work too well without the L-tryptophan to boost it, and, as you can see, I take a LOT of L-tryptophan. I have had my serotonin level tested, and it was at the very bottom of the normal range.
I took GABA for quite awhile, but it didn't do much, since it has trouble crossing the BBB. 5 HTP almost killed me. Nobody with any heart problems should ever take it.....it's vasoconstrictive action is too strong. I have 3 leaking valves and high blood pressure, and as a result I ended up on a heart monitor for a month after trying 5 HTP. I have no trouble with my large dose of L- tryptophan, however.
Speaking of almost killing me, that's what the usually recommended high protein, low carb diet did. I became so weak, I could not even walk across a room. I had to go around the edges of rooms and lean into the wall to stay upright. The mailbox might as well have been in Timbuktu. I would hold onto the fence to get down the driveway, but then I had to walk about 10 feet in the open to get to the mailbox and couldn't do it. I was nauseated, had zero energy, and after only a couple of months of trying it, my gallbladder went nuts and had to be removed, even though I'd had no previous problems with it.
That caused a cascade whereby I developed a precancerous condition called bile reflux gastritis . L-glutamine helps that, but I must take 2 drugs for it also and they don't work very well. Then my pancreas just quit making enzymes, and I am at the mercy of a sales rep who is sneaking me free enzymes, because they cost $1,100 a month, but we are not quite poor enough to get help with the cost. OTC enzymes are not nearly strong enough. The enzymes still require you to eat very low fat and they put tons of weight on you, causing more health problems. This pancreas problem takes 20% off life span.
All of that was because I let doctors talk me into going against what my body has told me to eat all of my life, ie. a high carb, low protein, low fat lacto-vegetarian diet. I trust my body now, not doctors. I know many of you feel better on high protein, low carb and that's great. My point is that doctors are not always right and the body is not dumb....it's a brilliant miracle. Also, the gallbladder is not a "useless organ" as docs try to tell you. 40% of people who have it removed will have problems ever after, and everyone who has it removed has a 10% higher chance of bowel cancer. Sorry for getting off the subject, but I don't want anyone else to end up like me.
klutzo
