Posted by world citizen on February 16, 2005, at 11:41:29
In reply to Re: Selegiline, posted by Elroy on February 15, 2005, at 21:38:33
Hey Elroy,
I'm not at all convinced the GABA taken orally passes the blood-brain barrier-even with niacin. As far as St. JOhns'Wort, I'd HIGHLY advise against taking it along with Selegiline as the researchers believe it has several modes of action in terms of acting as antideprossant. Your might want to consult with several pharmacists and get a consensus on this. I would think it would be easier to take a good valerian root extract as this DOES pass the blood-brain barrier, attends to similar GABA receptors as the benzos., AND is not contraindicated with Selegiline. I'm investigating a suppliment that contains L-theanine, taurine, magnesium, GABA and valerian.
Here's the rendown: THEANINE SERINE from Source Naturals. composition; 60 tabsMag. chelate 300mgs
GABA 500mgs
taurine 500mgs
theanine 200mgs
valerian 100mgsThis product is being offered at VITACOST.COM for
about $16.00. Seems like a good investment to me
World Citizen
> Thanks for info. Am going to try and convince my psych doc to go with the selegiline option (low dose with DLPA, Vit 6, etc.) and see how that works out. If effective at eliminating depression would then like to gradually wean off the Xanax XR and go with something more antural. You think L-theanine would be a better option than say a SJW... or how about the Nootropic compound picamilone (seeing as how it is a combo of Niacin and GABA)?
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