Originally Posted by moondaughter

Hello
splibsplab-welcome to NT! It took me some time to figure out how to benefit from mucuna....when I first tried it it either didn't seem to work or it made me feel a little nauseous....it was only by chance I discovered that I could take a small dose of it if I combined it with one half of a 10/100 tab of sinemet .....I tried combining it with lodosyn (carbidopa only) with no result.. I also found that the mucuna extract was easier to take than powder and easier on my stomach.....and some brands of mucuna weren't effective for me.

No insurance and limited funds has made self-reliance necessary and early on I read that the dopamine agonists can cause terrible misery....better to stay with small amount of sinemet ... I too am horrified at the prospect of the psychological effects of the agonists even though some PWP seem very satisfied with them.

Mucuna definitely is my preference though I need both.

Kind Regards,
MD