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In Remembrance
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,772
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In Remembrance
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,772
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Adding a couple of points
1- Be careful with the 5-HTP. I don't remeber the details, but I tried it a couple of years ago and put it in the "negative experience" category.
2- It might not be good to experiment with single amino acids since some of them help PWP and some hurt. Aspartame/aspartic acid, for example. Take an isolated one and the system is flooded. It might be wiser to take a mixture of the whole two dozen or so. That keeps any single one from predominating and keeps it in balance.
3- Some of you may remember a study from Brazil a couple of years ago using niacin for PD. One thing that stood out to me was the fact that the subjects who began the study ate a huge amount of beef. Something like two pounds a day if I remember right. Was it a subconscious self medicating with amino acids?
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Born in 1953, 1st symptoms and misdiagnosed as essential tremor in 1992. Dx with PD in 2000.
Currently (2011) taking 200/50 Sinemet CR 8 times a day + 10/100 Sinemet 3 times a day. Functional 90% of waking day but fragile. Failure at exercise but still trying. Constantly experimenting. Beta blocker and ACE inhibitor at present. Currently (01/2013) taking ldopa/carbadopa 200/50 CR six times a day + 10/100 form 3 times daily. Functional 90% of day. Update 04/2013: L/C 200/50 8x; Beta Blocker; ACE Inhib; Ginger; Turmeric; Creatine; Magnesium; Potassium. Doing well.
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