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Originally Posted by TrishaPDX
Dear Trixidee,
Am wondering what's your current status? It sounds to me like you still have a viable route to go with amino acids/mucuna neurotransmitter balancing. From my friend Jan's success, she's far better now than when Sinemet started to fail her, she's far better now that when Sinemet was working okay, it's worth a solid try. Mucuna will not work by itself. We see the essential role of tyrosine and 5HTP. With neurotransmitter balance, the depression lifts and there's physical recovery possible.
Best of courage and striving!
Trisha
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please explain the science and evidence supporting neurotransmitter balancing, any references? unless your friend is a strict vegetarian, how could there be a tyrosine deficiency? what was her sinemet regime if i may ask? i've tried 5HTP and couldn't tolerate it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-Hydroxytryptophan
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/tyrosine-000329.htm
"Levodopa(L-dopa) -- No one should take tyrosine at the same time as levodopa, a medication used to treat Parkinson's disease because levodopa may interfere with the absorption of tyrosine."
since mucuna has l-dopa, wouldn't taking tyrosine logically reduce it's effectiveness? i imagine also l-dopa inhibits the enzyme that converts tyrosine to l-dopa?
Biosynthesis of dopamine
L-DOPA is produced from the amino acid L-tyrosine by the enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). It is also the precursor for the monoamine or catecholamine
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