Was in the health store buying ALA today and sales clerk recommended Phosphatidylserine (PS) to help restore nerves. I had never run across this at Neurotalk so naturally I question it but I am interested to see if any of you know anything about this. Of course I'm always on the lookout for the magic cure (aren't we all?) My bet is on mrsD being able to cast some light on this product.

p.s. thank you all so much for being here, I really feel that I couldn't travel this often times painful road without you all. I am so very thankful to have found Neurotalk!

The body makes phosphatidylserine from Choline and lecithin.

Health food places like to sell this supplement because it tends to be expensive.

There are some reports of it helping with cell membranes, etc.

But if you eat eggs regularly and other veggies with lecithin in them it is less of a need.

Here is a monograph on it:
http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetCo...chunkiid=21843

I don't think animal sourced supplements are very safe.

But it is your choice in the end.

I think your money would be better spent on some of the other things we have discussed here.

MrsD
Thank again for your advice. Based on what you said I will not be taking this supplement. I feel like I take enough now without adding something I really don’t need not to mention the cost.

I take a number of supplements that you have recommended on this forum which I will list for you along with my other medications. If you see any that I should add to my regime(or delete) I would really appreciate your recommendation. My conditions are EM, PN and Raynauds. I feel the EM is the worst and most difficult to live with (at least for me) although part of that may be PN pain too.

My dermatologist (last week) prescribed Hydroxyzine when I told him how much the Claritin had helped so we will see. I took my first one last night. I really want to taper off the Gab and Nortrip.

I am working with a pain doctor but find as a lot of others that unless something was his idea he tends to not take me seriously. I am grateful for his diagnosis (because all other doctors I went to had no idea what I had) but find the long wait times very frustrating. I see him every six or eight weeks and that seems a very long time to try something, have it not work and do nothing until my next visit.

SupplementsGrapeseed Oil 100mg/two daily
L-carnitine 1000mg/once daily
Krill Oil 1000mg/3 daily
Ubiquinol / 100mg / once daily
Magnesium Citrate 500mg/daily
Vitamin D 4000mg/daily
Xstaxanthin/4mg daily
Starting probiotic today
Med’sTriameterine75/50 (BP)
Toprol 50mg/once at night
Nexium 40mg./once daily
Nortriptiline 10mg/one at night
Gabapentin 300mg/ 2pills 3times a day
Tramadol 50mg/as needed for breakthrough pain
Clonidine .01/once at night
Claritin 10mg/once in AM
Hydroxyzine 10mg/once at bedtime (just started this)
Last blood test my B12 was 957 so I don’t take any of that. This may have been high because I had been taking sublingual 5000mg. Not taking at this time.

Again, I can't thank you enough for all your help.

not mrsd, but, if you had not stopped the B12 at least a week before the test it would not be accurate...and taking nexium, I would not be in a hurry to discontinue the B12.