amino acids and nutritional therapy

[learning2befree]

does anyone know how to get these already tailored to what we are useing them for I have had a hard time getting them as I dont live closes to a GNC and wouldnt know what to say when I got there

[learning2befree]

thanks for the info I will be going to check them out at the library tommorow if they arent there where do you think I might find them?

[CATUF]

oh, there are some other great books that focus more on nutrition - some that i'm familiar with are: The Mood Cure, by Julia Ross; Seven Weeks to Sobriety, by Joan Larsen; and I also have Eating Right to Live Sober, but I don't recall who wrote it.

[CATUF]

Take a look at End Your Addiction Now, by Charles Gant.  This book is all about aminos and recovery.  Chapter 4 has a number of short test that will tell you exactly what aminos you need based on various things, including d.o.c., how different drugs affect you, and family history.

i think that brain chemistry plays a HUGE role in both addiction and recovery.  restoring my brain chemistry through Gant's program is one of the things that i believe was essential to my getting into sustained recovery.

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[learning2befree]

I was treated for deppression for years prior to drug addiction that is why I think I liked the oc's so much they gave me energy no ssri ever could looking for a fix-all(which doesnt exsist) I guess....but I stoppped taking them(ssri's) last year due to them no longer being effective at all I think they really messed my body up too. I feel like Im beyond repair do you guys think there is hope for me to live at least semi-normal after all this

[learning2befree]

thanks for all advice!!!

[worried878]

bulk nutrition has all of them  i take the powdered forms with my EmergenC each morning....still    habit i guess..i am hooked on aminos!

[worried878]

the aminos do help....some help with dopamine which we are is total depletion of after detox..that causes the fatige and alot of the depression..exercise will force the brain to produce...tyrosine and phenylalanine help the most with dopamine/hence energy...thenaine is calming but not sedating...5thp and SAM e also help with seratonin...st johns wort helps dopamine...glutamine is also a good one to take

lots of dopamine enhancers out there...yohimbee..alfa dopa poppers...google it and lean..if ur problem is fatigue then dopamine is ur need...if it is more depression without fatige then seratonin like 5htp and SAMe can help...but u have to take the recommended doses...they come in 500 mg pills most anyway...so 6 pills a day are need for some..it is alot of aminos....dont forget ur c as it helps u not get sick after detox...and give it 90 days...exercising, taking the aminos and supps...aftercare of some sort..if u dont feel any better then it is time to seek another possibility like a deep seeded depression that needed attn before u used..keep going...try all that helps

[laurel453]

ok, then have a look at this article in the journal  because is about detoxing of methadone precisely and there is a thread now going about methadone and i know sadinmichigan is always there trying to help in that matter ...just ask her, i guess she doesnot mind me saying this..

[learning2befree]

looking for anything that will help lol and yes Im experiencing all w/d symptoms looking to get in better health during my taper and when I go again into full w/d. the taper I have planned that is going to last a month I am still experiencing pretty severe w/d symptoms since I was on methadone and am tapering on low dose opiate(5mg hydro 3x a day for week then 2x a day for a week and so on) until the thanksgiving holiday break. My taper is only making it possable to get out of bed and prepare alittle better for the full on w/d Im going to have while my boys are away for the holiday. so anyone that knows where to get everything I will need or any advice on how to make it any better at all please let me know I have printed the thomas recipe and amino acid protocal but havent been able to follow them completely due to not having everything they call for. I also want to know what else if anything helped others thats not in either protocal

[laurel453]

ok, no idea  but you can buy them on line... and i remember that sadinmichigan has an article in her journal about detoxing and there is a link where i've seen a sort of tailored kits ..

but,  maybe someone can advise you here what to order first, the essentials..that's what you're asking for , right ?

what are you having problems with now ? rls? fatigue? anxiety? ok, is not very clever of me, maybe all of them ?