Amino acids and bipolar

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Dear group:

 

I wrote the following email recently to a bipolar person that wrote

me asking about what amino acids I use to treat bipolar disorder in

myself. This is a question that I seem to get asked quite often.

 

I thought that some persons in this egroup might find the attached

of interest.

 

Also, I wish to apologize in advance for not being able to answer in

a timely fashion any questions that may be posed to me from my

posting to this egroup. I post to a number of , as well as

have a full email inbox every single morning. I simply don't have

enough hours in the day.

 

All the very best,

 

Allen

 

Dear (xxx):

 

It sure seems to me that if you add the toxic effects

of intestinal dysbiosis to hidden food allergies, then

add enough environmental toxins such as mercury, lead,

etc., and then add a good dose of stress (stress is

ALWAYS biochemically depleting), and voila! you often

have bipolar.

 

To answer your question, yes, Pure Form 20 from Jomar

is a part of what I often use to boost my

biochemistry. However, I mix this Pure Form 20 blend

with their WAC blend, and I also add tryptophan to

these amino acid blends as well.

 

I STRONGLY urge you to define an effective inhibitory

amino acid regime for yourself BEFORE you start using

Pure Form 20 and WAC blend in combination. Even with

tryptophan (or tryptophan and taurine) added to these

two blends, this combination of amino acids can easily

directly cause or greatly contribute to a manic state

within hours of their ingestion (if you take too

much).

 

Pure Form 20 and WAC blend from www.jomarlabs.com,

when mixed together, sure seems like " rocket fuel " for

the brain to me. This stuff blows away the outdated

recommendation of using tryosine or a

tyrosine/phenylalanine combination, such as was first

recommended in 1987 by Priscilla Slagle in her book

" The Way Up From Down " or is currently recommended by

Julia Ross in " The Mood Cure " . This I know from

experience, from having used these two individual

excitatory amino acids regularly for years prior to

finding Jomar's blends in order to achieve excitatory

results.

 

Tryptophan, an essential amino acid, is missing from

any " over the counter " blend of amino acids offered to

the public for sale, to the best of my knowledge.

Unfortunately, tryptophan is controlled by doctors,

doctors that rarely know how to use it and rarely

prescribe it. You can get " cheat the system "

tryptophan from either Joan Matthews Larson's website

www.healthrecovery.com or www.biochemicals.com, two

websites that offer it over the net.

 

When taking amino acids, taking vitamin and mineral

support is extremely wise, if not an absolute must.

Using amino acids with the Truehope supplement, or

" it's perhaps somewhat better copycat " from Equilib,

is not contraindicated, by any means. Nutrients act

in synergy with one another. This means that amino

acids need various vitamins and minerals to " get the

job done " (rebuild physical and mental health).

 

In general, I'm all for supplementing across the board

for bipolar, to include using all four classes of

essential nutrients (vitamins, minerals, essential

fatty acids, and amino acids). I am also for

considering some conditionally essential nutrients to

treat bipolar, such as carnitine and phosphatidyl

choline, which really helped me a great deal.

 

Dosage of amino acids needed to achieve positive

results is an individual issue. You need to work this

out for yourself, by dosing up slowly over a period of

time, and monitoring their effect on your well being.

This principle applies to both individual and blended

amino acid products.

 

Worthy of note is that sometimes just regular use of

enough of a powerful digestive enzyme preparation in

order to break down dietary protein into its

constituent amino acids may make the use of free form

amino acids almost unnecessary. Powerful digestive

enzymes such as Protenz and Digestenz by Ness are

always worth a solid trial when treating biolar, as

digestive inefficiency is so common in those that

suffer from this illness.

 

As much as I am known by many for extolling the use of

amino acids to effect mood change, to deal with

bipolar and not get the issues of hidden food

allergies and intestinal dysbiosis right is like

pissing in the wind. These two malabsorptive issues

are often crucial to resolve in order to recover from

manic depression. And other common malabsorptive

issues such as a lack of digestive enzymes, a lack of

enough stomach acid, and chronic underhydration may be

crucial to resolve when treating bipolar disorder

properly as well.

 

I will give you one VERY important clue here in regard

to intestinal dysbiosis. If you are not having at

least two large, easy bowel movements a day as a

result of (1) having removed enough yeasts, molds,

fungi, " bad bacteria " and/or parasites from your gut,

(2) taking adequate quantities of an effective

probiotic, (3) eating enough raw fruits and veggies

(and juicing really helps here, eating some of the

fiber generated from juicing as well), (4) avoiding

foods you are allergic to, and (5) adequate hydration,

then you have NOT gotten this issue of intestinal

dysbiosis right.

 

The ideal here is a bowel movement after every meal...

three meals, then three bowel movements, but I'd

settle for even two a day. This degree of frequency

of bowel movements as a result of having enough good

gut flora and a proper non-allergic diet is becoming

more and more recognized by a number of alternative

health care practitioners. I am NEVER optimally well

from bipolar unless I am pooping twice a day as a

result of getting the above right. And doing so makes

an absolutely HUGE! difference in my well being, when

I can afford to achieve such.

 

Thank God for Bernard Jensen, who pioneered much of

the crucial knowledge of proper gut function for all

of us in " Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management " ,

etc... and thank God for Jordan Rubin, of Garden of

Life, for carrying the torch on these issues at the

present time (with his " Guts and Glory " program,

Primal Defense, etc.).

 

To wrap this up, yes, vitamins, minerals, and

essential fatty acids are clearly crucial to the

proper treatment of bipolar. But amino acids are just

the gravy. They are not the the primary issue in

which to deal with to recover from bipolar disorder.

Nonetheless, free form amino acids, when used wisely,

can be incredibly effective intervention for both

depression and mania, depending on which ones are

taken (excitatory vs. inhibitory ones).

 

Sincerely,

 

Allen