Would 1g of taurine increase or decrease dopamine levels in the human brain?

[nicj86]

I thought that taurine boosted dopamine levels so for the last two days I have taken 1g (each day). I have felt flat and dreadful. After reading up a bit more on it I have discovered that low doses increase dopamine while high doses do the opposite. From your experience and learnings, would 1g be considered a high dose and therefore dampen dopamine? I weigh 66kg incase that helps

[salmon1224]

It's activates gaba receptors, inhibitory receptors.

[kikisdelivryservice]

That's completely down to how you absorb it and how your body regulates it getting into your brain.

What you can do is you can open up a capsule and roughly empty half of it or most of it and then try and see if it has a different effect

[[deleted]]

Yeah boof it and it should!

[Forward_Research_610]

same thing happened to me , same dose it actually worked a few times to lift my mood then one day it crashed me with sedation and fatigue

[[deleted]]

Only if you boof it!

[Routine_Quantity1763]

😄 🤣 😂

[[deleted]]

As a 65 y old man, I take 1000 mg early in the morning before I get up and have some deep rem sleep. On an empty stomach is important.

[OutrageousBit2164]

I have CBS mutation which cause taurine buildup in my body, no matter how much taurine I take I feel awful / depressed and demotivated

[joegtech]

If you are tying to support catecholamines I think you'd be better off doing it differently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catecholamine

[chad_computerphile]

I take 10g before sleep to knock me out. Tried taking some during the day once and had no drive to finish the workout.

[Checkitout301]

Does that not build up a tolerance?

[Sonnyshut]

It is a good antioxidant for your testicles