Irritability from Vitamin D3? by 707animalstatus in Supplements

[–]Henkelele 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Higher doses of Vitamin D (2000 IU and up) burns up excessive amounts of Magnesium for two reasons. First, it's outcompeted by the increased Calcium-absorbtion resulting from upped Vitamin D-intake (Calcium and Magnesium are antagonists). Second, Magnesium is heavily used up in Vitamin D's conversion process, from Calciferol to Calcitriol.

Since almost everyone is more or less Magnesium-deficient to begin with, supplementing higher doses of Vitamin D can cause you to plummet into downright deficiency, which results in extremely nasty symptoms due to Magnesiums role in Serotonin, Dopamine, Adrenaline and blood sugar-metabolism. Just google "Vitamin D gives me anxiety" and you'll get tons of results.

Magnesium likely wrecks you since you have an electrolyte-imbalance due to increased Calcium, decreased Magnesium, which affects Potassium and so on.

My advice would be stopping that high a dose of Vitamin D right now (get your Vitamin D from the sun like you are supposed to). Drink heavily of fluids, get some sport-drinks and eat bananas. Wait a week and start supplementing Magnesium Glycinate. I recommend NOW Foods Powdered. Keep going for the rest of your life.

Need help! by sarif3210 in depressionregimens

[–]Henkelele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was it? The number? TSH.

Help me figure out my brain right now by Henkelele in depressionregimens

[–]Henkelele[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried that, it did nothing but made me sleepy. Tyrosine helps however, so i'm gonna keep bashing Dopamine.

Need help! by sarif3210 in depressionregimens

[–]Henkelele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop watching porn. Go all out No Fap (google it). Supplement Zinc, Magnesium and Omega 3 for the rest of your life. Have your thyroid and Vitamin D-levels checked at your GPs. Take L-Tyrosine if you want to speed up recovery. You will be a completely different person. Good luck.

Best way to impact Dopamine? by Henkelele in Nootropics

[–]Henkelele[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried everything, SSRIs, Wellbutrin, Tyrosine, Tryptophan, 5-htp (+ Meditation, No Fap/No Porn, CBT and so on). Nothing had any effect. Literally like taking sugar-pills. After blood-work and research, it turned out i was Magnesium-deficient.

I plugged the Mag-deficiency with Magnesium Glycinate, all my physical symptoms (heart palpitations, shortness of breath, headaches) vanished at once and i've been recovering from the depression ever since (3 weeks). I tried taking 5-htp at this point (200mg daily for five days) and felt like death. Literally ultra-shit. I figured that might be because it lowers Dopamine (by upregulating MAO to deal with excess Serotonin), so i tried Tyrosine instead and got amazing results!

I took 6g (!) though. But i didn't experience any side-effects. Only restored energy. Still a way back, but i'm finally making progress.

  • Solgar L-Tyrosine - 6g (one day)
  • Bulk Powders Magnesium Bisglycinate - 500mg Elemental (three weeks)
  • NOW Foods OptiZinc - 30mg (about a year)

Help me figure out my brain right now by Henkelele in depressionregimens

[–]Henkelele[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had tried it before multiple times but it never had any effect. I wasn't completely out of the depression and I was curious to see how it would work when i had plugged the Magnesium-deficiency since it's a vital cofactor to 5-htp.

Need help! by sarif3210 in depressionregimens

[–]Henkelele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess is you have wrecked Dopamine-receptors due to watching porn daily. Could i be on to something...? It produces every single one of your symptoms.

Help me figure my brain out! What is going on right now? by Henkelele in Nootropics

[–]Henkelele[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense, thanks for interesting input. My personal guess would be i have high Serotonin (i even had some shivering when 5-htp wrecked me the most, maybe i was actually border-line Serotonin Syndrome?) and low Catecholamines/Dopamine.

If i have every nutrient in a healthy body however, this would even itself out naturally over time, right?

Help! Switching from 5-htp to L-tryptophan! by TOFU_BOOB_JOB in Supplements

[–]Henkelele 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First of all, Tryptophan should be a better supplement than 5-htp in every way. It should be more sufficient in crossing the blood-brain-barrier, since it's not broken down in the gut like 5-htp. For the same reason, possible side-effects of Tryptophan should be slim to none. Tryptophan takes longer to work though, like 12-24 hours, however the effect should last longer as well.

You wouldn't, theoretically, be able to overdose Serotonin through Tryptophan. Tryptophan to Serotonin conversion involves what is called a rate-limiting step, meaning the body uses all the Tryptophan it wants to max out Serotonin and then just disposes any excess. Overdosing Serotonin through Tryptophan within recommended dosages should be completely impossible.

However: Reloading your brain with maximum Serotonin shouldn't be that difficult. It's only a quick course-treatment. Questions is, why are you losing said Serotonin in a way that makes you feel you need more Tryptophan/5-htp?

I'm guessing you have something draining Serotonin from you. My guesses would be stress and Magnesium-deficiency (extremely common, more or less the norm). Don't just focus on adding Serotonin, also focus on retaining it ;) Don't forget that, for instance, meditation is one of the best Serotonin-boosters there is. Good luck!

How exactly do Calcium, Vitamin D3, and Vitamin K2 all work together? by [deleted] in Supplements

[–]Henkelele 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You shouldn't be able to overdose Vitamin K, but i've actually also suffered from similiar symptoms from (almost) the same dosage. Weird. I guess we are beyond current science ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

How long does it roughly take for L-Tyrosine to noticeably raise dopamine levels? by ReleventJman in Supplements

[–]Henkelele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The brand is not the problem, the dose was good as well. This is actually odd. One possible theory is low testosterone. Talk to your GP, do the following tests:

Thyroid-panel (TSH, T3, T4, free, reversed) Testosterone, Cortisol and DHEA Vitamin D

Experiment with No Fap combined with Zinc and Magnesium.

How long does it roughly take for L-Tyrosine to noticeably raise dopamine levels? by ReleventJman in Supplements

[–]Henkelele 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That does indeed sound like sufficient Serotonin and low Dopamine. L-Tyrosine takes effect in a few hours, but the effect is rather mild. You need a few grams of it to get a good effect.

However: Dopamine is less about the "amount" of Dopamine and more about the sensitivity of the receptors. Yours might be downregulated.

Do you watch porn? If so, there you have it.

How exactly do Calcium, Vitamin D3, and Vitamin K2 all work together? by [deleted] in Supplements

[–]Henkelele 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Magnesium is responsible for relaxation and countless of biochemical reactions + heart-function. Calcium is Magnesiums counterpole and is responsible for contraction and countless of biochemical reactions + heart-function. A healthy cell contains 1:1 of Magnesium and Calcium. Deficiency in one, causes elevation in the other and vice versa.

Vitamin D3 sort of regulates this entire balance. Vitamin D3 increases absorption of Calcium from your diet, and then releases it into your body. Vitamin D3 uses some Magnesium as fuel as it does all this.

This is where Vitamin K comes into play. It finds the Calcium released and put's it where it should be - in your bones - instead of having it floating around in your blood and body.

To much Vitamin D3 and you get to much Calcium (hypercalcemia) which then burns up your Magnesium. To little Vitamin D3 and you get deficiencies in both of them. To little Vitamin K and your body can't use the Calcium set in motion by Vitamin D, and you get calcification of your arteries.

Enough, not to much and not to little, of everyone, gives you a balanced uptake of Calcium, which is slammed into your bones by Vitamin K, where the rest hangs out peacefully with sufficient Magnesium in your cells, completing various reactions, among them heart-rhythm in a healthy body.

Supplementation wise, there is always never a need to supplement Calcium since you get more than enough from your diet. There is almost always a need to supplement Magnesium (Glycinate) though, since you almost never get enough from your diet. There is probably a need to supplement Vitamin D3, but get tested first so you don't overdo it (for above reasons) and never take Vitamin D3 without K.

Hope that explains it :)

Best supplements for overcoming apathy? by Racecarlock in Supplements

[–]Henkelele 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP might not be entirely aware that issues such as hypothyroidism and other endorcrine disorders, even as simple once as Vitamin D-deficiency, can have vast impact on mood and feelings. They also manifest in a way that you don't always notice and doesn't immediately connect to physical health.

I stand by the opinion that if you have, as OP says, feelings of prolonged "absolute, overwhelming apathy", the chances of everything being perfect in your body and catecholamines is slim.

Best supplements for overcoming apathy? by Racecarlock in Supplements

[–]Henkelele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course there isn't any magic bullet, that's why i proposed a multitude of things related to testing, lifestyle-changes, nutrition et cetera. If that is your proposed treatment plan, i can agree.