Are amino acids a first line of defense against bipolar?

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Dear group:

 

I recently posted the following material in another bipolar egroup

dealing with alternative therapies for bipolar. It was in response

to a person considering the use of Pure Form 20 and WAC blends of

amino acids (from Jomar) for bipolar disorder without the use of

other supplementation and natural measures first.

 

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

below of interest.

 

Lastly, if this post comes through with the word " bipolar " in blue

with an underline (it might or might not), I wish to apologize in

advance for this.

 

Sincerely,

 

Allen

 

Dear (xxx):

 

I would NOT recommend the Pure Form 20 and WAC blends of amino acids

from Jomar as a first line of defense against bipolar. Yes, these

two amino acids can be " rocket fuel " for the brain. However, they

need vitamin and mineral support in order to work. In addition to

this, these products need added tryptophan, the essential amino acid

that is missing from these blends. And lastly, these two blends are

not safe to use for bipolar unless the person in question has

defined and is currently successfully using an inhibitory amino acid

regime (such as taurine, tryptophan, and GABA as an example) as well.

 

Some other persons in this egroup have some real good ideas

in regard to what to supplement with to control bipolar symptoms if

money is an issue. I'd sure lean more toward their suggestions if I

was you. The use of amino acids such as Pure Form 20 and WAC comes

AFTER the use of other healing modalities for bipolar, such as fish

oil, vitamins, minerals, probiotics, digestive enzymes, addressing

the possibility of hidden food allergies and intestinal dysbiosis,

etc. In many instances, addressing the aforementioned may work so

well that the use of broad based amino acid supplementation is not

necessary at all.

 

The " single supplement " routine that I am most impressed with for

Bipolar is that of the Truehope suppplement, or " its perhaps

somewhat better copycat " from Equilib. A supplement such as Equilib

(or Truehope) is " a first line of defense " approach to bipolar

disorder, as it is broad based vitamin and mineral support, and it

has it been proven effective for bipolar disorder in some (but

certainly not all) cases. Combining a supplement such as Equilib

with fish oil is probably much better than using Equilib alone. And

combining this Equilib/fish oil supplementation with addressing the

probable malabsorptive issues of hidden food allergies, intestinal

dysbiosis, and a possible lack of digestive enzymes may be a far

better approach yet.

 

Since 1997 I have had extensive experience with the use of amino

acids to ameliorate bipolar symptoms, and yes, these are powerfully

helpful supplements once you know how to use them. But amino acids,

despite all they can do, are NOT the first line of defense against

bipolar disorder.

 

Lastly, the instructions on the bottle of Pure Form 20 and WAC blend

in regard to what dosage to use are not real valid. Everyone has a

different need for dosages of this stuff. Amino acid dosage is an

individual issue. The same dose of amino acids that may greatly

help one bipolar person may hurt another. This applies to both

blended amino acid products and individual amino acids. The general

rule that usually applies here is to start at a minimal amino acid

dosage and then titrate up slowly over days/weeks, while monitoring

oneself for effect.

 

I sincerely hope that this information is of help to you.

 

Allen