Tyrosine?  Meat?  Bananas?  B-6? Exercise?  What's good for Hunters in this regard?  

I know there are suggestions in the book, but what has personal experience in this arena yielded using the suggestions and possibly other methods and/or supps?

I really seem to need to raise mine a lot these days: Low level depression and feeling 'flat lined' in life.

Tyrosine (food sources are good too) and exercise for sure. Rhodiola could be useful as well.

Red meat is a great friend. Starches seem counterproductive for 'dark days'. Eggs can be good.

Rhodiola is very effective for this purpose for type O's.  It would be my first herbal suggestions for Hunters.

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Rhodiola is very effective for this purpose for type O's.  It would me be first herbal suggestions for Hunters.

Thanks Lloyd and Victoria.  But Rhodiola seems to weird out my brain.  

Maybe in addition to getting as much of it from food as I can, I'll try the Tyrosine in a low dose... how much to take?

you might give a try for l'tyrosine, or sam-e (3-4x 200mg's daily )and also phenylalanine might be one of your choices but perhaps get tested before taking this stuff that there's no phenylketunury anywhere around.
hope that helps a bit,  

As Isa says Tyrosine and a form of D-Phenylalanine (DPA)
(EndorphiGen) may help.  (I don't know if D-Phenylalanine is contraindicated for hunters but it sure works for me).  

The book, The Mood Cure by Julia Ross explains how to use amino acids, their contraindications, and why to use them.  

I use the Mood Cure to reference just as much as I use LR4YT and Genotype.

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As Isa says Tyrosine and a form of D-Phenylalanine (DPA)
(EndorphiGen) may help.  (I don't know if D-Phenylalanine is contraindicated for hunters but it sure works for me).  

The book, The Mood Cure by Julia Ross explains how to use amino acids, their contraindications, and why to use them.  

I use the Mood Cure to reference just as much as I use LR4YT and Genotype.

Thank you for the suggestions and the book suggestion.  I'm going to look into getting it.

I would not use more than 500mg Tyrosine/day to start with, it's pretty powerful stuff. You may or may not notice something the first day or three.

As Isa mentioned, SAM-e can do wonders as well. I'd start with just one supplement to see how it affects you before trying/adding other things.

So I didn't mention what happens at night.  I have horrible Anxiety and it's getting worse.  So maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree... maybe I have too much Dopamine and not enough serotonin  


"Dopamine - and its derivative, norepinephrine - are considered a single chemical. This is the energizing, “gas petal” chemical that promotes increased feelings of alertness, wakefulness, assertiveness and aggressiveness. This chemical heightens energy, speeds up thoughts and improves muscle coordination. Too much norepinephrine causes anxiety and aggression, stimulates violent behaviors, and causes schizophrenia, paranoia and psychosis."

http://www.blessedmaineherbs.com/hearthealth.html

If you are having anxiety, then Holy Basil and B5 as well as Rhodiola might be good. Also Lemon Balm (Melissa) and Valerian can be helpful.  

Another is Magnolia Bark extract, as found in Histona or Relora.

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Dr D
SAM-E
http://www.dadamo.com/forum/archive7/config.pl?read=28569
methylcobalamin (the active form of B12) probably does the same functions more reliably than SAMe. SAMe is also very expensive if you take the recommended doses.

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Too much norepinephrine causes anxiety and aggression, stimulates violent behaviors, and causes schizophrenia, paranoia and psychosis."[/i]

http://www.blessedmaineherbs.com/hearthealth.html

For a Hunter, stress is the issue in difficulty regulating dopamine (as far as I can tell). Don't forget the alternate nostril breathing. The anti-stress stuff from my other post applies here too. Working on reducing stress and getting downtime will help immensly. SAM-e has a mild effect here too, which I have not seen in methyl-12. But the other hebs, etc, are better.

yeppers and please give a try to vervaine tea it calms down immediately & highest amounts of magnesium & IP6 & Inositol from
NF is a fine anxietyreleaser & mental training called autogenes training as the method from Schulz  
wish you all the best  

btw here: http://www.orthomed.org   the canadian groupe of orthomolecular medicine under the famous psychatrist Dr. A.Hoffer
does provide finest info's about such themata  but only using natural stuffs even for such problematic issues... I only can recommend em warmly  

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Another is Magnolia Bark extract, as found in Histona or Relora

relora......you mean redoxa?
http://www.4yourtype.com/prodinfo.asp?number=NP055

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If you are having anxiety, then Holy Basil and B5 as well as Rhodiola might be good. Also Lemon Balm (Melissa) and Valerian can be helpful.  

Another is Magnolia Bark extract, as found in Histona or Relora.

Hi Lloyd and all... we take a cup of Lemon Balm before bed each evening and I generally take Valerian in the form of the tab Musclease... which also has White Willow Bark and Passion Flower in it.

But if I take it at 11 I wake at two in total fear.  It seems to last 3 - 4 hours max.

Also Rhodiola makes my brain and mood feel strange.  Like I'm not right somehow.  

I've got a call into my NP as I found my 2005 brain chemistry tests and all levels of the biggies are way down - Dopamine, Serotonin, Epinephrine, and Nonepinephrine.  So I may have another test since that was 3 years ago.  But I need to do something.

Haven't tried Holy Basil yet... what type of effects does one notice on that?

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I've got a call into my NP as I found my 2005 brain chemistry tests

where did you have this done?

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where did you have this done?

see this thread:

http://www.dadamo.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1210030955/s-1/highlight-Brain+Chemistry+Testing/#num1

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see this thread:
http://www.dadamo.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1210030955/s-1/highlight-Brain+Chemistry+Testing/#num1

thanks!    I'll have to reread that.

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relora......you mean redoxa?
http://www.4yourtype.com/prodinfo.asp?number=NP055

No, I mean Relora. It is an over-the-counter product available widely. Contains the Magnolia and also Phellodendron amarense.

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. we take a cup of Lemon Balm before bed each evening and I generally take Valerian in the form of the tab Musclease... which also has White Willow Bark and Passion Flower in it.
But if I take it at 11 I wake at two in total fear.  It seems to last 3 - 4 hours max.

that's awful girl!! there was a segment on Oprah that I saw on this subject a while back. A quick search on her site, I found this:

http://www.oprah.com/search/se.....p;Go.x=16&Go.y=8

hope there is something helpful there. I seem to recall it being some sort of imbalance. Hope you find something to calm that soon.  

had not heard of it...thanks !

the one gal always dreamed she was being attacked by bugs like roaches, stuff like that. she would wake up screaming wildly.........I would too if I dreamed something like that. Ewwwwwwwww

wew, seems to be serious, funkymuse  seems that you are producing to much of catecholamines, ...... would have an eye onto your stress responses and also I'd merely survey your adrenal glands.....

Well last night I had some luck.

I went on an eating tirad of good foods... sardine patties made with eggs, minced onions, olive oil and rice flour.  Boiled eggs; homemade buffalo chili, avocado, watermelon, dates.  It was a bit much but I was feeling ravished.

So when I went to bed the fear started up big time and so I went in and took my three valerine at 11pm and slept till 2pm, but did not wake up freaked out again!  I also had the RLS really bad - could not calm it down, but after the valerine it left as well.

So I immediately attributed it to all those good brain chemistry stuffs in the foods I ate.

I know meat increases dopamine and we are eating alot of red meat.  So like I mentioned earlier I am looking at the serotonin factor.

I do have low cortisol in the afternoons.  Which I've always felt increased my hunger and cravings in the afternoons.  

When I don't feel good, the anxiety kicks in at night in bed because your mind can focus on what you are feeling.  

My Doctor has a homeopath called "anxiety reduce" and I think it works.  He also has me rub some calming oil on my tummy and it works too.  

You can go to http://www.pathwaysmed.com and order them if you want.  It has worked for me.  

When he tested me for dopamine and seretonin, my levels were terribly low, and I believe there was a correlation to my anxiety.  Because I was getting it alot.  My dopamine was so low, it wasn't recordable.  And no, I don't have Parkinsons.  I think you may want to get tested, I think it's just a blood test and see if it is really the case.  But something to help relieve the anxiety in the mean time is a good idea.

Believe me, I feel for you.  I pray it gets worked out.