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ALCAR is… really quite something. Acetyl-L-carnitine, right? First it fixed me. Clarity and strength. Slept better too. I did not at all expect it to do anythi
by AnthonBerg 4y ago
ALCAR is… really quite something. Acetyl-L-carnitine, right?
First it fixed me. Clarity and strength. Slept better too. I did not at all expect it to do anything.
Then I felt intensely sad. All of a sudden really. One morning. After taking ALCAR for 1-2 weeks or so?
The funny thing is that this sadness was absolutely warranted. The ALCAR kind of… unleashed it? At risk of appearing to overshare: It’s been a really tough time recently – my spouse has been on a long road to recovery. Doing great! Life is beautiful. But I’ve been running in tough-it-out mode for a lonnng time. ALCAR “broke the seal” on it. I swear.
It really really really does seem to have an effect on neurotransitters doesn’t it!
It wasn’t really the best time to have it happen. It was hard. I have a small close-knit support network and have had to acquire a reasonable amount of insight into thought processes and emotional states and both of these were kind of necessary to handle this kind of sudden and specific emotional unraveling. Much more noticeable effect than any antidepressant or ADHD medication I’ve tried. (!)
It doesn’t seem to make sense but I really do think this is what happened. Not from a perspective of wanting it to be true. It was really quite a clear effect and I’m really glad to have figured it out and stopped taking ALCAR at that point.
And indeed there seems to be a scientific paper trail between ALCAR and the cholinergic system and this sort of emotional state and state change.
And there are tons of research on the interaction of ALCAR and the nervous system, in dementia and depression as well as diabetic neuropathy. And it certainly works for that – it clearly and obviously helps diabetic neuropathy heal.
Why? Idk! Haven’t read the papers yet.
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