> It would make me hyperalert like a more subtle version of caffeine. I had insmonia for random days. That's phenylalanine. Its metabolites are interesting. O

> It would make me hyperalert like a more subtle version of caffeine. I had insmonia for random days. That's phenylalanine. Its metabolites are interesting. One of them is tyrosine, which itself is the precursor to dopamine and adrenaline. Another is phenethylamine. That's a fun class of drugs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substituted_phenethylamine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substituted_phenethylamine Phenethylamine itself becomes N-Methylphenethylamine, not at all dissimilar to its structural isomer, A-Methylphenethylamine, better known as amphetamine. How much phenylalanine is metabolized into each of these is complicated and depends on a lot of things, but sounds like you did something to cause it to be more.