Comments on: GABA and ADHD http://blog.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/2008/11/10/gaba-and-adhd/ Exploring the genetic links between Asperger's syndrome, fibromyalgia, hypoglycaemia, obesity, back pain, asthma and 'allergies', and how to improve them with a scientific diet you have never heard of. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:10:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alien Robot Girl http://blog.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/2008/11/10/gaba-and-adhd/#comment-670 Alien Robot Girl Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:47:03 +0000 http://emmadavies.wordpress.com/?p=570#comment-670 Hi Elena, I hate that time of the month too. I usually get brain fog, bread cravings, and one out of three cycles a migraine that makes me feel like I'm dying. The menstrual cycle can be disturbed in people who have bipolar symptoms, and also in celiac disease. Celiacs tend to have low dopamine and high prolactin levels. Dopamine and prolactin oppose one another, when levels of one are low levels of the other rise, and prolactin is a hormone that acts as a contraceptive/affects the menstrual cycle, lowers the sex drive, promotes lactation and maturation of the mammary glands. Seems like ADD + low sex drive + big boobs go together in women! Prolactin has a diurnal cycle. I don't know what it is, but I do know I concentrate best in the early afternoon and late at night. The only time I can concentrate on writing is between about 10:00PM and 2:00AM! When my mum was in her early thirties, her period became erratic and she was diagnosed with premature menopause. I am sure that diagnosis was wrong, because she was also excessively emotional, stressed, and couldn't cope with daily life. I suspect she has had undiagnosed cyclothymia or bipolar for years, and the disturbance of her cycle was as a result of fluctuating dopamine/prolactin levels. Hi Elena,

I hate that time of the month too. I usually get brain fog, bread cravings, and one out of three cycles a migraine that makes me feel like I’m dying.

The menstrual cycle can be disturbed in people who have bipolar symptoms, and also in celiac disease. Celiacs tend to have low dopamine and high prolactin levels. Dopamine and prolactin oppose one another, when levels of one are low levels of the other rise, and prolactin is a hormone that acts as a contraceptive/affects the menstrual cycle, lowers the sex drive, promotes lactation and maturation of the mammary glands. Seems like ADD + low sex drive + big boobs go together in women! Prolactin has a diurnal cycle. I don’t know what it is, but I do know I concentrate best in the early afternoon and late at night. The only time I can concentrate on writing is between about 10:00PM and 2:00AM!

When my mum was in her early thirties, her period became erratic and she was diagnosed with premature menopause. I am sure that diagnosis was wrong, because she was also excessively emotional, stressed, and couldn’t cope with daily life. I suspect she has had undiagnosed cyclothymia or bipolar for years, and the disturbance of her cycle was as a result of fluctuating dopamine/prolactin levels.

]]> By: Alien Robot Girl http://blog.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/2008/11/10/gaba-and-adhd/#comment-664 Alien Robot Girl Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:50:29 +0000 http://emmadavies.wordpress.com/?p=570#comment-664 Same thoughts as you Lee - dogtorj is missing a lot of the pieces. A1 milk reactions can be caused by opioid-peptides releasing histamine too. I actually have a dog who is sensitive to NSAIDs, amines/glutamates, refuses to touch vegetables, but does very well with butter and pasta in his (mainly raw meat) diet. Trust me to have an ADHD dog. I think dogtorj would find a more complex picture if he knew about failsafe and was able to do more complex dietary trials on dogs. Replacing commercial dog food with raw meat isn't really controlling your variables, because commercial dog food is full of food colourings and glutamates. Same thoughts as you Lee – dogtorj is missing a lot of the pieces. A1 milk reactions can be caused by opioid-peptides releasing histamine too. I actually have a dog who is sensitive to NSAIDs, amines/glutamates, refuses to touch vegetables, but does very well with butter and pasta in his (mainly raw meat) diet. Trust me to have an ADHD dog. I think dogtorj would find a more complex picture if he knew about failsafe and was able to do more complex dietary trials on dogs. Replacing commercial dog food with raw meat isn’t really controlling your variables, because commercial dog food is full of food colourings and glutamates.

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Dogtor J (www.dogtorj.com) writes about glutamate’s excitory effects in certain people. He thinks the main dietry culprits are casein and wheat proteins. This does not seem right to me since other foods contain glutamate too. But he did pinpoint my problem of A1 milk (and cream) consumed in the evening causing me to wake up in the early hours. A2 does not seem to be a problem for me. Any thoughts?

Cheers, Lee

]]> By: piratehyde http://blog.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/2008/11/10/gaba-and-adhd/#comment-621 piratehyde Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:39:57 +0000 http://emmadavies.wordpress.com/?p=570#comment-621 I suffer very badly from ADD when i'm on the verge of having a panic attack. I know this is low GABA, low dopamine, high adrenaline, and I always thought high glutamate because I stim like crazy in the meltdown. Occassionally I can turn into a rabbit in the headlights. I get ADD just when people sit anywhere near me, or come to talk to me sometimes. Its highly frustrating! I've been having irritable mania in the past few days (ovulation) - rushing around, can't be touched, aggressive, impulsive, not really like me... Then I took an anti-fungal drug for some thrush issues and I ended up having ADD and a panic attack instead. I can only think the dopamine levels went down with some methylation, but everything kinda remained the same. On the whole I am not a huge ADD sufferer rather I am compulsive workaholic. When my glutamate is low, I find it more difficult to understand and remember things. I think i'm more antisocial and feel low. My partner though suffers badly from bi-polar and ADD. Recently he's been taking megadoses of adenosylB12 but I don't think its made that much difference, it just makes him more antisocial and aspie! My bi-polar like trouble is tightly linked to my menstrual cycle though. I get manic during ovulation and crash quite badly every month, I dread it to be honest. I suffer very badly from ADD when i’m on the verge of having a panic attack. I know this is low GABA, low dopamine, high adrenaline, and I always thought high glutamate because I stim like crazy in the meltdown. Occassionally I can turn into a rabbit in the headlights.

I get ADD just when people sit anywhere near me, or come to talk to me sometimes. Its highly frustrating!

I’ve been having irritable mania in the past few days (ovulation) – rushing around, can’t be touched, aggressive, impulsive, not really like me… Then I took an anti-fungal drug for some thrush issues and I ended up having ADD and a panic attack instead. I can only think the dopamine levels went down with some methylation, but everything kinda remained the same.

On the whole I am not a huge ADD sufferer rather I am compulsive workaholic. When my glutamate is low, I find it more difficult to understand and remember things. I think i’m more antisocial and feel low. My partner though suffers badly from bi-polar and ADD. Recently he’s been taking megadoses of adenosylB12 but I don’t think its made that much difference, it just makes him more antisocial and aspie!

My bi-polar like trouble is tightly linked to my menstrual cycle though. I get manic during ovulation and crash quite badly every month, I dread it to be honest.

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