I always avoided cholinergics, including Lecithin, because I was under the impression that they were bad news for OCD and depression.
Anyway, I hadn't been having much luck taking Uridine alone, or in combination with DHA -- both alternatives just tended to overstimulate me ..
So I decided to pick up a bag of Lecithin from the supermarket a couple of day ago. I'd been feeling especially wound up and overstimulated a few nights ago, and was worried about another impending night of insomnia. Anyway, I ate 2 tablespoons of the stuff, settled down, and then woke up the next day with any sense of physical anxiety, stress and overstimulation having vanished. I felt slightly 'down', but also less manic and more in touch with reality. This is after weeks, bordering on months, of feeling stressed out and hypervigilant.
The downside is that it either induces brain fog or makes my thoughts annoyingly 'circular', whereas they feel more direct and purposeful on stimulants. It also, while calming, exacerbates my bruxism .. and also akathisia to a degree.
Since I have been battling the latter, I don't want to overdo the cholinergics. But when I tried a couple of tablespoons in conjunction with DHA (250mg) and Uridine (~125mg), the combination felt more manageable and I started to notice some psychostimulant-like effects which I presume the ultimate endpoint should be.
I'm not very familiar with how Lecithin should be dosed -- I see people taking it by the tablespoon-full in conjunction with 'racetams, but can't find anyone using it with Uridine, nor any rough dosing equivalent to other forms of choline. I was wondering what a suitable sort of ratio to Uridine might be, so that I don't overdose on choline .. ? Also is it possible to dose just once a day and reap benefits? I notice mood stability as well as bruxism setting in very shortly after ingesting 2 tablespoons, whereas 1 had less apparent effect.. but the bruxism does worry me. I guess I could play around with increasing the Uridine, or splitting the Lecithin dose up?