Took Dr. Braverman's quiz. I understand this was a hot topic few years ago. I originally took this one but due to some glitch with Firefox it didn't display the results at the very end. Instead, I printed out this shorter version of questionnaire found here.
Scores:
- Dopamine - 22
- Serotonin - 19
- GABA - 16
- ACh - 16
Personal issues: Anxiety, panic, social anxiety, social withdrawal, pessimistic, racing thoughts, constant thinking, extreme guilt and self-awareness, shiness, self-centered but altruistic, muscle weakness, chronic depression, PTSD, not remembering dreams, lack of self-confidence, lack of common sense, socially autistic, codependent, grandiose, worrier, overly-emotional, jealousy, accusing partner, not being adventurous, afraid of life, afraid to live, ADHD, can't read a book, lack of spirituality, slow thinking skills, lack of creativity, OCD, nicotine addiction, forgetfulness, loss of memory, chronic belching, gas, .
Previous history of taking SSRI (2007) and colt turkey (2010).
Where does one start to address and do you address one-by-one with trial and error? For dopamine it says I'd likely to benefit from caffeine, but it makes my heart race and makes me nuts. It also says I'm deficient in ACh - while this may be true, but I match all the symptoms of excessive acetylcholine levels including stiff neck. I'm confused and need input from you guys.
My first thought was to give Phenibut a try and see how it goes. Supposedly it decreases ACh and increases Dopamine+GABA so it should temporarily fix most of my issues.
Edit: added traits I left out.
Supps:
- zn: placebo
- mg: placebo
- B-complex: placebo
- MB12: placebo
- 5-MTHF: placebo
- Dibencozime: placebo
- Biotin: placebo
- P5P: placebo
- Isocort: placebo
- D3/K2: placebo
- Digestive enzymes: placebo
- Liquid E complex: placebo
- MSM: placebo
- Dandelion root: placebo
- ALCAR + ALA: loss of erection
- L-Tyrosine: panic attack
Edited by Steve-22, 25 September 2014 - 04:15 PM.
