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GABA from health food store effective?

Posted by 3 Beer Effect on November 24, 2001, at 21:27:56

I just bought some GABA 750 mg tablets from the health food store. Has anyone tried these to decrease anxiety, increase sociability, or improve sleep? Do these GABA pills pass through the blood-brain barrier?

The reason I bought them is because Klonopin & Neurotin both enhance the action of GABA, so perhaps just taking GABA might do the same thing
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My psychiatrist like most others, is afraid of prescribing evil benzos like klonopin so I only get 1 mg per day and take celexa 20 mg. (Doctors are trying to prescribe ssri's instead of benzos for anxiety, but ssri's & effexor xr seem to me to make anxiety & insomnia worse, not better.) But even getting the 1 mg per day of Klonopin was like pulling teeth. So i'm hoping this GABA will help augment/enhance the Klonopin, but somehow I doubt it because all the herbs i've tried in the past are expensive & relatively worthless. If this GABA stuff does work for you, do you have any tips on dosages?

Re: GABA from health food store effective? » 3 Beer Effect

Posted by cirrus6000 on November 25, 2001, at 13:00:03

In reply to GABA from health food store effective?, posted by 3 Beer Effect on November 24, 2001, at 21:27:56

try nefazodone thats what my psychiatrist prescribed me it seems to be working well without any side effects and i too am taking klonopin at .5mg im not sure if the gaba pills you are taking will pass through the blood brain barrier it would seem so being that they made to the market but im not sure please do tell me if they are working
thank you

Re: GABA from health food store effective?

Posted by Thrud on November 25, 2001, at 23:57:14

In reply to GABA from health food store effective?, posted by 3 Beer Effect on November 24, 2001, at 21:27:56

I heard that orally ingested GABA cannot pass through the blood-brain barrier and is therefore useless.

Maybe if you took mega amounts enough could get across to have some effect, but I would be worried about the stress on your liver and kidneys trying to get rid of the other 99.9%.

Thrud

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