Will taking these keep my schizoeffective disorder in check? I get severe mood swings. Stims seem to be the only thing that calm me down when I'm in a mood. I don't get overly emotionally excited one way or another. It just tends to regulate whatever it is that's becoming unbalanced.
Why is that?
Schizophrenia is triggered by an over load of Dopamine on the D1 and D5 receptors in the Striatum. Stimulants may calm you down in the short term, but without the right supplements, too much Dopamine can build up in the Striatum and these receptors become overstimulated. The Striatum plays a huge role in your brains processing of information. It decides what information is relevant and which is not. When these receptors become over stimulated, the Striatum starts making irrelevant information seem relevant. Which is why you may see or hear things that nobody else can. Because the striatum is failing to filter out irrelevant sensory information due to the overstimulation of these receptors.
Taking 400mgs of Magnesium (has to be chelated/glycinate) every day will help to regulate your neurotransmitter release levels, which over time should help to reduce the amount of Dopamine in the Striatum and reduce your episodes of Schizophrenia.
L-Tyrosine will help to replenish your Catecholamine (Dopamine, Norepinephrine and Epinephrine) levels which will currently be depleted from high dosage MDMA use. This will however cause a depletion of Serotonin in the short term as you can't take 5-HTP for a couple of weeks until after you stop using an SSRI or MAOI. But after a couple of weeks you can start using 5-HTP along side L-Tyrosine, which will give your presynaptic vesicles a healthy balance of these neurotransmitters. Don't worry though, these supplements/amino acids don't stimulate the release of these neurotransmitters into the Synaptic Cleft. They will simply be stored in the presynaptic vesicles and ready to be released naturally when required (assuming you're sensible and avoid stimulants for the time being).
The L-Theanine isn't directly related to the striatum. But as I mentioned in my previous post, by acting as a glutamate antagonist, it will naturally raise your GABA levels which will help to promote relaxation without having to resort to the use of Benzos or Opioids. You can also take GABA as a supplement as well to further boost your GABA levels.
Myo-Inositol acts as a secondary messenger between brain cells, including neurotransmitters. Which basically just means that they'll function more efficiently, as many neurotransmitters often go to waste without providing their intended functions. Inositol can reduce this greatly and if you start using 8-12grams a day, you'll begin to notice a significant difference in your overall emotional regulation almost right away. 2-3 days and you'll wonder why you've never heard of this stuff before. It really does perform miracles. It also helps to upregulate the D2, D3 and D4 receptors on the outer membranes of the post-synaptic neurons, which get heavily downregulated with repeated heavy stimulant use. This can of course help to reverse your tolerance level to stimulants. But I would certainly recommend taking at least a month off from them (MDMA and Ritalin), along with the Prozac and Abilify.
