I'm hoping my fellow bluelighters have helpful information/experience regarding using NAC supplements for like longer than 1 month at least let's say. I'm hoping it will help with a myriad of issues but for 1 I know it can reduce inflammation.
Misc I need advice on getting used to NAC supplements slowly reducing side-effects from getting used to it like abdominal pain etc.
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Hmm, you don't say what you're actually trying to find out, that would help you garner more responses. What do you want to know?
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Sure, it's quite acidic. Take it with breakfast and dinner instead, that should alleviate both issues. Add some psyllium husks if your stools are still a bit loose.
If its the stomach acidity causing these symptoms than wouldn't using a stomach acid reducer like Cimetidine help prevent any side-effects when first starting to use NAC or would that possibly prevent my body from "getting used to it" and adjusting/adapting to it being ingested by my body daily?
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I'm surprised to read that, perhaps NAC just doesn't agree with you? Psyllium husks should help firm things up as they absorb water and swell up, forming a gel. If you dissolve the NAC in a glass of water with the psyllium, that should help reduce irritation.
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it should reduce GI side effects, yes, but it will also act as competition to absorption in the gut, making you absorb less NAC.... but this generally shouldn't be a problem unless you're trying to maintain a very specific dose.
Taking NAC 90-120 minutes after eating should be the most efficient, without causing GI issues. Food generally stays in your stomach for 3-4 hours.
I plan to only do this for the first 2 weeks of taking it again.... so my body should be used to it by then. I remember before taking it on an empty stomach and after 2 weeks roughly of doing that I finally stopped getting any side-effects and it was similar to taking any other supplement in the morning.
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I've never had gut issues from NAC, but what's kinda weird is I have had sporadic mild allergic reactions to it, particularly if I take it immediately after jogging or exercising. I am not allergic to anything. It's a very weird response from my body.
Also be careful taking NAC long term, it is a very potent thing and causes very significant changes in the brain. It should be cycled.
Why are you wanting to take NAC for long periods? (Weeks/months)
Also be careful taking NAC long term, it is a very potent thing and causes very significant changes in the brain. It should be cycled.
Why are you wanting to take NAC for long periods? (Weeks/months)
Various reasons to potential help with inflammation in the lungs and to help my anxiety & panic attacks or when I try lowering my dose of my prescribed benzos. Those are my main reasons and other things I consider benefits like it being a prescursor to whatever it is called that your body uses to metabolize things like acetmainophen in your liver without damaging it lol.
How long do you suggest using it for and stopping if someone wants to cycle on and off it long-term and what exactly are the dangers your personally worried about from long-term use?
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Speaking from my pretty thorough experiments with NAC:
It did not help my anxiety at all whatsoever, it actually made it a lot worse in the end. If you take it daily, it acts as a potent mood stabilizer and dopamine modulator (sort of like an antipsychotic). It seems to be quite good for bipolar. It blocks depressive lows, but also blocks the happy highs, it blocks the euphoria from dopaminergic drugs such as nicotine, amphetamines, meth, other stimulants, certain opioids, etc.
If you want to use it for it's health benefits as an antioxidant and lung cleaner and stuff, just take a big dose for 1 day, maybe 2 or 3 if you have an illness. That's all you really need.
When you take it daily it starts acting much more like a psychiatric drug than an antioxidant.
After taking it for a few weeks, it gave me EXTREME anxiety reactions to common supplements and drugs, very very strange, and very uncomfortable. It also made me feel anhedonic for over a month after I stopped taking it.
It did not help my anxiety at all whatsoever, it actually made it a lot worse in the end. If you take it daily, it acts as a potent mood stabilizer and dopamine modulator (sort of like an antipsychotic). It seems to be quite good for bipolar. It blocks depressive lows, but also blocks the happy highs, it blocks the euphoria from dopaminergic drugs such as nicotine, amphetamines, meth, other stimulants, certain opioids, etc.
If you want to use it for it's health benefits as an antioxidant and lung cleaner and stuff, just take a big dose for 1 day, maybe 2 or 3 if you have an illness. That's all you really need.
When you take it daily it starts acting much more like a psychiatric drug than an antioxidant.
After taking it for a few weeks, it gave me EXTREME anxiety reactions to common supplements and drugs, very very strange, and very uncomfortable. It also made me feel anhedonic for over a month after I stopped taking it.