Comment · Fri, March 8, 2013
MDMA Supplementation
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 205 points
Ok, I did promise that I would make another post regarding supplementation to mitigate MDMA induced neurotoxicity. I have just been putting it off. Since my last post, I have gathered more information regarding my theory about MDA metabolism being the main cause of MDMA's neurotoxic effects. I will try to not get into that in this post, and keep this mostly about supplementation. As seems to be the norm with me, this may be long winded. Obviously everything I put on this list is not necessary. I will be placing supplements into different categories, with reasonings and references. I will let you decide which ones will be a part of your regimen.
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Essential Supplements:
* Alpha Lipoic Acid- This is one that everyone should be taking. It is a powerful antioxidant that scavenges reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. It also has a nice benefit of regenerating other vitamins, like C, after redox cycling. It exists in two enantiomers, R-ALA and S-ALA. R-ALA is the biologically active isomer that we are looking for. Most supplements a…
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LarkusMcHenry · 1 points
This is an extremely informative post, much appreciated! I'm just starting to experiment with supplements and tweaking (no pun intended) my MDMA regimen. Taking suggestions from a different user's regimen, what are your thoughts on L-Tyrosine, DLPA and L-glutamine? I'm reading that they have similar effects to some of the supplements you list here, but I would like to know if you've had any experience with them.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
L-Tyrosine and DLPA are precursors to dopamine and norepiniephrine. DLPA being the step before L-tyrosine. Eventually they become L-DOPA, then dopamine. They can actually lower serotonin, due to L-DOPA and 5-HTP competing for the same enzyme. The only one that I would consider taking is DLPA.
L-glutamine is an amino acid used in protein synthesis. It's not really useful for MDMA supplementation.