L-Tryptophan??

[Doggygirl]

MM - yesterday evening I took a second dose sort of per your schedule. (I fell asleep watching TV, and took the dose around 10PM when I woke up). I slept better and longer than I have since going AF.

So...will do this again tonight for sure!! Thanks to all on this thread for sharing good info.

DG
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[gemmy1]

I haven't tried any supps yet. How is the all one working with weight loss. Can you all one in any store?
Still thinking on the L-Tryptophan.

[Ripple]

L-Tryptophan. I love this marvelous supplement! It works! really! they don't make this stuff for nothing...give it a try..anyone, you will be so happy you did!

[Lila]

I forgot all about this post! Ripple, when do you take you L-Tryp? Morning? All day? How much? Maybe I will order some from Vitacost.
Lila

[Ripple]

i just took my 2 Melotonins...5 mgs. each. 1..Tryptophan 500 mgs. I'll be sleeping in about 1.5 hours..i hope! i will.

[Determinator]

Gemmy, you can get "allone" here at MWO. There may be other places too but I don't know.

[Ripple]

Gee..Determinator i will have to check that out too! Thanks Dear! I slept soooo GOOD!

[Doggygirl]

Powdered Vitamins and Minerals at ALL ONE is the official web site. Can't speak for every health food store, but the one local to me sells All One.

I followed Meditation Mama into the world of L-Trpytophan. Her post #16 in this thread gives a good explanation of how it works daytime and night time. I've been taking 500mg in the AM, and 500mg at bed time.

DG

[voetsod]

This topic intrigued me and I did a little research on Tryptophan. It looks like it also converts to Niacin as well as Melatonan and Serotonin.

Niacin has been used in the treatment of alcoholism as well. It's essentially is Vitamin B3.

Apparently the founder of AA BillWilson was very interested in nutrient solutions to alcoholism before his death and experimented with Niacin.

Here's an excerpt: "Bill was very curious about it and began to take niacin, 3 g daily. Within a few weeks fatigue and depression which had plagued him for years were gone. He gave it to 30 of his close friends in AA and persuaded them to try it. Within 6 months he was convinced that it would be very helpful to alcoholics. Of the thirty, 10 were free of anxiety, tension and depression in one month. Another 10 were well in two months. He decided that the chemical or medical terms for this vitamin were not appropriate. He wanted to persuade members of AA, especially the doctors in AA, that this would be a useful addition to treatment and he needed a term that could be more readily popularized. He asked me the names that had been used. I told him it was originally known as vitamin B-3. This was the term Bill wanted. In his first report to physicians in AA he called it "The Vitamin B-3 Therapy." Thousands of copies of this extraordinary pamphlet were distributed. Eventually the name came back and today even the most conservative medical journals are using the term vitamin B-3. "

References:
DoctorYourself.com - Niacin Therapy Details
Tryptophan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Doggygirl]

Apparently the founder of AA BillWilson was very interested in nutrient solutions to alcoholism before his death and experimented with Niacin.

Your whole post is interesting (Niacin / Vit B-3 connection). On the quoted part, I too read that Mr. Wilson had started exploring the nutritional deficiency connection prior to his death. I seem to recall that whoever wrote what I read (how's that for a reference!) thought he didn't get quite far enough along for his newer ideas to be embraced by the AA organization. Seems like they still aren't today - at least not widely??

DG