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    vergil96 reacted to Neonatal RRT's post in the thread Low glutamate diet with
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    Then L-theanine may be an effective alternative to the SSRIs for some individuals. However, no head-to-head trials compare L-theanine...
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    vergil96 replied to the thread Low glutamate diet.
    Well, SSRIs are "too effective" for me. In my opinion they trigger mania. It's exponentially worse than depression. It was one of the...
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    Oh, I see. So it wasn't rotten. It smelled like rotten eggs, yes. Seems useful. Apparently certain metals are also excitatory for the...
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    Inhibitory. It is a partial glutamate antagonist and/or modulator of glutamate receptors.
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    FYI, that "rotten" smell, much like "rotten eggs" is supposed to be there. NAC has that odor because of the hydrogen sulfide on the...
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    vergil96 replied to the thread Low glutamate diet.
    Is L-theanine excitatory? I like tea, but I have issues with it, including green tea. I'm not sure if it contains so much caffeine or if...
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    Do you have brands of those supplements to recommend? I ordered the only brand of NAC in the internet pharmacy in my country and it was...
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    In some variants of autism, there can be an imbalance of glutamate (excitatory) and GABA (inhibitory) neurotransmitter. A literature...
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    vergil96 replied to the thread Buying hearing aids for APD.
    Yeah, nobody asks... And I was so worried :P
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    In your brain, glutamate is the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter. An excitatory neurotransmitter excites or stimulates a nerve...
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    High Glutamate Foods
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    I skimmed through wdbMD diet list and reason it could be recommended is because processed meat, probably unatursl spices with MSG...
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    vergil96 replied to the thread Low glutamate diet.
    Glutamate, it looks like the google search gave me both and I came here with the wrong name But I think we have already concluded that...
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    vergil96 replied to the thread Low glutamate diet.
    Then it has to be glutamete Allergy diet - glutamate low ?
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    vergil96 replied to the thread Low glutamate diet.
    Nope, someone else in an internet autism support group. A doctor would be more specific, I suppose. Avoiding protein seems like a bad...
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