bcaa's and depression

[PhillyHash]

Hey guys I read up about the thread on bcaa's connection with lowering dopamine and leading to depression, just wanted to get your opinion's on how long until my dopamine levels return back to normal after stopping xtend? I've been taking 2 scoops of xtend intra w/o and have gone into severe depression the last few days, along with a loss of appetite and fever at night. I'm stopping taking xtend today. I've been on the above stated regimen for about 9 days now.

thanks in advance

[jetflyer01]

Honestly never heard of such a thing? When I'm investing in whey - I'm on top of my health, fitness & diet and in return lovin da world! Not taking it might give me bad vibes??

Btw, do you have the link to that post?

[scullin]

I doubt it's the BCAAs causing it. Never heard of that. But if you're having depression issues for no apparent reason, you might want to try some 5-HTP.

[dandaman5984]

I've never even heard of such a thing. Being that amino acids are the building blocks of all proteins, do you feel depressed after eating a nice steak dinner?

[cumminslifter]

I've never even heard of such a thing. Being that amino acids are the building blocks of all proteins, do you feel depressed after eating a nice steak dinner?

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[PhillyHash]

Honestly never heard of such a thing? When I'm investing in whey - I'm on top of my health, fitness & diet and in return lovin da world! Not taking it might give me bad vibes??

Btw, do you have the link to that post?

thread name "BCAA & depression/mood"

This is the local thread name on the issue (I can't post links since I'm still under 50 posts). Apparently, free form bcaa's taken in large doses compete with other neuro-transmitter's such as tyrosine and triptophan, which block their ability to produce sufficient amount's of dopamine and serotonin which would in turn affect one's mood. I was fine and then out of the blue after about 5 days of taking 2 scoops of xtend intra w/o I got the above stated symptoms. That thread should have the science behind it as well.

[powerhouse3434]

Hey guys I read up about the thread on bcaa's connection with lowering dopamine and leading to depression, just wanted to get your opinion's on how long until my dopamine levels return back to normal after stopping xtend? I've been taking 2 scoops of xtend intra w/o and have gone into severe depression the last few days, along with a loss of appetite and fever at night. I'm stopping taking xtend today. I've been on the above stated regimen for about 9 days now.

thanks in advance

If you do not already suffer from depression, taking in BCAAs will not cause severe depression. I know you think you've found a correlation, but it just won't happen like that.

[aaronuconn]

Excessive amounts of BCAA's may lower plasma tryptophan levels, thus a less than optimal amount of serotonin being available, but if you're taking, say, 10-15g BCAA's, I wouldn't be overly concerned with depression-like issues.

[PhillyHash]

I am prone to depression, can anyone weigh in on how long after I stop taking bcaa's my dopamine and or serotonin levels should normalize?

[scullin]

I am prone to depression, can anyone weigh in on how long after I stop taking bcaa's my dopamine and or serotonin levels should normalize?

No idea but if it's that bad see a doctor. 5-HTP helps bring up seratonin which is why I suggested it though.

[powerhouse3434]

I am prone to depression, can anyone weigh in on how long after I stop taking bcaa's my dopamine and or serotonin levels should normalize?

Stop using BCAAs then lol. It's not like they're really that important anyways. Eat a meal, drink a protein shake. Simple.

[natsak491]

Try and stay off em for a couple weeks and see if it goes away. If not then its something else. My opinion is that something else must have happend when you started them and that's what's causing it.

[Enso]

It's theorized that bcaa's can compete with Tryptophan receptors which can delay the onset of fatigue during workout, but to cause depression you'd have to be taking very, very, very high bolus dosages and for a longer period of time than just 5 days.

[PhillyHash]

I looked at my whey protein and it contains 10g's of bcaa's per 24 g's of protein for my post workout shake that me be fine, but i sometimes tend to supplement meals with extra whey protein and don't want to be taking that many bcaa's with it since my tendency towards low dopamine levels already. You guys have any whey suggestions low in bcaa's? What would be considered low like 2g's per 25 g's of protein? I'm sure there aren't any without them?

[NegativeX]

See this thread...

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...0087141&page=1

Personally, I can't touch BCAA's... even 5 grams ****s with me. My overall mood goes to absolute dog ****. I've done controlled experiments on this a have dozen times with myself to confirm it wasn't something else. ****ty mood, anxiety, feeling pissed off and absolutely 0 energy is how it affects me. (I've never taken an anti depressant or anti anxiety meds either... never been prone)

Now that being said, most people are totally fine with BCAA's... negative side effects are rare.