anyone else get irritable after chugging BCAAs

[davidpt820]

am i the only one here?

[mentalist72]

am i the only one here?

I can't say that I've ever been irritable from BCAAs.

[nics1246]

Nope. Chugging BCAAs isn't one of the things that irritate me.

[mentalist72]

Nope. Chugging BCAAs isn't one of the things that irritate me.

Unless they're unflavoured

[Veznor]

I don't, but i do have this urge to play the banjo shortly after taking betaine.
Anyone else?

[vlmao]

sometimes makes me feel a bit high like, and weird at times but it works so i still take it. once you take it for period of time it gets better.

[CA2PA]

Irritable bowels?

[itzDodge]

It's possible that it's impacting your mood
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22677921

The ingestion of large neutral amino acids (LNAA), notably tryptophan, tyrosine and the branched-chain amino acids (BCAA), modifies tryptophan and tyrosine uptake into brain and their conversion to serotonin and catecholamines, respectively. The particular effect reflects the competitive nature of the transporter for LNAA at the blood-brain barrier. For example, raising blood tryptophan or tyrosine levels raises their uptake into brain, while raising blood BCAA levels lowers tryptophan and tyrosine uptake; serotonin and catecholamine synthesis in brain parallel the tryptophan and tyrosine changes. By changing blood LNAA levels, the ingestion of particular proteins causes surprisingly large variations in brain tryptophan uptake and serotonin synthesis, with minimal effects on tyrosine uptake and catecholamine synthesis. Such variations elicit predictable effects on mood, cognition and hormone secretion (prolactin, cortisol). The ingestion of mixtures of LNAA, particularly BCAA, lowers brain tryptophan uptake and serotonin synthesis. Though argued to improve physical performance by reducing serotonin function, such effects are generally considered modest at best. However, BCAA ingestion also lowers tyrosine uptake, and dopamine synthesis in brain. Increasing dopamine function in brain improves performance, suggesting that BCAA may fail to increase performance because dopamine is reduced. Conceivably, BCAA administered with tyrosine could prevent the decline in dopamine, while still eliciting a drop in serotonin. Such an LNAA mixture might thus prove an effective enhancer of physical performance. The thoughtful development and application of dietary proteins and LNAA mixtures may thus produce treatments with predictable and useful functional effects.

[AMeyer9]

I once chugged BCAAs. Literally punched through the punching bag. Than I proceeded to cut it in half with a traditional roundhouse kick.