BigPapaChakra
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Blossom said:The main issue that concerns me is that Etizolam may increase prolactin. I do understand though that we all must weigh out the pros and cons of all supplements and meds and decide for ourselves what choices to make. I'm also sure that I take some meds for my context that wouldn't be appropriate for everyone. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I wasn't aware of that - thanks for pointing that out! I'm going to definitely look into that, though to be honest, I haven't quite looked into prolactin physiology/functions, thus without researching it I won't personally decide if I want to decrease/maintain/increase it or not (I understand Dr. Peat's position on it, though).
There are two others to look into, for those interested:
1) Emapunil - it modulates the mitochondrial translocater protein, thus increasing levels of allopregnanolone in the brain.
2) Ganaxolone - a synthetic neurosteroid that has very potent anti-epileptic effects, yet is also mood brightening and anxiolytic; there is a currently an ongoing trial for its use in PTSD, and has even been used in children for epilepsy.
I know ketosis isn't "Peaty", but even he has stated that ketones are great fuels; they also appear to be anxiolytic, anti-psychotic, anti-epileptic, and more. I've been trying to essentially gorge on calories, sugar, salt, etc. to increase my chronically low temps and decrease my really high TSH (2.910), but ketones help with my neuro-psychiatric issues. So, how to get around this..? Caprylic acid. In large doses one might just notice that it decreases their anxiety and increases their mental clarity over time, though I don't want to make people believe that will undoubtedly happen. Furthermore, one can get beta-hydroxybutyrate salts which increases your ketone levels to around 3.0-5.0mmol/dL (essentially, what would happen if you ate a super high fat, low protein, VLC, low calorie diet), even despite consuming carbs. Win-win.