BornDead

What I've actually meant is that tyrosine+caffeine had a positive effect on reducing ticks - in fact it reduced my ticks quite noticeably (urge to tick is reduced) which is not what you would expect giving that this combo increases dopamine. Coming to think about it there might be an explanation - I'm no medical researcher but from what I gather since TS is mainly related to brain dopamine receptors being hyper-sensitive , reducing brain dopamine means reduced receptor activity , which means reduced ticks, and it works according to studies. But from what I've read somewhere , hyper sensitivity of dopamine receptors can be the result of dopamine receptor 'starvation' (among other reasons I guess)- if receptors are not receiving enough dopamine, they become over sensitive and ticks occur when they do receive dopamine . While a moderate increase in dopamine (caffeine/ tyrosine alone ?) will still keep receptors starved and aggravate the ticks because of the increased dopamine , maybe supplying the receptors with enough dopamine (the result of tyrosine+caffeine) will decrease their sensitivity ,improving the ticks. Anyway that's just a theory not based on a professional opinion , maybe it just works for me for some other reason, too bad tyrosine also increases adrenaline , thyroid hormones and can cause the heart to pound hard, that can't be good for health. cheers.

Hello jens , I 2nd your blood sugar conclusion , as I do in fact notice a fairly good improvement in my ticks if I have a strictly low GI breakfast (I usually have Bran bread + yoghurt), and not follow that with anything that contains simple carbs for a few hours.Tick-reducing effects and calmness are sustained through out the day. How's the low carb diet working out so far for ticks and energy ? I've just registered on this forum , so probably I'll iterate more on my findings in another thread - but for now what I found work best for my ticks : 1- Segmented sleep ( 3-4 hrs sleep , 1-1.5 hrs up , 2-3 hrs sleep): clears your head and boosts/calms the nervous system. 2- Magnesium : Mg Citrate works , Mg Aspartate works but controversal (neurotoxic) , Mg glycinate makes me depressed , which is weird. The more the better - 400Mg is the minimum . Magnesium is the single most important thing . 3- Taurine (500-1000 mg) : Slight help , but does help. 4- Zinc : in L-OptiZinc form (keep it < 30 Mg /day) , definitely helps as well . Other forms did not help. 5- This is weird as it should be the opposite, but I actually found tyrosine 500mg + coffee (150+ mg caffeine) 2hrs later, to have a surprising effect on ticks , takes a few days to kick in, but after a few days makes me sleepless and restless , worsening everything else. (too much dopamine + adrenaline - maybe a lower dose will work better). cheers.