Finally started taking L-carnosine

everhopeful · March 10, 2018, 2:26pm

So far no side effects unlike NAC which made me very foggy. I have a 3 months supply so will report back.

L-carnosine as an add-on to risperidone for treatment of negative symptoms in patients with stable schizophrenia: a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial News

Highlights •We assessed the safety and efficacy of L-carnosine as an adjuvant to risperidone for treatment of negative symptoms in patients with stable schizophrenia. •Patients who received L-carnosine showed significant improvement in negative subscale scores of the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) over the course of eight weeks •Treatment with L-carnosine seems to be well tolerated with no serious adverse events. Abstract Since l-carnosine has shown effectiveness in improvement of cognition in patients with schizophrenia, this 8-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study was conducted. Sixty-three patients with chronic schizophrenia, who were clinically…

far_cry0 · March 10, 2018, 2:31pm

Good man …!!! Plz update…!!!

DNA · March 10, 2018, 2:42pm

Is this for positives or negatives?

everhopeful · March 10, 2018, 2:44pm

Just for negatives.

Chess24 · March 10, 2018, 2:45pm

Good luck!!! 15151515

dmdar · March 10, 2018, 3:14pm

I didn’t realize L-carnosine was good for negatives, maybe I will try it!

far_cry0 · March 10, 2018, 4:09pm

Try it guys and then report…!!!

anon20613941 · March 10, 2018, 5:54pm

How much do you take?

everhopeful · March 10, 2018, 6:07pm

1000 mg a day.

It’s supposed to have a lot of anti aging benefits too.

I bought 2 of these bottles so it’s a 100 day supply. Should be long enough to see if it makes a difference.

https://www.iherb.com/pr/Now-Foods-L-Carnosine-500-mg-100-Veg-Capsules/457

Wave · March 10, 2018, 6:11pm

Yeah good luck with it @everhopeful.
Keep us posted!

dmdar · March 10, 2018, 7:28pm

I just bought some and took 1 pill, I will keep you posted as to what happens.

DNA · March 10, 2018, 10:45pm

Any news on this, @everhopeful?

everhopeful · March 10, 2018, 11:12pm

I only started taking it yesterday. So far no effect. 1000 mg / day. I’ll give it 3 months unless I start getting side effects.

dmdar · March 11, 2018, 1:23am

I just took 1 500mg dose and it did have an effect on my negatives but also made me very ill (I got a headache and was sick to my stomach), I won’t be taking it again. I also bought some glutathione while I was out and I am going to try that to see if it has any effect.

everhopeful · March 11, 2018, 7:56pm

Well day 3. Nothing good or bad has happened yet.

everhopeful · March 12, 2018, 2:27pm

Day 4. Feeling a bit “spaced out”. Don’t know if it’s l-carnosine or not. If it gets worse I’ll switch to taking l-carnosine at night.

everhopeful · March 15, 2018, 4:32pm

The “spaced out” feeling is gone. I don’t think it was due to l-carnosine.

Nothing good or bad appears to be happening yet. But it’s a 3 month experiment so I’ll probably just update weekly from now on.

everhopeful · March 22, 2018, 11:15pm

Ok. Weekly update. It’s only been 12 days since I started taking it. One thing I notice is I’ve stopped worrying about stuff. Also my mood has improved. I’m probably a 7/10 mood wise. I feel somehow calmer too.

everhopeful · March 28, 2018, 3:57pm

Weekly update.

Pretty much the same as last week. I feel calmer and have stopped worrying about stuff.

I forgot to take my dose this morning and felt a bit on edge and the worrying came back.

A while after taking the dose everything was back to normal.

It’s a really subtle effect. No side effects so far.

I was hoping it would help me get more stuff done but the calmer feeling hasn’t translated into action (yet).

So far it’s a success albeit a subtle one. I’ll probably continue to take it after my 3 month experiment. It’s supposed to have great anti aging properties too !

everhopeful · April 4, 2018, 2:24pm

Weekly update.

Still the same. The biggest change is it’s stopped all my needless worrying.

One thing I’ve noticed is that (maybe as a result) my sense of boredom has increased. I’m hoping this is a precursor to me doing stuff.

But no side effects. However no “dramatic” improvements either. But it’s worth it for getting rid of my destructive worrying alone.

I’m only taking 1000mg a day. It’s not the cheapest of supplements so I don’t know if I want to take 2000mg a day. But maybe I will to see what it does as an experiment.