Took 1 gram with water an hour ago. Definitely is activating. Very similar to glycine. Can’t compare to sarcosine because I got no response to that. Is definitely not just a placebo effect.
Will see how long it lasts for. I think in the studies 500mg was taken twice a day. Have to establish if this means 12 hours apart or less. Will figure this out of the next few days.
In short, in my experience, similar effect to glycine at a fraction of the cost (£6 for a year).
isn’t sodium benzoate an ingredient added to foods
Yeah I think it is a preservative. They are trialing it’s use as an add on to standard AP therapy.
I found this not too long ago:
NaBen® (Sodium Benzoate) is a white oral tablet (sodium benzoate, 500 mg), which will be taken twice daily at a total dose of 1000 mg/day during this study.
Interesting, maybe in clinical trials they are mistaking this activation for improvement in negative and cognitive symptoms. Hopefully not. Maybe because the drug reverses the hypoactivation of NMDA receptor for some reason that causes excitement or alertness. Maybe this will be listed as a side effect in the future.
Maybe I am getting excited because of the elleviation of negative symptoms. It is certainly not an unpleasant sensation. It is good in fact. Motivation is up.
If this is your first dose chances are you might feel a more long term effect after it builds up in your system in a few days. But it has a short half-life of 4-6 hours so chances are it will build up quickly, maybe in under a week. Its good you are experiencing an acute effect, many of us could do with more motivation for a few hours a day. Those struggling could strategically take it before work, social interactions or school.
Hi @Jimbob
Where did you purchase it? Are you taking capsules? I looked it up on amazon and they only sell raw powder, how do you titrate it to be sure you take exactly one gram?
Cheers.
For sure. Will report back over the next few days/weeks.
Bought the powder from Amazon. Have electronic scales for weighing it. It says don’t take concentrated so I mixed it in a glass of water.
The effect you get from it I reckon could be complemented by l-theanine.
Good, it will be great help to see your experience. Many of us are interested in ordering up some of this and trying ourselves. Hopefully your response will be significant, best case scenario it will be dramatic.
Hi Jimbob. Do you mind me asking what antipsychotic you take?
I’m also liking benzoate at the moment.
I take depixol depot and seroquel.
Thanks Jimbob. 
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Are you still taking it can you update me please?
How does it taste?
Chemically, bit sweet
What is it with mental illness a salts…
Chemically - not as bad as NAC though.
Yeh I find it has a chemical taste. At 1gram it tastes god awful, but at 500mg it’s not really that bad.