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Posted by DSCH on August 20, 2003, at 20:17:53
Took my first capsule of acetyl-l-carnitine (GNC 500mg) today with lunch. This afternoon I heard stuff I'd never noticed before in a familar piece I was listening to with my headphones. (A pp tremelo by the other players as the cello was being plucked violently roughly in the middle of the last movement of Shostakovich's 9th string quartet... a clue to my PB handle there) ;-)
I've scared this up on Google...
http://www.medschool.lsumc.edu/otor/acetylch.htmlALC is supposed to assist the production of acetylcholine.
For nearly as long as I can remember I've had occasional bouts of something like tinitus, only to me it felt like a muscle spasm of something connected to the ear drum. I'll see if those ever make a reoccurance while I'm on ALC. The past several years I've also had difficulty picking words out of some people's speech and almost always the lyrics out of rock songs (not that that should necessarily raise a red flag *rolls eyes*).
I also feel somewhat better coordinated, which is nice as I've not since experienced quite the smoothness in joint and muscle action that I had the night after I took my first dose of inositol just a week ago.
Posted by Tiger on August 21, 2003, at 10:27:04
In reply to I am hearing better on ALC I think, posted by DSCH on August 20, 2003, at 20:17:53
> Took my first capsule of acetyl-l-carnitine (GNC 500mg) today with lunch. This afternoon I heard stuff I'd never noticed before in a familar piece I was listening to with my headphones. (A pp tremelo by the other players as the cello was being plucked violently roughly in the middle of the last movement of Shostakovich's 9th string quartet... a clue to my PB handle there) ;-)
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> I've scared this up on Google...
> http://www.medschool.lsumc.edu/otor/acetylch.html
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> ALC is supposed to assist the production of acetylcholine.
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> For nearly as long as I can remember I've had occasional bouts of something like tinitus, only to me it felt like a muscle spasm of something connected to the ear drum. I'll see if those ever make a reoccurance while I'm on ALC. The past several years I've also had difficulty picking words out of some people's speech and almost always the lyrics out of rock songs (not that that should necessarily raise a red flag *rolls eyes*).
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> I also feel somewhat better coordinated, which is nice as I've not since experienced quite the smoothness in joint and muscle action that I had the night after I took my first dose of inositol just a week ago.Hey D --
Have you had a proper hearing test lately? I have the same problem (hard to understand speech) and traced it to a loss notch at 3kHz in my right ear. It's a 10dB loss -- huge.
Tiger
Posted by DSCH on August 21, 2003, at 11:41:52
In reply to Re: I am hearing better on ALC I think, posted by Tiger on August 21, 2003, at 10:27:04
Tiger,
Nope. I haven't had a hearing test since I was a kid.
Posted by DSCH on August 21, 2003, at 18:25:01
In reply to Re: I am hearing better on ALC I think » Tiger, posted by DSCH on August 21, 2003, at 11:41:52
Choline and inositol are implicated in ACh production. As Acetyl-L-Carnitine is pretty darn expensive I will try transitioning over to choline while keeping up on the inositol when the ALC bottle empties. Although I tend towards Pfeiffer's histadelic type and choline is a possible no-no for that, my experience with the ALC and also my bad reactions to Benedryl (an ACh antagonist) and the fact I rarely eat choline rich foods lead me to believe I may need more.
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