Tyrosine (L-Tyrosine) by NOW helping me! Would love input. (long)
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 10 years
- Published
- Jun 2011
Summary
A decade into an illness so severe she was awake only about six hours out of every 24, this poster reports 500mg/day of L-tyrosine on an empty stomach brought enough energy to walk a mile without an immediate crash and lifted her mood, sustained without relapse through the time of posting. She likens it to "the energy boost from strong coffee, without the jitteriness," noting an occasional trade-off of increased irritability.
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