Low Dopamine Levels ==> How to Increase?

[steve999]

Got the remainder of my most recent blood test results. Dopamine level is really, really low. I don't have the paperwork in front of me, but my recollection is the range went up to 150 and my level was less than 10.

Vitamin B and D were deficient as well. I'm now taking supplements that will hopefully fix those issues. Plus slight increases in thyroid medication and HCG to bring numbers up a bit.

What have folks done to increase dopamine levels?

 

[Imeniaan]

L-dopa with Egcg

 

[LeanGuy]

Herbal mucuna pruriens (velvet bean) contains L-dopa

 

[Gutterpump]

L-dopa from unique nutrition in addition to an mao-b inhibitor is what I do

 

[steve999]

Thanks for the info. Hopefully my dopamine level will go up after I fix various vitamin deficiencies (B, D, iron). I have a prescription for Cabergoline, but might try L-dopa before that.

 

[Gutterpump]

You have a script for caber? Talk to your doc about deprenyl, it's better for long term increase of dopamine, and has other benefits too. You can get a patch (time released)..

I'm not a doctor though so do what they say first

 

[Gutterpump]

L-dopa with Egcg

How does EGCG potentiate or effect the l-dopa?

 

[LeanGuy]

L-dopa from unique nutrition in addition to an mao-b inhibitor is what I do

Does this brand of L-DOPA feel any different than mucuna or 1-carboxy?

 

[Gutterpump]

I've never really tried mucuna or 1-carboxy.

But reading up on it, I think UN's is a more pure/potent form of l-dopa

What is it that you feel from mucuna or powerful/1-carboxy? How well does it work for you and what do you notice from it?

 

[LeanGuy]

What is it that you feel from mucuna or powerful/1-carboxy? How well does it work for you and what do you notice from it?

Maybe I didn't take enough, but I don't really notice anything except feeling a little sedated. I was looking for the libido enhancing effects. I think I'll try the L-DOPA since its only $14 for the powder.

 

[steve999]

You have a script for caber? Talk to your doc about deprenyl, it's better for long term increase of dopamine, and has other benefits too. You can get a patch (time released)..

I'm not a doctor though so do what they say first

Is there something unusual about having a prescription for Cabergoline?

 

[nattydisaster]

Did you have an orgasim close to the time before having your bloodwork?

Try taking 100-200mg Vitamin B-6. Will probably straighten you out, and it's cheap.

 

[cumkwakka]

guys i tried mucuna pruriens powder, no extract, from an ayurveda site and this **** was really good stuff

took some half a teaspoon to a teaspoon before bed and woke up with a boner every morning after

also combined this with 5-htp at night

last years i have been okay, but never was motivated or anything for whatsoever except work, but the house never gets clean and **** like that

when i took this i had this feeling i could take on the world

when dosed too high i felt anxiety, or if not taken with 5-htp

then afterwards i tried another mucuna pruriens and this hadn't the same potency as the other

never tried an extract, but l-dopa from mucuna should be good stuff in my opinion

b6 never really did much for me

 

[LeanGuy]

when dosed too high i felt anxiety, or if not taken with 5-htp

That is because dopamine reduces serotonin. How much 5-htp do you take?

 

[Gutterpump]

Is there something unusual about having a prescription for Cabergoline?

No not at all. Was it prescribed specifically to raise dopamine levels for you?

I was told by a doctor on another board that Deprenyl may be a safer method for long term prolactin control, I think caber is much stronger and works much differently (caber is a receptor agonist - deprenyl on the other hand prevents breakdown of dopamine, as well as PEA).

 

[darkblue1]

what are the symptoms of low dopamine levels

 

[Gutterpump]

I think high prolactin, low libido, low motivation, etc... probably similar in some ways to low test but not completely. Just a guess..worth getting checked for though.

 

[Eyayo]

Isnt low dopamine liked to alzheimers?

 

[nattydisaster]

try 200mg B-6 for 2 weeks. Then get back to me.

 

[cumkwakka]

That is because dopamine reduces serotonin. How much 5-htp do you take?

yep i knew this

i guess a full teaspoon of mucuna and 100 mg of 5-htp is dosed slightly off

i think a good combo is 100 mg 5-htp with 500 mg mucuna

 

[steve999]

Isnt low dopamine liked to alzheimers?

I think so. And maybe Parkinson's disease.

 

[OldGator]

What have folks done to increase dopamine levels?

Selegiline Slow Gel
1ml daily absorbed through skin
Need script and compounding pharmacy

Supposedly prevents Parkinson's and Alzheimer's - my TRT doc is a firm believer and prescribes for anti-aging purposes