Re: Jackie is finally on ALA!!!

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Congrats on your progress, Jackie! Well done and best wishes.

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> Hi everyone,

>

> Well, it finally happened, I'm on a round of ALA! I got through a

> real busy stretch, and now I had a few days where I didn't have to

> go anywhere, so decided yesterday I really need to try it again. I

> had some 6mg capsules already made up, that I tried last time, and

> it knocked me on my butt, and I couldn't stay awake.

>

> Anyway, yesterday at 2pm, I took 6mg of ALA by itself, and it wasn't

> too bad. I took a second dose at 4pm, but then at 6pm, I decided to

> add in DMPS to see if it felt better, and it did. So I have

> continued with the DMPS also, 20mg, every 4 hours.

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> I seem to be a fast metabolizer, and have always done better on more

> frequent dosing. I had been doing DMPS only at 5-6 hour intervals,

> but after some recent discussions of people doing it even more

> often, I tried my last round of DMPS at every 4 hours, and it went

> really well. The last time I tried ALA, I did every 3 hours, and

> that didn't go well, so I knew I wanted to try more frequent this

> time. So, 2 hours for ALA and 4 hours for DMPS seems to be working

> for me. But the every 2 hours at night isn't fun, and I can't

> imagine doing this for more than a few days at a time.

>

> Anyway, wish me luck that it continues to go well! And maybe now I

> can finally join you ALA-ers!!!

>

> Jackie

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