I think many people are stuck in this chronic parasympathetic/slow metabolism mode. However it’s not a relaxed parasympathetic mode. One lacks the flexibility to move in and out of different nervous system patterns.
So really it’s manifesting in a feeling of sympathetic dominance.. Brain wise. Overall you’ll be slowed down, hard to excite and feel joy, brain fog, Maleise. Too much inhibitory action. Paralyzed as far as action to better your life goes. But you’ll be fast in the sense of racing thoughs and you don’t feel grounded (sympathetic in this sense) Because you have the understanding things aren’t great and that you’re not optimized and that frustrates you. You’re not living life on your terms etc. And you’re fighting how you actually feel.
So it leads to a chronic parasympathetic state , combined with sympathetic dominance. But, you’re only getting the negatives of each.
Point im trying to make is that the blind recommendations of gaba inducing supps is hardly the answer. For myself, and many others I talk too gaba supps tend to just numb you, and maybe calm the internal chatter, but it’s by no means a fix. It just makes me feel even slower and more DISSOCIATED. Plenty of people
Have EXCESS gaba, and a hard time converting gaba to glutamate.
They lack that zest for life, ambitious, go getter mindset. No excitatory action. They confuse that internal chatter and think they have too much glutamate/excitatory action. When it’s quite the opposite. They have none. And they know it feels off so the anxiety creeps in because they know they know they have more potential to go after things, but they are sooo slowed down by a lack of excitatory action?
Do some people have excess glutamate? Sure. But I don’t think its as much of a problem as people think. Many think we all need more gaba and I think it may be other way around. Balancing these 2 is tough and I Think they both convert into each other and some compounds modulate both gaba and glut. Like magnesium. What are some ways to increse glutamate in the brain and NOT Gaba. L-glutamine?
So really it’s manifesting in a feeling of sympathetic dominance.. Brain wise. Overall you’ll be slowed down, hard to excite and feel joy, brain fog, Maleise. Too much inhibitory action. Paralyzed as far as action to better your life goes. But you’ll be fast in the sense of racing thoughs and you don’t feel grounded (sympathetic in this sense) Because you have the understanding things aren’t great and that you’re not optimized and that frustrates you. You’re not living life on your terms etc. And you’re fighting how you actually feel.
So it leads to a chronic parasympathetic state , combined with sympathetic dominance. But, you’re only getting the negatives of each.
Point im trying to make is that the blind recommendations of gaba inducing supps is hardly the answer. For myself, and many others I talk too gaba supps tend to just numb you, and maybe calm the internal chatter, but it’s by no means a fix. It just makes me feel even slower and more DISSOCIATED. Plenty of people
Have EXCESS gaba, and a hard time converting gaba to glutamate.
They lack that zest for life, ambitious, go getter mindset. No excitatory action. They confuse that internal chatter and think they have too much glutamate/excitatory action. When it’s quite the opposite. They have none. And they know it feels off so the anxiety creeps in because they know they know they have more potential to go after things, but they are sooo slowed down by a lack of excitatory action?
Do some people have excess glutamate? Sure. But I don’t think its as much of a problem as people think. Many think we all need more gaba and I think it may be other way around. Balancing these 2 is tough and I Think they both convert into each other and some compounds modulate both gaba and glut. Like magnesium. What are some ways to increse glutamate in the brain and NOT Gaba. L-glutamine?