hey everyone!
okey dokey, so I'm pretty much confused as hay about what my brain may be lacking as I suffer from; initally ADD, since about age 5 or so, reading (concentration) was a major problem. jumping around from school to school, country to country certainly didn't help either.
this lead to major drifting, job to job, never seeming to settle.... then to depression, social anxiety on top of the concentration issues which have gotten worse.
it's been a major spanner in the works for over a decade now and my family seems to be in denial that depression or ADD even exist. I don't kick up a stink about it and really try to be as 'normal' as possible even though inside it feels as though my heart is in my shoes, my head is in a dense fog and my nervous system is gridlocked with anxiety.
okey dokey, so here's my braverman test results, if anyone could suggest a basic nootropic regime as a starting point I'd really appreciate the insight as after attempting to read up on soo much online info I'm as confused as ever and really need help to kick start me outta this mindset.
The category with the greatest number of true responses will identify you dominant nature. A classically dominant nature is typically a score of 35 and above in any one category, which suggests a less-than-balanced life.
Note: When any other nature is 10-15 points lower than the dominant one, the nature with the lower score is probably a lifelong relative deficiency and needs balance even in times of good health. For example, if your score is 40 dopamine, 33 acetylcholine, 35 GABA, and 17 serotonin, you likely have long-standing deficiencies in both GABA and serotonin.
Section 1A = 22 Dopamine Nature
Section 2A = 35 Acetylcholine Nature
Section 3A = 22 GABA Nature
Section 4A = 22 Serotonin Nature
Part 2 Results
The highest number is your most deficient nature, the one that is most likely to lead to illness. Your deficient nature can be the same as or different from your dominant nature. In fact, you'll most likely recognize deficits in your dominant nature sooner than you would in other aspects of your bio-chemistry, simply because you are used to behaving and feeling a specific way.
Section 1B = 18 Dopamine Nature
Section 2B = 14 Acetylcholine Nature
Section 3B = 20 GABA Nature
Section 4B = 15 Serotonin Nature
from what I can gather here, it'd seem I'm deficient in dopamine/gaba/ and serotonin. there seems to be no mention of norepinephrine in these tests, and acetylcholine is new to me although I seem to have ample supply :o)
one other thing that baffles me slightly:
"When any other nature is 10-15 points lower than the dominant one, the nature with the lower score is probably a lifelong relative deficiency and needs balance even in times of good health. For example, if your score is 40 dopamine, 33 acetylcholine, 35 GABA, and 17 serotonin, you likely have long-standing deficiencies in both GABA and serotonin."
I can see serotonin being more than 15 points under the dominant (dopamine) but GABA is only 5, must be a typo or perhaps I'm analyzing the data wrong.
Piracetam and Hydergine initially was what got me thinking about Nootropics. lately though, I've been thinking first off with starting l-deprenyl (Selegeline) and perhaps combining this with piracetam or Aniracetam or pramiracetam (not sure which) for focus/mental clarity also adding to this 5-htp for serotonin. leaving GABA not sure what to try here, pure GABA? L-Theanine, Phenibut, Picamilon.
sorry to be such a pain with my specific needs, but really I'd like to get the ball rolling rather than keep attempting to self-diagnose and treat while still suffering all the symtoms.
thanks so much for hearing me out.
