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Topic: L-Glutamine Causing Anxiousness?

Aniek
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Does anybody know if L-Glutamine can cause anxiousness?

I take it in the morning when I wake up, and I find I have this anxious feeling in the morning. It's a physical anxious feeling, like a jittery feeling.

I'm going to stop the L-Glutamine and see if it makes difference. But I thought I would check with others.

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minoucat
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Glutamine can act as a neurotoxin. I don't know much about it specifically in relation to anxiety, but here is a blurb about it from Healthguide, and if you search on neurotoxicity and glutamine/glutamate you'll find interesting info.

L-glutamate has a wonderful record in helping to heal leaky gut, but you do need to be careful with it. There's also an interesting lymenet link about exitotoxins (and glutamine)

This is from Healthguide

Are there any side effects or interactions?

Glutamic acid is generally free of side effects for the vast majority of people who take it; however, people with kidney or liver disease should not consume high intakes of amino acids without consulting a healthcare professional. Because over stimulation of glutamate receptors is thought to be a possible cause of certain neurological diseases (e.g., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [Lou Gehrig's disease] and epilepsy), people with a neurological disease should consult of physician before supplementing with glutamate.

Monosodium glutamate (MSG), the form of glutamic acid that is used as a flavor enhancer, has been reported in anecdotal studies to have a number of different adverse effects (including headache, fatigue, and depression). However, controlled trials have failed to confirm that MSG causes these side effects, and the safety of this compound remains controversial.

At the time of writing, there were no well-known drug interactions with glutamic acid.

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