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Title: Gaba
Post by: littleguns on December 20, 2010, 11:37:29 AM
Anyone here supplement with GABA? Pre workout, before bed etc etc?

Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: 24KT on December 22, 2010, 05:18:05 PM
Anyone here supplement with GABA? Pre workout, before bed etc etc?


I take it before bed.
Are you considering liquid or pill form?
What price are you paying?
Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: littleguns on December 23, 2010, 01:16:26 PM
Was going to buy caps....what do you recommenf
Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: claymore on December 25, 2010, 03:01:08 PM
I use to use it, try the NOW brand
Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: Formerly_Owner76 on December 25, 2010, 04:47:01 PM
I use it before Bed. Bought at huge bag of powder here:

$9.99


(http://supplementdirect.com/gaba250grams.aspx)
Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: wiedzmin on December 26, 2010, 12:50:41 PM
I used it in a form of powder. I took it before bed with or without food. In both cases it kept me awake all night. My body does not respond too well to gaba. I included couple of links that explain what is gaba and what effect it might have on your body:
http://www.denvernaturopathic.com/news/GABA.html
Molecular and Physiological Evidence for Functional -Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)-C Receptors in Growth Hormone-secreting Cells
www.jbc.org/content/278/22/20192.full.pdf
Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: FREAKgeek on December 27, 2010, 01:25:39 PM
I used it in a form of powder. I took it before bed with or without food. In both cases it kept me awake all night.

Me too. It gave me insomnia, just the opposite of what I wanted. I was taking pill form though.
Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: 24KT on December 30, 2010, 01:28:54 AM
Was going to buy caps....what do you recommenf

please check your PMs.  :)
Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: 24KT on December 30, 2010, 01:33:18 AM
Me too. It gave me insomnia, just the opposite of what I wanted. I was taking pill form though.

Are you referring to tingles? Because GABA does have a tendency to give some people a tingling sensation throughout their body... it feels almost like your skin is crawling. I too experienced that when I first started taking GABA. It's the result of your sensory receptors opening up. It does pass after a day or two... but I gotta admit, it's a creepy feeling, and makes it difficult to sleep at first. Now, ...I sleep like a baby.  :)
Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: Master Blaster on December 30, 2010, 05:23:13 PM
I think it gave me insane nightmares...kinda cool  ;)
Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: FREAKgeek on December 31, 2010, 10:52:19 AM
Are you referring to tingles? Because GABA does have a tendency to give some people a tingling sensation throughout their body... it feels almost like your skin is crawling. I too experienced that when I first started taking GABA. It's the result of your sensory receptors opening up. It does pass after a day or two... but I gotta admit, it's a creepy feeling, and makes it difficult to sleep at first. Now, ...I sleep like a baby.  :)

not sure. I just couldn't get to sleep, almost like caffeine jitters. Maybe I'd try your advices [sic].

Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: powerpack on January 02, 2011, 09:42:51 AM
For my wife and I it worked well in the begining
But after a couple of weeks we used to wake up feeling hung over
Other than the buzz I never go much more out of it
Title: Re: Gaba
Post by: 24KT on January 05, 2011, 07:09:45 PM
not sure. I just couldn't get to sleep, almost like caffeine jitters. Maybe I'd try your advices [sic].


Yep that's it. I think the trick is to be consistent, ...especially if taking it before bed, in order for those symptoms to pass.