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Posted 7/31/2019 10:13 PM (GMT -5)
apologies but a lot of keys on my keyboard are not working including the shift key.

my llmd wants me to take alcar three times a day at 500mg. i have taken it before and had a bad experience. this to me seems like a huge dose especially right out of the gate. especially since had a bad reaction at only one pill a day. he really wants me to take it in spite of my reservations. he says i need mitochondrial support. i just hate taking stuff i know has not worked in the past, if anything i get more sensitive over time.

so my questions are; is there anything i can do in place of alcar/ what have your experiences been with this and have you experienced side effects/ i have read it can make you agitated which i really don't need and with 1500mg a day i imagine that would be a big problem. i already have insomnia.
Posted 7/31/2019 11:04 PM (GMT -5)
My carnitine came up low on a blood test. I took 500 mg per day and then re-tested, and it was fine. I don't see any reason why you'd need to take 1500 mg per day. I didn't have any bad effects from 500 mg.

Carnitine biosynthesis requires vitamin C. If your carnitine is low, you should make sure it's not due to vitamin C deficiency.
Posted 8/1/2019 8:46 AM (GMT -5)
When i forst took Carnitine in small doses i was bouncing off the walls. Not in a good way, though. I was too jittery. I dropped the dose down to 250mg/day and worked up. I can handle 1000-1500 mg/day no problem now. I can't say it did anything to change the course of this illness but its tolerable now
Posted 8/1/2019 5:35 PM (GMT -5)
Acetyl l carnitine doesn't agree with me either. When I did take it before I started to get a reaction to it there were no big immediate changes and there were no small ones either. I think you don't take supplements that your body reacts to.
There are other products known to support the mitochondria. - shilajit, Co Q10, Alpha Lipoic Acid. Having an impact on the mitochondria is complex. Some sites suggest we need magnesium, detox, .antioxidents, protein, low carb diets - which we all do anyway. Your doctor probably has too much faith in what carnitine could do for you. And you are right in listening to your body first.
Posted 8/2/2019 10:35 PM (GMT -5)
quin definitely not deficient in vitamin c, i take it every day.

aerose so it didn't help you much then i take it.

auzzie yeah i am asking him for another. never heard of shilajit but have heard of the others, i guess i will give them a shot. thank you for understanding, i really do dislike when doctors are pushy. i am on low carb though so i thought a ketogenic diet would at least be a little helpful. he mostly says i need it because i have poor exercise recovery.

not having a shift key to make a question mark is very inconvenient. lol.
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