| RobinoftheHoodUser Since: Nov 2013Posts: 2 | Miss Spice Bomb, I think the 500mg of Taurine is quite low. I'm no doctor, so I can't recommend an increase but the studies I read have people taking 2000-6000mg per day, and from what I've read Taurine has few if any side effects (assuming one sticks to recommended limits). I'm taking the recommended amount of powder form Taurine from NOW supplements (3000mg per day), it just has the precaution that if your on any medicine to consult with your physcian to ensure it won't interfere.
I've been 'self medicating' for lack of a better term, although just with supplements. The doctors told me to ignore the pvcs or take beta blockers, but it seems from my experience the issue was electrolyte/nutritional imbalances or deficiencies. Nutritional supplementation has worked great, but I'm hoping to examine further if there was some reason I was low, I suspect it might be digestion related as I've had a lot of digestion issues and am wondering if the nutrients were not being well absorbed requiring me to take higher doses through supplements.
I found taurine to have a very relaxing effect. I felt very stressed before I took it, more stressed than I've ever felt before, for no particular reason as when I was having the pvcs was not a particularly stressful time for me. Once I started the taurine my pvcs went away and my stress and tension levels dropped off dramatically as well, back to what was normal for me. I've been on the taurine for a month now and still no pvcs :) |