NAC and Detox

 I found this by accident.  I saw that I had about 30 NAC pills left in my bottle.  Just like the Liver, the plan was to take 2 or 3 per day until the bottle was empty.  I did not plan to re-order but did view it as a test for Demand #1.  I should not see a major reaction one way or the other.  A bad reaction to Liver pills is understandable but NAC should be well tolerated, right?

WRONG.  I was beyond awful last Friday morning and by the evening, I was also reacting badly to Taurine.  I never really thought to take Molybdenum for a Sulfur excess.  Even if that was the problem, it should not feel like this.  Moreover, a Sulfur excess should not develop after just a day or two.  My first thought was to increase the Melatonin.  Much to my relief, I was better after an extra 3 mg and the NAC was tolerated again.  I decided to double my dose to 10 mg that night.

The next morning, my opener was a pitiful 2:00 for a half lap.  I figured that I would need Endodren to get better but wanted to test out the NAC first.  I expected to be about the same, give or take a couple of ticks but nothing more than a marginal improvement.  Much to my surprise, I clocked a 1:45, 90 seconds faster per mile.  Enough to be considered a game changer.  In the real workout, the story was the same.  I was awful in the first half but popped a NAC at the turnaround.  The back half was still bad but much less horrible.  Unfortunately, by the evening, I was fading again and could sense that my system was demanding more Melatonin.  Again, it helped.

Next morning, the plot thickened again.  Despite the increased dose, I already needed more by the morning.

I saw no other way other than to load on Melatonin until the NAC was tolerated.  Even if the side effects were bad, it's still preferable to the inexplicable reactions.  The story was the same the next morning.  I opened with a 2:11 then fared no better on NAC.  Melatonin brought it down to a less horrible 1:48.  I took Melatonin until the side effects kicked in.  I don't even know how much I took (not recommended). But at least I knew that there was still a dose that shut off the inexplicable reactions.  

This morning was interesting as well.  Opened with a 2:05 on mega Melatonin the previous night.  Down to 1:58 on NAC.  Significant but not a game changer.  Then, surprisingly I was WORSE on Endodren.  In the evening, I was down to 1:52 then 1:41 on NAC.  In another surprise, I was just about the same on Thym Adren at 1:42.  So, I was significantly worse on adrenal stimulants while the suppressants did essentially nothing.  

This is heavy!  Still trying to process it.  It's clearly detox related as evidence by positive reactions to NAC (with sufficient Melatonin).  It's definitely better to use NAC for detox than Endodren.  The plan is to take as much Melatonin as I need to tolerate NAC but no more than necessary.  I don't know what that dose is just yet.  I will load on the NAC.