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 Re: Performance nerves...
Author: EaubeauHorn 
Date:   2015-07-08 20:43

With some people it is actually biochemical. I don't know if you have heard of 23andme, the place that takes a saliva sample and tells you some of your genetic makeup. I found out I had a genetic problem in what is called the sulfur pathway, that leads to dopamine production, making me chronically deficient in dopamine. If you are always low on dopamine and then you get under stress, it can be your undoing just because of the chemistry. In my case, I found that going "around" the genetic pathway problem via the amino acid L-tyrosine, had a HUGE positive effect on my performance nerves, that I and others had always figured were psychological. But no, in my case, it was literally biochemical, and 1000mg of L tyrosine 45 minutes before a performance takes a situation that would have had me literally shaking and nearly passing out (I have had to put my head between my knees numerous times on stage to keep from blacking out) to just normal nerves. This may or may not be someone else's problem but it is worth looking into. Not everything is psychological. And supplying a nutrient to fix a genetic pathway problem is definitely NOT the same as taking a drug to suppress the symptoms.

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