Between 40mg and 250mg sublingual, sporadically.How much/often are you dosing?
Somewhere in this thread, someone posted how people on the autism spectrum have higher brain uridine levels. I'm on the autism spectrum, and for me personally, taking uridine feels a lot like stepping a few years back in the progressive social warming-up I've been going through the past six years or so. There's more distance from experience and empathy, like watching your life from a screen. There's a payoff in objectivity and emotional stability though, and these effects are completely transient.That's one interpretation, but I'm not so sure.
Social disconnection and reduced pleasure from social situations is definitely one of the side effects I feel from Uridine, as well. Personally, I avoid it on non-workdays for that reason.
Interesting. I think it does the opposite for me. The "modulating" effect of of uridine suggests it can both lower and raise dopamine. This implies it would lower dopamine if you had too much and raise it if you didn't have enough. This seems oversimplified, but if we can equate dopamine with being outgoing, that could explain why some are more social while others aren't on uridine.
That being said, if I take too much uridine, I do get edgy and am less social also. So, maybe pro-social effects go away with higher dosages.
Could be there's some relation between the social symptoms of autism and uridine, and/or that my (presumably) naturally high levels leave me predisposed to a low-dose onset of its anti-social effects.
Note, though, that I'm still using up my stash of 'Enhanced Sublingual Formula' UMP, which has a ridiculous dose of methyl B12 as a confounding factor.
People who are diagnosed on the autism spectrum already have higher levels of plasma uridine, as it is not being used for some of its normal functions. I've read some papers over the last year, or so, that suggest heavily that removing wheat and gluten from the diet of people suffering from autism makes a huge difference, as does supplementing methylfolate and methylcobalamin and increasing dietary cholesterol.
Does anyone know a good source for uridine in europe? MrHappy posted a link to a french site, but thats now a 404 - and I cant find the product on their website anymore.
I could get spirulina, but I doubt that it is as effective, given the same amount of uridine. Am I wrong?
I'd order from one of the US suppliers, if the shipping isn't ridiculous.