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From: norm@ariel.UUCP (N.ANDREWS)
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Subject: Re: Need information on sleep and sleep deprivation
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Date: Thu, 29-Sep-83 11:38:15 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 29 11:38:15 1983
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re sleeplessness and subsequent violent behavior:  investigate for improper
(too little?, too much? wrong pathway?) metabolism involving phenylalanine,
tryptophan, and serotonin.  Elevated serotonin levels are linked with such
behavioral problems.  Some nutrient COMBINATIONS are helpful and others
harmful in this regard.  People's metabolisms differ sometimes to the 
extent that one person may need 200 time as much of a certain nutrient
than another person.  The person needs to see a medical doctor who is
competent in the field of nutrition.  Not all doctors specializing in
nutrition are competent... (Probably an understatement).  INFORMED self-
experimentation might be in order....
(Of course, the problem may not be related to nutrition at all, but I'd almost
be willing to bet that it is.)
--Norm Andrews, AT&T Information Systems, Holmdel, N.J.
ps:  The foregoing opinions are not to be construed as the advice of the
company for which I work...