Andrew Huberman on L-Tyrosine

“I'll occasionally take an Alpha-GPC or an L-Tyrosine as well.”

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“I'll take it in dosages of anywhere from 500 milligrams to 1,000 milligrams. I would say I probably take it about once a week maximum for work bouts or workouts.”

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“Full disclosure, I sometimes take L-tyrosine. I'm not taking it right now, but I take it only occasionally.”

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“I do use L-tyrosine from time to time for enhancing Focus motivation.”

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“Maybe every third or fourth workout I'll take 500 milligrams of l-tyrosine.”

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“We've talked about some supplements on the podcast that can replenish dopamine, L-tyrosine in particular.”

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“There are of course supplement-based medications that will increase dopamine mainly L-tyrosine. It is the precursor to dopamine, so it will raise your dopamine levels.”

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“Some people leverage this by taking things like L-tyrosine to increase dopamine.”

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“There are things that can increase focus, mainly things that increase acetylcholine... things that can increase dopamine, things like L-tyrosine.”

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“When we need to attend to multiple things at the same time l-tyrosine can help us do that at least as it relates to memory.”

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“I think the logical, the safe thing to do would be to start with the minimal effective dose. Maybe you start with 250 milligrams of L-tyrosine.”

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“L-Tyrosine is typically taken in dosages of 500 to 1,000 milligrams.”

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“L-tyrosine is typically taken in capsule form or powder form anywhere from 500 to 750 to 1,000 milligrams.”

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“L-tyrosine taken anywhere from 500 to 750 milligrams can increase dopamine because tyrosine is a dopamine precursor.”

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“There is a growing number of people out there that are relying on daily supplementation with anywhere from 1 to 3 grams of L-tyrosine, an amino acid precursor to dopamine.”

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“You can supplement L-tyrosine if you like, you will get a big inflection in dopamine but there is a crash associated with it.”

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“People with preexisting hyper dopaminergic conditions like mania should probably not take L-tyrosine.”

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“The dosaging can be very tricky to dial in. Sometimes it makes people feel too euphoric or too jittery or too alert that they are then unable to focus well.”

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“Some people experience a bit of a crash after L-tyrosine supplementation such that they feel more alert and focused, but then three or four hours later experience a drop.”

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“The other thing about taking L-Tyrosine is there is a crash. It can produce a crash and a lethargy and a kind of brain fog after the next day or so.”

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“You'll hear that people will take L-tyrosine, which is the amino acid precursor to dopamine, as a way to try and buffer or increase dopamine during the so-called period of the crash. There's really no evidence that any of those things can be beneficial.”

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“If I were to just elevate my basal level of dopamine by taking, I don't know, 1500 milligrams of L-tyrosine or something, that would be bad because the increase in dopamine would actually be much lower... you're actually going to learn less well.”

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