L-Tyrosine & Why You Need to Replenish It Daily

L-tyrosine is an amino acid and the main building block of dopamine. Dopamine is a type of neurotransmitter, specifically one that is responsible for creating pleasure or rewarding the brain for an activity. Stimulants increase the production and utilization of dopamine, therefore stimulants also cause your brain to lose L-tyrosine.

No one knows exactly what causes a person to have ADHD, but some researchers have looked at dopamine as a possible contributor to ADHD. Scientists have observed that levels of dopamine are lower in people with ADHD than in those without ADHD. By helping to support the brain’s natural production of dopamine, you can help support a healthy brain while taking stimulants.

This is why Recoop Recovery includes N-acetyl tyrosine: to help maintain L-tyrosine levels in the brain. Recoop Recovery uses N-acetyl tyrosine (NAT) instead of L-tyrosine because NAT is more soluble and NAT’s increased solubility makes it more bioavailable than L-tyrosine.

When L-tyrosine is taken after stimulants, typically in the evening before bed, it can replenish your brain’s tyrosine reserves, which helps to restore the ability to produce dopamine normally and reduces the “crash” or withdrawal after stimulants wear off. L-tyrosine is sometimes used this way by people quitting caffeine, to help alleviate the withdrawal symptoms that are really caused by the lack of dopamine.

Notably, l-tyrosine can have the opposite effect when taken before or concurrently with stimulants. If you take L-tyrosine with stimulants, it can potentiate the effect. If you take l-tyrosine soon after taking stimulants, it can extend the effect or delay the time before it would seem as though the stimulants are wearing off. 

The ideal time to take l-tyrosine for recovery after stimulants is approximately 12 hours after stimulants, or within 30 minutes of going to sleep.