Posted by sapphiredragon on April 25, 2003, at 16:13:42
In reply to sapphiredragon, Re: thinking outside the box, posted by McPac on April 25, 2003, at 13:09:04
The Pfeiffer Center's treatment didn't do much to alleviate my son's very deep depression. He went through a lot of preliminary testing, and they found a few nutritional deficiencies, but nothing dramatic. He tried out their supplements for a month or so, but after noting little effect, decided to stop buying their special vitamins.
As a previous poster said, if nutritional factors are not the primary cause(s) of mental disturbances, nutritional supplementation alone won't solve the problem.
My son was not able to overcome the suicidal thinking of his depressed state until he started on the SSRI and Adderal.
Re your question about digestive enzymes: For general digestion, my son takes betaine HCl and pancreatin. For helping with the assimilation of the fish oil, he has been using an ox bile supplement. Without the ox bile, the fish oil makes him nauseous, he says.
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