Posted by AlexCanada on September 7, 2012, at 4:30:36
In reply to Re: Supplements not mixing well with medication?, posted by Christ_empowered on September 5, 2012, at 18:24:48
Orthomolecular is not something i've ever heard of before. My issues were brought upon by accutane poisoning (megadose of vitamin A) by an irresponsible doctor over 10 years ago. I exhibit full blown strong melancholic depression symptoms and often I cannot even bring myself to write or reply on this forum.
Certain vitamins/supplements may not effect me well. Something in eggs, bananas, milk, cereals usually gives me burning headaches and worsens my mood. vitamin A is one such negative for me. Magnesium mught be as well (glyinate form at least).
Do you feel it may still be reasonable for me to try? I can't concentrate much right now so i'll just end my post there. need to get to bed.
> I'm not big on herbs. I take Abilify now. I've been able to stay on 1-2 meds (always w/ Abilify as the "core" medication), sometimes plus a low dose of Vistaril for sleep, thanks to Orthomolecular Medicine.
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> I don't want to push my favorite complementary/alternative system on you, but I will say that it's designed to work *with* meds and/or ECT. Always has been, since the 50s, when Orthomolecular started. And it can help people with problems much more severe than yours (I use it for "Bipolar I w/Psychotic Features).
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> My concern is, like another poster wrote, that some herbs, in high enough doses, are basically drugs. High dose vitamins are, too, but your body is designed to deal with them, particularly if they're water-soluble (most vitamins used in Orthomolecular are) and they're being used to, at the very least, reduce side effects. For instance: I'm very neuroleptic sensitive. The OM protocol has reduced my EPS to 0 and significantly cut the apathy and dulled out feeling I get from any antipsychotic.
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> Again...I'm not pushing this on you. I'm just surprised that so many people are encouraged to try this herb and that herb while neglecting OM, which has a good safety track record and a fairly good track record in getting at least some positive results for mental and overall health.
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> I can't tell you if your herbs are causing problems, though. An upper, a downer, some vitamins, some potentially powerful herbs...even with only 2 fairly common pharmaceuticals on board, I think you have a lot going on.
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