Posted by jujube on September 26, 2004, at 10:11:07
In reply to Re: Looking for answers - Rosavin (Rhodiola rosea) » jujube, posted by JLx on September 26, 2004, at 9:18:44
Thanks so much for the response. I had actually been using Omega 3 for awhile (about 2 - 3 months) and didn't really notice any difference. I do take 200 mg of niacinimide as part of a B-Complex. The magnesium I am taking is magnesium oxide. Since I was really very iron deficient, my symptoms were more a result of that. But now my iron is up to almost the low end of the normal range. And, I was feeling my energy returning after a 10 week round of iron injections. There was still a feeling of apathy and a lack of motivation (which I attribute to the Effexor). Then I got the Depo shot, and everything went downhill from there. I was on Effexor at the time, and had been noticing that I was experiencing feelings of apprehension like I had never experienced before. The Depo shot just heightened the feeling, and that's when I knew for sure that Effexor really wasn't, and had not been, doing anything for my anxiety. It's so frustrating. I will continue my quest to get myself back on track and feeling like I did before the iron deficiency, the Effexor and the Depo shot. By the way, when I started getting sick after the Depo shot, I started doing research and came across the site you indicated as well as others. It is astounding how many women have suffered on that drug. I learned that it is used in the prison system on sex offenders and pedeophiles. Nice eh?
Thanks again for taking the time to respond. Much appreciated.Tamara
> Hi Tamara,
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> I struggle with lack of motivation/functioning and anxiety too. Larry usually recommends niacinamide for anxiety. You might want to search for that on here, but I believe the dose is 500 mg three times day. I think you can go up to 2,000 a day safely. I've taken niacinamide and noticed a quick (albeit mild) relaxing effect.
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> You said you were taking 250 mg of magnesium a day. Is it a well absorbable kind, such as mg glycinate, taurate, malate or citrate? Magnesium is probably the biggest "anti stress" nutrient I've run across. After I started taking it I found some other things like tyrosine working differently. I also find that if something makes me irritable like TMG, magnesium counteracts.
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> Otoh, for some people, calcium is the calming mineral. If you're not taking some, or eating calcium foods, you might want to try adding a bit of that. The calcium/magnesium ratio is pretty important though so keep in mind that too much of one might require a bit more of the other; which is which depends on your body. If you've had PMS in the past, this might indicate a need for more magnesium. Perhaps even more than 500 mg a day, at least until you reach a replenishment saturation point if you were low. I found that when I first started taking magnesiun after being very calcium dominant in my diet for a long time, that I benefited from a lot of magnesium glycinate. Now I can take less with the same good effect and sometimes add a bit of calcium too.
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> I notice in another post that you also said you take "Omega 3, 6, 9". It's my understanding that most people eating a typical Western diet, don't need any more Omega 6, and what we made need for depression is a lot more Omega-3. I slacked off on taking fish oil and I now regret it as I think it was helping more than I realized.
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> Also, just as an aside, in my only experience with Celexa I thought it was helping somewhat but I quit it because I felt so squirrelly. I didn't even realize how "off" I was even, until someone else said something to me. I don't mean to sound discouraging, as your experince might be completely different, but I think sometimes the side effects of these drugs are next to impossible to counteract.
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> Have you seen this site on Depo Provera, btw? http://www.abcinternetmarketing.com/depo-provera/horrorstories.html Sounds like a lot of people are having the same "I wasn't this bad before" problems with anxiety, apathy, motivation, etc.
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> JL
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