Posted by Trotter on April 22, 2009, at 5:49:51
In reply to Re: Magnesium for depression - Does it work long t, posted by SLS on April 20, 2009, at 7:31:43
I use a mood chart too. Even so, I find it difficult trying to work out what does what. Without my mood chart I would be totally lost.
I use a special spreadsheet to keep track of basically everything I ingest or do that might affect my mood. I use special formulas to account for factors that are proven to make a difference. This enables me to adjust for known variables. As we all know, our moods vary from day to day anyway, sometimes seemingly randomly, but I find a lot of it is attributable to known contributing factors. This enables me to rate medications and supplements on their mood effects. After making adjustments, it is amazing how stable/predictable my mood is on a weekly, and especially monthly basis.
Like I said, I would be lost without this tool. Even so, I generally only make one change at a time otherwise it just gets too complicated working out what's going on. I would hate to discard something that actually works due to a faulty response assessment (vast majority of things don't work of course). Makes it a very slow process. I have so many things in the pipeline to try. The tortoise always wins though!
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