Posted by orthomole on June 5, 2010, at 21:14:33
A week and a half ago I started megadosing with high EPA/DHA fish oil (9-16 g / day) and l-tyrosine (4.5 g / day, which I have since discontinued due to lack of perceived effect) in addition to my base regimen of 200 mg lamotrigine, 1.5 g niacin t.i.d., 1 g vitamin C t.i.d., 50 mg P-5-P, 50 mg zinc picolinate, B complex, 2 mg copper, garlic and probiotics and started feeling better immediately.
I stopped pacing endlessly around my parents' house begging them to get me a gun so I could kill myself. I started working on my computer, reading a book (Linus Pauling's "How to Live Longer and Feel Better") and doing productive things like cutting the grass and cooking dinner.
This lasted a few days and I slipped back into feeling terrible. For the next week I felt terrible until today when my dad talked me into taking 2 mg lorazepam as I was once again pacing around and begging to be killed. I calmed down and was able to have a very productive and enjoyable day with my family. We had a picnic and I cleared and burned some brush I'd been meaning to. I smoked half a pack of cigarettes and talked on the phone with some friends I hadn't in a while.
It is now 10 p.m. and I have just taken another 1 mg lorazepam. I have a tentative appointment with my orthomolecular NP for the week after next. I am continuing to look for orthomolecular solutions to my feeling terribly, including ordering some 400 mg SAMe from Amazon.
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