Posted by Tomatheus on July 29, 2012, at 18:00:31
In reply to Re: What suppl.-s/meds/approaches improve deep sleep +, posted by Johnnybaklava on July 28, 2012, at 17:20:10
Hi Johnnybaklava,
I think it's interesting that you sometimes get a different response to supplements after you stop taking them and then try starting them up once again. I have taken several supplements now (kanna and licorice root come to mind) that seemed to have noticeable therapeutic benefits the first time that I took them but actually did not seem to do much of anything when I tried taking them months after I had discontinued them. But sometimes after a supplement seems to become less effective, stopping it and then resuming it again seems to give the supplement new life. So, I definitely think that it can be the case that supplements can sometimes affect us differently the second or third time we take them (relative to the way they affected us the first time we took them), although I think that the extent to which that happens can vary from one supplement to the next.
I think it's too bad that the DMAE that you're taking may be becoming less effective than it was right after you started taking it most recently and that it might even be contributing to mild feelings of depression. I personally have not had good results with DMAE, especially as far as my depressive symptoms are concerned. The last time I took the supplement, I noticed some improvement in my cognition on the first day that I took it, but then on the second day, my energy and psychomotor retardation became much worse than usual, and that prompted me to discontinue the supplement. However, your response to DMAE seems to be quite a bit different from my response to the supplement, and I think it's good that you have a supplement that you can keep coming back to, even though you may develop some tolerance to it when you take it on an ongoing basis.
Take care, and be well,
Tomatheus
Dx: schizoaffective disorder
Treatments: Abilify, 6 supplements, & counseling
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