Posted by Christ_empowered on September 29, 2012, at 12:20:54
In reply to Re: Fish Oil » brynb, posted by phillipa on September 21, 2012, at 12:32:03
Clearly, I'm not your doctor. However, I was thinking that instead of ramping up the fish oil to rather high doses, why not throw in some additional mood stabilizing supplements at lower doses? Kinda like a natural cocktail for your mood.
Taurine has been studied (4 grams/day) in conjunction with atypicals as an anti-manic. Works well, also protects the brain from the neuroleptic (prevents TD!). I take a lower dose (2 grams minimum) daily, plus 3 grams niacinamide, plus b-100, plus 10 grams time release C (2 equal 5 gram doses, AM+PM).
I'm a die hard Orthomolecular fan, simply because it worked so well for me. I have either Bipolar I w/Psychotic Features *or* Schizoaffective, manic type. I'm sensitive to neuroleptics (even the atypicals trigger EPS and dysphoria), prone to mixed states and lingering agitation, and naturally anxious.
I'm on just 2 meds--30mgs/day Abilify and 900mgs/day Neurontin. In my dream world, it'd be 10-20 Abilify but, hey--you don't always get what you want, right? At least its Abilify, and the 30mgs/day dose has continued to work, at least with a second medication on board to "smooth things over" when I hit agitated and/or low states. Good stuff.
Again, I'm just sharing this with you because its worked so well for me. I used to be on cocktails and in therapy and lots of my hair fell out (too many pills, especially benzos and amphetamines) and I looked old, etc. etc. Now, thanks to the psych meds+nutrients+ a couple of cheap, Indian generic pharmaceuticals (Propecia/finasteride for hair and Retin-A/tretinoin for skin), I'm looking and feeling pretty darn good. No EPS, no TD, no cognitive impairments, no drug-induced dysphoria. According to my friends, I even look a little bit younger than my 28 years (I guess that for guys--around here at least--that's when you start to see wear and tear).
If you're interested at all in OM (I hope you are--again, simply because it literally saved my life), there's a website I'd recommend:
www.doctoryourself.com
Pretty good stuff. He also links over to and references other experts and sites, so you can find all sorts of additional info just by hunting around on his site.
Good luck!
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