Posted by brynb on September 29, 2012, at 14:11:55
In reply to Re: Fish Oil, posted by Christ_empowered on September 29, 2012, at 12:20:54
> 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.
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> 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:
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> www.doctoryourself.com
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> 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.
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> Good luck!
>Hi CE,
Thanks so much for the info--great stuff!! I am into OM, and will definitely check out that link. Thanks again.
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