Posted by Cecilia on July 13, 2001, at 2:51:21
In reply to Re: Zo's pdoc answers the question, posted by Zo on July 13, 2001, at 1:41:16
> Well. What I learned today: that my pdoc has considered me Bipolar II for a long time. . .we just kind of got distracted what with my TLE being revealed this year, and with some RL issues.
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> But he also says the high I got from Zyprexa was almost surely NOT hypomania, because mania of any degree is marked first and foremost by a reduction in sleep.
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> His first line of treatment for me, at this point, is - you may have read about this discovery - an omega-3 supplement called OmegaBrite, avail. only from their website, omegabrite.com. For omega-3 to work on bipolar, there must be a 2 to 1 ratio of EPA to DHA - apparently hard to find.
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> For anyone interested, the dosing is:
> 4caps 2x daily for the first week
> 5 caps " " for the second
> 6 caps " " for the third.
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> Benefit normally appears between weeks 2 and 3; the efffective dose range is btwn 2.5 and 6 grams of *EPA* daily.
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> I'll be starting as soon as it arrives. He says about 6 out of 10 of his patients get good effect from this; the others feel nothing. And the neat thing is, no downside!
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> Thanks for all the great feedback!
> ZoRE: Fish oil capsules; there was definitely a downside for me: I gave them up after 2 days (one capsule a day) because of the horrible tasting fishy reflux-YUCK!
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