Posted by colin wallace on March 22, 2002, at 4:01:44
In reply to One more Sam-E question--Ron, Colin?, posted by beardedlady on March 21, 2002, at 16:45:55
Beardy,
Pain is a tricky one- all my depressive/ anxious symptoms originally stemmed from fibromyalgia, which as you may know is a nebulous condition, causing widespread muscle/joint pain-stiffness.
Not good for an athlete.
Sam-e relieved the stiffness/pain for me, simultaneously with a lifting of the depression.
At 400mg my aches etc. disappear (and I've tried high dose AD's, Anti-inflammatories etc., without success).That dose gets me a little hyper though!
After exercise, I would often experience painful or swollen joints.This no longer happens, and that ties in with Sam-e's reputed anti-inflammatory/analgaesic effects (it has been successfully trialed against prescription anti-inflammatories.It is also believed that fibromyalgia pain is brain/sleep mediated, and if that's the case, sam-e's uplifting effects and melatonin 'balancing' would account for the reduction in symptoms.So it really depends on the 'cause' of your pain.If there is inflammation, or even a psychosomatic/sleep disturbed element, then it may well help you too.
As for taking Sammy along with these vits and mins., my understanding is that basically, Sammy is best absorbed early on in the day on an empty stomach, and the vitamins taken with meals, as the body was designed to absorb nutrients from food.The B complex, ESSENTIAL, for the Sam-e re-methylation process, do not have to be taken at the same time as the sammy.Ron has posted details as to how (and why) they are best taken.You may want to leave it until after you've shaved.All the best,
Col.
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