Posted by jrbecker on July 5, 2002, at 2:39:46
Well let me start off by saying that I'm a believer in taking vitamins daily. Nothing to the extent where I'm a card-carrying GNC shopper, but I do take a multi-vitamin daily, and I've actually started taking zinc and C lately (more for overall physiological health than anything). Of course, in my overall view of the vitamin craze these days, I am quite wary of most of the stuff we hear about this vitamin and that...it all seems to be one big infomercial at times.
So I figure that, as a group, we're a fairly astute group of people who are relatively knowledgable about our meds and other health matters (right?). Why not create a little discussion on what vitamins/minerals people feel have helped their mental health. Everybody seems to swear by a particular one or two so I'd love to see which ones people take and why (remember, I'm talking vitamins/minerals not really herbs and such like St.Johns Wort). Any research you can offer to back it up would be great too.
OK, we'll I guess I'll get the ball rolling. This one's more my own curiousity than anything else: In doing some research on autism, I read that one of the most effective treatments in treating sufferers is giving them a megadose of B6 with magnesium supplements (something like 8 mg for every lb. for B6, and 3 mg for every lb. for Mag.). Supposedly, it takes 60-90 days to take effect, but in over 50% of the cases, sufferers become more "normal," meaning they initate more interaction, make more eye contact, do less self-stimulatory behavior, and become less introverted. So, anyways, I guess my question is whether this has any benefits for any other mental sufferers out there besides just autistics. Just my own nagging question.
What vitamins do you buy into? Would love to get a good forum going on this.
JB
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