Posted by bluedog on November 19, 2002, at 21:58:57
In reply to Re: Fish oil really screwed up my sleep » linkadge, posted by johnj on November 19, 2002, at 13:21:46
> At first, I crashed real early and slept all night, but after a few days of taking it I started to wake up a few times per night and had very very vivid dreaming. Started to make me a little spacey during the day. It felt like my internal clock was out of whack. Things normalized after stopping it. Strange stuff if you ask me or maybe my anxiety/depression is not related to omega 3 fatty acids. I always thought the claim that such and such % of our brains are fats so we should eat that fat to "replenish" our brains seemed a little off target. I quite doubt it is that simple.
> johnjI am curious to know if the very vivid dreaming and other problems with sleep will subside if you don't give up and decide to persist and continue to take the fish oil? In other words is it merely a matter of your body adjusting to having the correct ratios of omega-3 to omega-6 in your system?
As a comparison, every anti-depressant I have ever started on initially screwed up my sleep and gave me vivid and extremely violent dreams initially but this would settle down after 2-3 weeks when the anti-depressant effect would kick-in.
Do the native inuits (those that still eat a traditional diet) suffer from sleep diturbances due to their very high consumption of omega-3 fatty acids?
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