Posted by ShelliR on December 17, 2002, at 11:49:05
In reply to Fish oil - insomnia, vivid dreams and agitation!! » Larry Hoover, posted by bluedog on December 17, 2002, at 10:30:16
Bluedog,
Thanks for checking back in about fish oil and anxiety, and letting us know that you stuck with it and have had positive effects. I definitely think that it was been causing me anxiety and I need to start much much slower.
You say you are benefitting from a much healthier Omega-3 to Omega-6 ratio than previously.What about the ratio between EPA & DHA?
I'm taking omegabrite; the ratio is 7 to 1 EPA,
Your ratio is much more even between EPA & DHA, right?The smallest I can start with this stuff is total fatty acid 1500mg, EPA 375 (one pill). Also, I have been too anxious to eat very much, so I hadn't been taking it on a full stomach. AND, I just started lexapro, which, from what I am reading on the board, also causes anxiety.
This has been so much information on fish oil on this board for the last couple of months, but it is all scattered. When I told my doctor about my anxiety yesterday, he had no idea whether it could be caused by the omega; it is pretty obvious from you and others on this board that it definitely could be the culprit. This pdoc is pretty good; it's amazing how many more people we are exposed to on each drug/treatment than most pdocs because of the large volume of people who write in here creates a bigger sample than he personally sees. And he's good about reading the literature, but there's not a lot of emphasis on side effects there; sometimes just a one sentence summary.
I even called the omegabrite people and they couldn't give me any side effect information, which I think is pretty pathetic.
Anyway, thanks for the original post and your update.
Shelli
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