Posted by ShelliR on December 17, 2002, at 20:53:02
In reply to maybe it's the dosage?, posted by BeardedLady on December 17, 2002, at 13:01:35
> I wonder, though, how many people would be agitated or anxious taking the recommended dosage.
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> In the studies that showed effective relief from depression and insomnia when combined with anti-depressants, the dose was a gram a day.
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> Maybe folks are trying to use the fish-oil supplement as a drug instead of a nutritional additive, and that's where it gets them into trouble?
>Well, you're probably right in that the more you take, the more side effects you have the potential to experience. And I am taking it, hoping for anti-depressant effects. But I'm just taking the recommended dose that the manufacturer has on the label; they even add that "some people may achieve additional benefits with a higher level of supplementation".
It's really amazing how different our bodies react to things. About two years ago I was given provigal to try for its anti-depressant effects. The drug was manufactured, tested, and is now distributed for control of narcolepsy. From day one after I started it, I spent the next two weeks doing nothing but sleep--all day and all night long.
Shelli
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