Posted by Larry Hoover on January 4, 2003, at 9:13:06
In reply to Re: Fish oil--for Larry Hoover and » ArthurGibson, posted by BeardedLady on January 2, 2003, at 12:05:25
> I have been taking a Rite Aid fish oil that contains 360 mg of EPA and 240 mg. of DHA. I take two--one with breakfast and one with lunch.
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> At first, I thought it was really improving my sleep. (In fact, I can take Sonata again, which I'd become immune to back in October and so had to begin using Ativan for sleep occasionally.)
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> Now, I'm not sure. And I'm not sure my dose is high enough to be therapeutic.
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> What do you think?
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> beardyfish : )>Hey Beardy. Sorry for the tardy response....I was on the road for three days.
If you don't think you're getting a decent therapeutic response, by all means increase the dose. You can safely take five times or more what you're already taking. Just increase the dose gradually so your body can adapt.
About the mercury issue. There is no mercury in fish oil because mercury binds strongly to protein (which is why mercury is toxic in the first place). The chemical process which separates the fish oil from the fish flesh automatically leaves the mercury behind. There is no special treatment of the fish oil required. It happens automatically.
Lar
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