Posted by freedom2001 on January 25, 2003, at 8:48:18
In reply to Confusion about fish-oil dosage., posted by yeltom on January 24, 2003, at 23:29:39
> My fish oil brand is Now. There's 1000 mg of oil in each softgel, but one serving (2 softgels) contains only 600 mg of Omega-3s (360 mg EPA and 240 mg DHA). In other words, 1 softgel contains 300 mg of Omega-3s. It seems that 5 grams per day is the consensus, but is that 5 grams of fish oil (5 softgels), or 5 grams of Omega-3s (around 17 softgels)? Big difference. And is 5 grams per day indeed an ideal amount to take, and doesn't it depend on what drugs you're taking? (I'm taking 40 mg. of Celexa, 50 mg trazodone as needed, and 30 mg of Buspar. I'm also experimenting with small a small dose of risperdal, but I don't know whether I'll continue with it). Thanks for your help.
Hi,
This is my dosage:
Morning 8 am
generic prozac (40 mg)
clonazepam (0.5 mg)
2 fish oils (2000 mg EPA/DHA)
Afternoon 12 pm
generiz prozac (40 mg)
clonazepam (0.5 mg)
2 fish oils (2000 mg EPA/DHA)
4 pm
1 fish oil (1000 mg EPA/DHA)
night
1 hour before sleeping
50 mg trazodone (really helps to sleep! not like benzos which are addictive)
Functions of medications:
Prozac is a SSRI that boosts the availability of serotonin.
Clonazepam is a unique benzo that helps with your GABA and has some serotogenic functions as well. Theories about GABA defects in OCD has been proposed. Studies have shown that only clonazepam and neuroleptics give more consistent results when used to augment SSRIs.
Fish oils seems to "straighten" and "smooth" out your neurotransmission.
Trazodone is an antidepressant but it is more useful for SLEEPING.
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