Posted by johnj on May 28, 2003, at 11:02:20
In reply to Re: Mg potentiates benzos? Cool! » mattdds, posted by Larry Hoover on May 28, 2003, at 9:47:42
Larry,
I have a few questions I would like to ask and hopefully tap you knowledge bank.
I may be wrong, and please correct me, but I detect a slightly negative attitude towards medication from you. I would like nothing else to go supplement solo but do not think it is possible right now. What I do feel is that if I could have had advance knowledge of my panic attack and subsequent depression I believe, granted this would have been 6 months prior knowledge, I would have stood a great chance of preventing it with stress reduction, excercise, and supplements.
I do feel that my way of thinking aided the panic attack and depression. Given this includes my genetics, environment at the time, and my diet problems. The most frustrating part of my illness has been with supplements that have helped at first and then pooped out or whatever. This includes magnesium and fish oil.
What have you decided to do since magnesium stared making you feel groggy? For me, if I replendished Mg I should have seen a continued benefit not insomnia, at least when I stopped the Mg. It is hard to know what the cause or how to use the supplement. For example, does one use Mg for one week a month?(I don't expect you to answer this). Same with fish oil it aided my sleep, but then had some sleep problems on it. I have found I am not the only one this has happened to either. Very furstrating.
Remeron has helped, but I still have not so good days which are directly related to not so good nights. But, to be honest I feel weak that 1. I can't get remission even with drugs, and 2. supplements are not even giving me much relief. Sometimes I think I need to be off all meds and start all over. But, do meds do us damage that is not reversible?(like possible receptor damage with ssri's). I think you alluded to this in regards to benzo's.
Do you have an opinion on why poop out happens and possible remedies? I don't mean to put you on the spot, but you appear to know more than my doctors who want to give me med after med. Do you believe the possible dopamine depletion thinking that is out there?
Any opinions or data you have seen in relation to what I have written would be appreciated. Thanks Larry.
johnj
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