Posted by Larry Hoover on June 20, 2003, at 8:52:03
In reply to Re: Vitamins mineral for moods one more thing » Larry Hoover, posted by disney4 on June 19, 2003, at 14:47:15
> There were two brands I looked into. One was Schiff which was a B complex 50 mg and the other was country life, which had these extra things in it....d-Biotin 300 mcg, Pantothenic Acid (as d-calcium pantothenate) 50 mg, Choline (as choline bitartrate) 25 mg, Inositol 25 mg, PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid) 25 mg. Is it better to go with the basic b complex or are these other ingrediants important too?
>I'd go with the extras. Pantothenate is a B-vitamin.
Make sure you add selenium, to a total of at least 200 mcg/day (it should be in the multi, too). Zinc is probably at about 15 mg in the multi, but you should aim for more like 40-50 mg a day.
If you can't tolerate ADs, I'd urge you to give SJW a try. It has a very low side-effect profile, comparable to placebo itself. Some people get digestive disturbance or headache, but those are transient side effects, easily treated with common remedies.
Despite persistent reporting that SJW is effective only for mild to moderate depression, that simply is not true. You need to match the dose to the symptoms, just as you would with any other antidepressant. There is no known overdose level of SJW (I'm not suggesting you swallow a whole bottle), and it is quite safe to go up to 1800 or more mg/day. Titrate the dose upwards until either remission of symptoms or persistent adverse effects occur. Just watch your sun exposure, as some people find they are more prone to sunburn. However, B-vitamins reduce sunburn tendency, so you may find no such adverse effect.
Keep in touch, okay?
Lar
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