Posted by BarbaraCat on September 25, 2003, at 22:53:07
In reply to Re: Oh I'm an interesting case all right... » BarbaraCat, posted by chicklet on September 25, 2003, at 16:46:41
Oh, no, c'mon! Just when we were getting to know you! One more thing, Ms. Karen, now that you've got us interested you can't leave just yet. Besides, I'll swap you my fish oil brand for a little more trilep info OK? I'll probably email ya anyway but this is something that many of us will want to know. So if you can pretty please do a favor for desperately inquiring minds...
When you say it's the DOWNS that get you, do you mean you still get downs even on trilep? It has no antidepressant effect? It only cancels the UPs? Sheesh, what's the point? If you don't get the 'fun' parts (even though mania is not necessarily fun), why not just take Lamictal for the depression? I'll take the UPs any day over those sh*tty downers even if I end up dancing naked in the streets. I end up depressed anyway but at least I've had a bit of sport!
As for the fish oil, a good brand is Carlson's 'The Very Finest Fish Oil' Lemon Flavored Liquid Omega 3's. Stupid name but a good product with the recommended ratio of DHA/EPA for us vivacious bipolars. To get a therapeutic dose, probably 2 tbl/day. Luckily it tastes pretty good. I get it from www.iherb.com which has the best prices I've found for supplements and also has some good articles buried in the site. It's around $15 for a 6.7 oz bottle and you'll probably need 2 bottles to last the month at 2 T/day.
So, fair trade? One more visit for the Babblers? And then you can go - bummer! BTW, I have 9 cats. They're little angels and praise Bastet the Cat Goddess, they never all meow at the same time. - Barbara
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