Posted by Peter on November 28, 2003, at 3:27:20
In reply to omega 3 getting overlooked by industry ?, posted by omega man on June 9, 2002, at 14:32:36
Hi:
I've been doing some research on Omega 3 fish oil benefits, and I'm really looking forward to trying it out; after 8 years of hopping from one med cocktail to the next, I'm just sick of it and would like to try fish oil. My dx is Bipolar NOS/'probable' adult ADHD/social anxiety. I've tried everything. My current regime is depakote, lexapro, dexedrine spansules, klonopin, restoril. I also began bright lite therapy, and I take Twinlab Daily One Caps w/o iron, melatonin, and singulair. Ideally, if the Fish oil works, I'd like to taper off the AD's, benzos, and AC's. However, I'm having a difficult time settling on the right brand, since they all claim to have their own advantages. Here are the 5 that have been recommended to me: 1) Omegabrite (because it's specially formulated by Dr. Stoll); 2) Carlson's (many say the bottled oil is better/more potent/easier to take than the caps, and Carlson's is said to be free of mercury, PCBs, DDT,etc); 3) Eskimo-3 Fish Oil (also said to be particularly pure and stable); 4) TwinLAB Mega Twin EPA Fish Oil (again, claims toxin-free and best quality + good EPA:DHA ratio); 5) Solgar MaxEpa (good EPA:DHA ratio, recommended a few years ago by a pdoc). At first sight, it looks like the Carlson LIQUID form is most efficient and potent, without requiring taking more than 1 dose daily. But it also contains ALA, DPA, and other stuff that I dont know much about. Is Liquid Form better than capsules or softgels? What about the other brands I site? Which out of all is best in terms of quality, efficacy, and dosing convenience?
I'd really appreciate your advice.
Thanks a lot,
Peter> like a lot of people here with anxiety/depression....AD's made me more anxious...lucklily omega 3 came along...and the effect on having stable thinking space was/still is profound ...not a drugged or buzzed feeling....just the feeling of being 18 again....so perhaps many of the brain problems we have are neural burnout...shortcircuits due to lack of insulation...taking AD's just pushes the brain harder..so more burnout more blown neural pathways and more anxiety...
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> Why is this not recognized and availible or proven ? I would guess it probably has somewhere..but its in nobodies financial interest to hype this information on the web..which now cost money...so it gets obscured....
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> two years ago when I typed omega 3 into the search engines up came studies from Harvard and Sheffield University...showing omega 3 was more effective than traditional remedies....I tried to find this yesterday..and it was'nt there !!
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> I find this really worrying...although word of mouth has helped here..the potential of omega 3 still remains untapped by the drug companies....they basically ignore its existance...a natrually availible product that offsets neural burnout ....but they cannot patent or control it...so the Pdocs don't have the evidence to take the risk and prescribe it..hence the number of threads here related to prescribed remedies takes over...wheres the balanced view ..?
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> how many people here had periods of their lives ruined by so -called anti-anxiety effects of stimulants...? if you had it made known that omega 3 can offset those problems would'nt that have made a difference ?
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> Omega 3 deserves to be more than an "alternative" health remedy..its effect is basic and profound..and its in a class of its own...just not the business type.
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> on such an important site as psycho-babble its essential that dietry and lifestyle considerations get a dedicated section....precisely because they get ignored by the highly focussed wheels of the business side itself.
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poster:Peter
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