Posted by stargazer2 on November 29, 2007, at 22:35:25
In reply to Re: Deplin/Stargazer, posted by brooke484 on November 27, 2007, at 12:50:51
I don't think I took anything to show him I just told him what Deplin is, L-methylfolate. Told him Folic acid deficiency has been implicated in depression and deplin is a compound that can be directly used by the brain since it has been broken down to it's most basic components.
The only information I found on Deplin was from the manufacturer and I would never consider that unbiased so it is not something I would use as justification for a treatment. It did help me understand the process though. I also printed out articles on folic acid deficiency for my own use.
My pdoc just said "Do you want to try it?" and of course i said yes and he wrote a script. He knows me well enough to only present him with reliable information. If it was a medication and not a vitamin, he would have needed to review the information himself. That is what he has done with MAO add-ons, until I had a hypertensive reaction, and now he is more cautious about adding something to Nardil. But my reaction occurred with a higher dose than was recommended in the article so we didn't follow the advice accurately enough so it was our own fault. I was fine at the recommended dose of amphetamine.
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