Posted by linkadge on May 2, 2014, at 16:23:38
In reply to for linkadage.., posted by Christ_empowered on May 1, 2014, at 21:59:50
Lithium is not a bad medication and low doses can be highly tolerable and effective.
I don't necessarily believe in orthomolecular per se. In other words, I don't think that schizophrenics use up niacin faster. I do believe, however that certain vitamins can act like pharmaceuticals. Niacin and valproate share some common targets. Omega-3 also shares common targets with other mood stabilizers.
Taking your medication as prescribed all the while eating a steady diet of McDonnalds is not going to get you well any time soon.
There was a study in mice that showed that a high fat diet significantly decreased the responsiveness of mice to fluoxetine, for example/
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