Posted by GabaGirl on March 27, 2004, at 13:51:04
In reply to Re: Very nice post NotAddicted » GabaGirl, posted by NotAddicted on March 27, 2004, at 6:42:24
I think I may be doing the same thing right now though working with my pdoc's suggestions who is very concerned about my depression of late. But within 2 weeks I've started on Carlson's Finest Fish Oil, magnesium/calcium -- which I need to change to just magnesium probably though and see if there's a form of it that causes less side effects! -- and then the inositol. I am waiting on a prescription of Prozac too which I will likely start at only 5mg this Monday. So it's been a bit of a blitz for me lately. I feel so much less control when depression hits, but do hope I find some things that work.
So far the fish oil and inositol seem the most helpful. But I'm also battling a lot of extreme fatigue of late which only the inositol seems to benefit. I need to get a comprehensive physical and lab work done ASAP to see if any other factors may be contributing to that. My doc thinks it's the depression and my meds, but I sense something else may be amiss since I've been on the Zyprexa and Neurontin combo since early 1999 and not had these problems to this extent. Plus I'm now only taking 2.5-5 mg of Zyprexa, as opposed to 10 or even more earlier.
Tried any of the below for anxiety?
Passionflower
Bach's Rescue Remedy
Taurine
GABA
Hops
Valerian
Kava Kava
Tryptophan - from turkey mainly - never tried the supplement myselfWhile not in a hypomanic phase now, when I am in one I often experience periods of intense anxiety and even full fledged panic attacks. I have a whole arsenal of back-ups in terms of supplements and herbs I use then -- also to help me maintain during work days and offset my hyper, restless energy. What's been most effective for me then has been passionflower tea especially, though the tincture works OK, then Bach's Rescue Remedy several times a day. Also have tried taurine, hops, valerian, kava kava, GABA and eating lots of turkey. Not sure about any of them as much as passionflower and Rescue Remedy, but turkey burgers definitely helped!
> I will be the first one to admit that I probably started out a bit hard and fast with the use of suppliments. I guess it was the hope there was an "it" to my problems and gave me a little way to be more proactive about this process of getting "well".
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> What I found did not live up to the promise I had envisioned. It all sounded so GOOD. So, perhaps that's the real issue for me. I think I did expect miracles... at first.
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> I am continuing with the few things I like and feel are helpful. I do know some things, indeed, make me feel worse... emotionally and physically.
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> I have an anxiety disorder with depresssion not being the main part of the mix, although, is there at times... usually when the anxiety is ill controlled.
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> As said before, I'm not so quick to add anymore.
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> I do think we should give the same caution and attention to supplimenting as we should have with starting new meds. Just because its supplimenting doesn't mean it can't be harmful or make things worse. And there's ALOT of marketing out there, just as there are with meds... it's really easy to buy into that when you are trying to feel better and you're feeling just awful.
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> Good Luck in your search... I hope you find some very helpful things.
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