Posted by Chris O on February 5, 2005, at 15:02:17
In reply to fsih oil - other brands?, posted by LOOPS on February 5, 2005, at 7:35:44
LOOPS:
I appreciate your responding to my posts and the suggestions you gave. Yeah, I really haven't given other brands a try. The two other cheaper brands I have bought in the past (Carlson's and Nordic Naturals) just smelled and tasted too "fishy" for me. As to the GLA suggestion, I was going to do that just for my skin (I have some dry, patchy areas on my face), as per Dr. Weil's suggestion on his website, but then I have read so many conflicting things about whether or not GLA is really beneficial, I didn't do it. But now that you've given me this good feedback about how it's helping your GAD/OCD, maybe I will give it a try. Questions: Did you find evening primrose oil to be the best GLA source? (I know borage oil and black currant oil also have GLA.) How long did it take you to notice any differences in your symptoms taking fish oil and GLA? Anyway, thanks for the suggestions.
Chris
hi -
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> have you tried any other brands? I never took omegabrite - it's so expensive. Not that this is going to be of help, but I found one brand of fish oil useless that I bought here in Chile. It was supposed to be top-notch quality and was expensive. One week on it and all my anxiety seemingly returned.
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> Maybe try another brand and see if it helps. The other thing I found really helpful to take alongside the fish oil was GLA in the form of evening primrose oil. This also provides you with a different type of prostaglandin that the fish oil does not - involved in inflammation, mood etc. Since adding a lot of healthy fats to my 'regime' (including olive oil and avocados for omega 9) I really have noticed a big difference in anxiety and OCD tendencies. And I did have very stubborn anxiety/depression for many years.
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> Loops
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