Posted by LOOPS on April 7, 2005, at 9:08:56
In reply to Re: Omega 3 questions » LOOPS, posted by snapper on April 5, 2005, at 21:36:28
Hi Snapper -
I don't know why he would only recommend that amount, especially if you are mild BP. If you want to find out more than just my word on this, read that Andrew Stoll book on Omega-3 - it explains all the different case scenarios for fish oil use and recommends different dosages. However, even he recommends 1.5-4g pure EPA per day as a starting point for mood regulation.
It seems to be a bit of a grey area who responds to what quantity. The famous bipolar study using fish oil used nearly 10g (6.2g EPA) per day, and some people may need this amount (or even more!).
However there are also studies and anecdotal reports where people have found relief, more specifically from depression from much lower dosages.
See -
http://www.omega3.20megsfree.com/about.html
Also, not everybody responds desirably - very occasionally fish oil will make somebody more depressed or make them more manic - I have heard this very rarely, but some people don't do well on it. That might be another reason he's starting you off on a low amount. You can always increase the dose or drop it.
I will just add that I've swapped to a pill that has 400mg EPA and only 200mg DHA and am again doing pretty well on this. However, I just ran out of it!!! The remaining bottles I have are 360 EPA and 240 DHA and I have to use them up.
Loops
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