Posted by psychobot5000 on October 11, 2006, at 17:55:14
In reply to fish oil vitamin A, posted by pseudoname on October 11, 2006, at 17:16:38
I agree that the melatonin might be the problem. It can definitely worsen or cause depression.
I found melotonin 2mg increased my anergic depression--helped me sleep, but made it very hard to get through the day.
I have also read that it is associated with strange dreams and various other nasty sounding side-effects. At one point, I read an interview with a man who had written a book on the subject, who complained that the 1-3mg doses that melatonin supplements were sold under, were overloading the system and desensitizing the receptors--and probably causing various unknown nastiness. I took it with a grain of salt, but...I'd be wary of the stuff if I were you. I never touch it anymore, even though it clearly helped me sleep.
Some say .3mg is a much more appropriate dose, and you can find it sold that way on amazon.
But I'd be wary of the fish oil too (as you already seem to be). I just started taking it, and I'm not exactly sure what it's doing to me. Not helping my sleep, I know that.
Switching to a fish-oil brand that's either mostly DHA or mostly EPA might help you. They seem to have differing effects in the brain.
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