Posted by Lao Tzu on June 9, 2010, at 19:40:42
In reply to Re: can fish oil trigger mania?, posted by g_g_g_unit on June 6, 2010, at 19:46:12
Perhaps fish oil at high doses can either precipitate depression or mania depending on whether you tend to be manic or depressive. For me, high doses of fish oil tend to make my depression worse. I, personally, haven't experienced any mania from fish oil, but I'm also never manic. I tend to be more depressed, the opposite end of the spectrum, low energy, low motivation, etc. For someone who is manic, perhaps the fish oil at high doses brings this out of a person. I'm just speculating because I read that fish oil has helped with bipolar and schizophrenia. Are all the studies just an inflated exaggeration of fish oil's potential to heal? Personally, I know that fish oil taken for a period of time has successfully lowered my triglyceride levels. Personally, a low dose of fish oil does help my mood, but I'm only talking about 1,500mg per day, a very low dose indeed. Anymore than that, I start getting depressed. So can it precipitate mania? It's possible, perhaps in some people. Maybe at high doses. Low doses, say one or two capsules a day, really shouldn't induce mania, but who knows? Do we really understand exactly what fish oil does to our brains? I certainly don't.
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