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Posted by jonh kimble on July 29, 2003, at 17:56:23
anybody tried it? good results bad results id like to here them all. i might take it for depression since it is so inexpensive on that puritans pride site, and i have failed many other meds. thanks
Posted by jlo820 on July 29, 2003, at 18:12:45
In reply to hows sam - e?, posted by jonh kimble on July 29, 2003, at 17:56:23
I don't think anybody believes it is a magical cure for depression. At best, SAM-e has mild anti-depressand and mood elevation effects. Everything I have read on the subject reports that it may be helpful for those with MILD depression.
Personally, I took it for six months and experienced no positive results. But, of course, everone is different.
Posted by River1924 on July 29, 2003, at 19:04:21
In reply to hows sam - e?, posted by jonh kimble on July 29, 2003, at 17:56:23
All I got from it was brain-blowing headaches which got worse everyday I took it. About 4 days.
Posted by rod on July 29, 2003, at 19:36:04
In reply to hows sam - e?, posted by jonh kimble on July 29, 2003, at 17:56:23
> anybody tried it? good results bad results id like to here them all. i might take it for depression since it is so inexpensive on that puritans pride site, and i have failed many other meds. thanks
I got a little weired, silly, childish and even a little bit manic. was not the right drug for me...
But ist for sure worth a trygood luck
Roland
Posted by lawrence S. on July 29, 2003, at 20:14:37
In reply to Re: hows sam - e?, posted by rod on July 29, 2003, at 19:36:04
I got astonishing results with Sam-e mostly as an augmenter.
Posted by Chris O on July 29, 2003, at 20:26:14
In reply to hows sam - e?, posted by jonh kimble on July 29, 2003, at 17:56:23
I took SAM-e for most of 2001. I took it in doses of 800mg to 1600mg per day. At first, I felt it was giving me a mild tension relief in my body (My depression runs on the anxiety side.) But after a while, it either wore off or I couldn't tell if it was having any affect. Sometimes, since SAM-e affects dopamine (that's what I read, at least), it did seem to be stimulating to me and provoke anxiety too (kind of like a mild Wellbutrin). Richard Brown, in his book Stop Depression Now, argues very persuasively for SAM-e. For me, SAM-e was just so-so; overall, not great. I agree that it's worth a try though.
Posted by JohnQ on July 30, 2003, at 0:21:18
In reply to Re: hows sam - e?, posted by Chris O on July 29, 2003, at 20:26:14
i take 1200mg's a day of Naturemade brand Sam-e along with my Paxil and I respond extremely well to it. Shocking really, that an OTC supplement can help so much. My life would be very different without it.
Posted by HenryO on July 30, 2003, at 1:51:33
In reply to Re: hows sam - e?, posted by JohnQ on July 30, 2003, at 0:21:18
Sam-e gave me the worst and deepest pimples I've ever had. No mood elevation I could discern.
Posted by T_R_D on July 31, 2003, at 13:56:28
In reply to hows sam - e?, posted by jonh kimble on July 29, 2003, at 17:56:23
> anybody tried it? good results bad results id like to here them all. i might take it for depression since it is so inexpensive on that puritans pride site, and i have failed many other meds. thanks
Hi there...I was on it for a brief period...maybe 6 weeks? It seemed to work well but then I started to crash...on the flipside, it IS working well for a friend of mine. My advice would be to go for it. You have nothing to lose (but your depression) and (therefore) everything to gain! I was a little bummed about it not working for me at first. I have since gone back to my "old standby"--Effexor.
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