Posted by Zo on July 13, 2001, at 1:41:16
In reply to Can Zyprexa stimulate Hypomania?, posted by Zo on July 8, 2001, at 16:44:14
Well. What I learned today: that my pdoc has considered me Bipolar II for a long time. . .we just kind of got distracted what with my TLE being revealed this year, and with some RL issues.
But he also says the high I got from Zyprexa was almost surely NOT hypomania, because mania of any degree is marked first and foremost by a reduction in sleep.
His first line of treatment for me, at this point, is - you may have read about this discovery - an omega-3 supplement called OmegaBrite, avail. only from their website, omegabrite.com. For omega-3 to work on bipolar, there must be a 2 to 1 ratio of EPA to DHA - apparently hard to find.
For anyone interested, the dosing is:
4caps 2x daily for the first week
5 caps " " for the second
6 caps " " for the third.Benefit normally appears between weeks 2 and 3; the efffective dose range is btwn 2.5 and 6 grams of *EPA* daily.
I'll be starting as soon as it arrives. He says about 6 out of 10 of his patients get good effect from this; the others feel nothing. And the neat thing is, no downside!
Thanks for all the great feedback!
Zo
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