Posted by Ritch on April 8, 2003, at 22:52:36
In reply to Supplements that help?, posted by Creaky_Neurons on April 8, 2003, at 13:42:43
> Hey fellow sufferers,
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> I'm a long-time babbler and have used as many e-names as i have meds over the years.
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> i'm feeling pretty good lately and i think it is due to long-term supplementation with fish oil, DHEA, exercise, and 1 hour of meditation/day.
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> i'm on 12.5 mg of zoloft (that's right - almost zippo) and take klonopin and/or seroquel for sleep as needed. my diagnosis is BPII and i have had significant mania without AD's in the past.
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> thought i'd throw these results into the mix as i've been seeing fish oil/DHEA mentioned here. it seems like the longer i stay on this combo the better i'm doing.
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> of course i am not a walking double-blind placebo trial, but the effect seems to be real and cumulative...
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> creaky.
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>Creaky, what dose of fishoil/Klonopin are you taking? Do you feel that the fishoil adds an antimanic effect as well as an antidepressant one? I responded better to Zoloft (positive effects) better than any other SRI previously except for GI troubles/insomnia/RLS that were too tough to manage.
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