[Tapering]

Hi I am getting ready to decrease some conventional medications. I will remain on some of my coctail, but would like to reduce it signifigantly. I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate to hear them. I exercise regularly, eat healthy, drink lots of water. I am starting fish oil and NAC. My main problem is major depression and antidepressants make me activated.

I havent had success with any suppliments really. I do still take fish oil and admittedly since I started taking vitamin B I have had much less anxiety. But I havent taken it for 2 weeks and I still have no anxiety, so its hard to know if it was that or just the natural progression.

[Anneinside]

We have to be careful with supplements. I want to lose weight and so I ordered a supplement from the Dr. Oz show only to realize too late that it had seretonin in it. I am on a MAOI and can't take seretonin. Also, someone on an SSRI or SNRI shouldn't have any additional seretonin because you can get seretonin syndrome.

[monochromatic]

Magnesium helps with feeling anxious.

They make this powdered stuff that regulates your balance of calcium of magnesium called "Natural Calm". I take 1/4 tsp in my tea at night when I'm feeling agitated.

Other than that, no idea if it's helping, but I take:

Vit B complex
Vit D
Magnesium pill
Fish oil pill

... Figure it can't hurt anything.

[vans1974]

I take a nutraceutical, Cerefolin NAC, which helps with mind fog, enery and lifts my mood a little. Best of luck!!

[reesecups]

Originally Posted by Tapering

Hi I am getting ready to decrease some conventional medications. I will remain on some of my coctail, but would like to reduce it signifigantly. I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate to hear them. I exercise regularly, eat healthy, drink lots of water. I am starting fish oil and NAC. My main problem is major depression and antidepressants make me activated.

First, I think it's wonderful that you are taking charge of your care to the point that you are making decisions. And I personally am actually titrating down on my AD and have suffered from severe depression. I don't know how much I can answer you, but I go to an integrative doctor, who only prescribe meds when there is no choice.

She never said much about psych drugs until I asked her. She does say that supplements are better to use long-term BUT the only one I'm on now is called Deplin and was only put on that because they ran a genetic test that showed I was genetically predisposed to it from both my mother and father's side. I don't know if it helps otherwise.

Just please be careful and titrate down slowly. You might want to research a little about what to expect. There are sometimes side-effects to coming off. Good luck...