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#1
Nov 27, 2012, 12:37 PM
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I was just wondering if anyone has tried over the counter supplements in addition to perscription medications, etc to help with their depression and if you have found any to be effective.
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Nov 28, 2012, 08:55 PM
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It helps me to take vitamins B-complex and C. I've tried valerian and st. johns wort--the valerian helps but the st johns wort doesnt
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Nov 29, 2012, 07:36 AM
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Nov 29, 2012, 10:45 AM
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I'm going to start taking a multivitamin too.
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Nov 29, 2012, 11:32 AM
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I recommend fish oil and B vitamins.
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Nov 29, 2012, 02:47 PM
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I am definitely going to look into the B vitamins.
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Nov 29, 2012, 09:19 PM
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I actually agree with b-vitamins, but I supplement caffeine with them. St. johns wort is smelly garbage to me haha.
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Nov 29, 2012, 09:32 PM
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 I also take b-vitamins, along with fish oil and vitamin C. |
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Nov 29, 2012, 09:41 PM
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In addition to those things that people have written about, I think vitamin D3 is very important. Unless people get a lot of sunlight. This is true especially in the winter. I know am taking 4,000 mgs of vitamin D. I was taking only 1,000 mg in the summer. I have a friend who got Vitamin D3 injection, or maybe it was that she took vitamin D2 liquid, from a naturopath. She said it was like turning on a lightbulb. The intense depression lifted. I am taking EPADHA also. Both the suppliments I wrote about are being increasingly recommended by MDs
As for B12, it saved me. I was having ongoing panic attacks. Nothing was helping. I was told that people who have digestive problems do not absorb vitamin B12 easily. So I got B12 cream. The painc attacks stopped. And I have never again had one again. |
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Nov 29, 2012, 09:42 PM
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fish oil and B vitamins and vitamin D with calcium. I will probably add more after I get my colonoscopy done because that internist is big on supplements.
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Nov 29, 2012, 10:18 PM
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Nov 29, 2012, 10:21 PM
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Hey, I'm a huge RHPS fan, I love your sig.
thank you for pointing out the calcium with vitamin D. I think it's necessary to absorb properly.
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Nov 29, 2012, 10:24 PM
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Nov 30, 2012, 11:13 AM
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Sorry, should have said it to yoda specifically. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Nov 30, 2012, 12:12 PM
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Nov 30, 2012, 12:54 PM
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I take high dosage vitamin D because I'm deficient. I guess it's good i take it but I haven't noticed a slightest difference.
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Dec 01, 2012, 07:50 PM
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#18
Dec 01, 2012, 08:19 PM
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I had a vitamin D supp. prescribed to me, so I take that once a week.
I do the B12 that dissolves under the tongue, Omega-3 and a multivitamin. I don't know if any of it helps with my symptoms, but I feel like it can't hurt.
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