Supplements That May Prevent Or Treat Tardive Dyskinesia

These supplements may help prevent or treat Tardive Dyskinesia. Please talk to your Doctor about whether you should take these or not.

Common Vitamins and Supplements to Treat tardive-dyskinesia

Interesting.

I do believe that B6 might help because it helps me ameliorate EPS from APs, and there is evidence supporting its use. My psychiatrist researched the issue and recommended it. You need a high enough dose, but not too high, or B6 can become toxic. I further researched the issue back then (in the fall of 2023) and learned that to optimize taking B6, you also need to take a B-complex alongside it—and with food.

Regarding Gingko, my neurologist said that there is no evidence supporting its use in the prevention of TD, but it might help treat TD.

Regarding piracetam, it is a nootropic and should be used with extreme caution if you have Bipolar. It essentially acts as a stimulant and can cause mania (happened to me years before I was diagnosed with bipolar). It is a supplement used by students to boost memory and learning abilities for a reason – it performs as if it were a stimulant, with accompanying side effects. But I imagine that someone with MDD and anxiety can actually benefit from this kind of drug. Note that it has the status of a supplement in the US, but in some other countries, where it is used widely, it has the status of a regulated pharmaceutical agent.

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Originally Posted by Tart Cherry Jam Interesting. I do believe that B6 might help because it helps me ameliorate EPS from APs, and there is evidence supporting its use. My psychiatrist researched the issue and recommended it. You need a high enough dose, but not too high, or B6 can become toxic. I further researched the issue back then (in the fall of 2023) and learned that to optimize taking B6, you also need to take a B-complex alongside it—and with food. Regarding Gingko, my neurologist said that there is no evidence supporting its use in the prevention of TD, but it might help treat TD. Regarding piracetam, it is a nootropic and should be used with extreme caution if you have Bipolar. It essentially acts as a stimulant and can cause mania (happened to me years before I was diagnosed with bipolar). It is a supplement used by students to boost memory and learning abilities for a reason – it performs as if it were a stimulant, with accompanying side effects. But I imagine that someone with MDD and anxiety can actually benefit from this kind of drug. Note that it has the status of a supplement in the US, but in some other countries, where it is used widely, it has the status of a regulated pharmaceutical agent.

Now this is not exactly for bipolar, but I have noticed taking fish oil supplements (2 1000 mg sofgels, the burpless variety) daily helps a bit with anxiety. It also brings down your triglycerides if APs cause you to have high triglycerides or you just have high trigylcerides inherently (like my H). Fish oil brought down both our trigylcerides. But there are some who should not take it, like people with liver scarring, diabetes, if you have bleeding issues or are allergic to fish/shellfish.

Which one is burpless variety? I used to take fish oil capsules, but hated the aftertaste. Not exactly burped, no, but had the unpleasant taste in the mouth.

Then I wrote to my PCP, describing my diet (I eat regularly: canned salmon, canned tuna, pickled herring, sardines, salmon roe) and she released me from the duty to take fish oil, because I consume enough from the diet.

Still, if there were completely inoffensive capsules, I would try them again, maybe on days when I do not eat fish.