Posted by Ellie on December 9, 2000, at 8:37:52
In reply to Re: Fish Oil/ Clozaril connection, posted by Crinklebender on December 9, 2000, at 7:11:23
> Fish oil contains a fatty acid called EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid). This is the fatty acid that people with mental illnesses need to focus on. Researchers have found that people with schizophrenia have depleted fatty acids in their systems due to an overactive enzyme called the cPLA2 enzyme. This enzyme is tearing down fatty acids from the system too quickly. Your brain cell membranes are made up specifically of fatty acids. People with serious mental illnesses have brain cells membranes that are depleted of their fatty acid content. Your brain is made up of specific fatty acids found mainly in fish oil (it really comes from plankton the fish eat). EPA, found in fish oil, blocks the action of the overactive enzyme that is causing the problem. EPA and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) found in fish oil are also the fatty acids that make up the brain cells membranes, so by taking a good brand of fish oil suppliment, you are inhibiting the overactive enzyme, and replacing the lost fatty acids at the same time. People with mental illness do not have a brain disorder, they have a blood lipid disorder. Unfortunately, the symtoms of a blood lipid disorder come out as depression, delusions, and schizophrenic symtoms. Important to note, this in not a brain disease! The symtoms only appear that way. I know alot about this subject because I spent nearly a year researching new medications for my sister who has serious bi polar disorder. I looked and looked for something that would help her, and then I stumbled upon fish oil. Nothing helped her previously, until fish oil. You need to go the the health food store and buy fish oil that has the highest concentration of EPA that you can find. I recommend the amount that my sister takes, which is 2 grams of EPA a day. (There are 1000 miligrams in one grams) She takes 6 pills a day (her pills are good, they contain 330ml of EPA per pill). Get a good concentrated brand, not the cheap "store version". I have seen the recovery with my own eyes in my sister, and others like her who now take fish oil. It works!
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