Posted by Ellie on December 9, 2000, at 21:26:43
In reply to Ellie, you studied for a whole year. Wow!!!!!!, posted by Bradley on December 9, 2000, at 12:05:00
> Actually, I've studied about mental illness for about 4 years, since my sisters first diagnosis. The last year I have been doing research into fish oil for an alternative mood stablizer other that Depakote. If you don't believe me, get on the internet and look it up yourself. If was first discovered in the UK 6 years ago by researches at the Sheffield University. They took blood samples of people with schizophrenia, and discovered that they had depleted fatty acid levels in their blood streams. The depleted fatty acid levels where found to be expressed through out the body, including the brain. Many people with schizophrenia also have joint disorders, which is known to be caused by low fatty acid levels. So, they decided to suppliment these individuals with fatty acids, and found that the people started to lose their schizophrenic symtoms. You see,the United States pharmacutical companies don't want you to know about this breakthrough discovery. They have too much money invested in medications that don't always work, and have many side effects. To think that something as simple as fish oil, that is readily available to anyone, can cure a devastating illness like schizophrenia is something those companies don't want to hear, and apparently, its just too good for you to believe either.
The Sheffield University has now set up a labratory specifically designated to study this phenomenon of fish oil in the treatment of mental illness.
Ultimately, the goal now is to produce medicines that have the same effect as fish oil, but that work at a stronger level. Medicines that inhibit the cPLA2 ensyme. Like I said, look it up on the internet for yourself.
Does snake oil work as well.
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> > > 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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