Posted by jay samson on December 10, 2000, at 3:06:27
In reply to How long did it take for SAM-e to start working?, posted by mist on December 9, 2000, at 14:07:59
It seems like it took about a month for the SAM-e to start working for my wife - and it kind of crept up on both of us. It wasn't a sudden brightening or anything - just less vulnerability to the depressed and hopeless feelings she had been having all her life.
She gets the Omega-3's from flaxseed oil capsules and Fish Oil capsules from the Vitamin Shop catalog . She takes a good quality multivitamin that has all the B vitamins - I guess thats esp. important when taking SAM-e so it doesn't raise your homocysteine level or something(which would be bad for your heart).
I know a lot of sources say to start off with 200mg twice a day with SAM-e and then move up in dose if needed to as high as 1600 mg/day. Given how expensive it is I'm not sure if too many people could afford that. Of course Rx meds aren't cheap either.
Personally I take Effexor XR - natural is good but I prefer going with the tried and true. I hope that if you give SAM-e a try it works for you - my wife really likes it and I am grateful that she doesn't have to suffer with her depression. Plus there doesn't seem to be any of the side effects that go along with so many of the prescription meds - I know from trying lots of meds how fun that isn't. Good Luck! Jay
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