Posted by bleauberry on August 6, 2010, at 20:35:22
In reply to Cymbalta interactions with supplements?, posted by chujoe on August 4, 2010, at 19:31:02
I think with supplements, we pretty much have to let our bodies tell us what is good or bad, what it wants or doesn't want. Of course, we have to try to something to find out.
Tyrosine makes sense. I would probably go for DLPA before tyrosine though. Does the same as tyrosine plus more, such as prolonging the life of your natural opioids.
I would strongly suggest using much lower doses than you can buy. You'll have to make your own custom doses. I wouldn't start any higher than 50mg on either of them, and increase by 50mg every 3rd day or so. For one, you don't want to rock the boat too much and potentially destabilize a good place you are in. Second, there are meds involved, so all bets are off. Easy and slow does it. In my opinion.
There are probably a lot of supps to consider. SAMe, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, and geez lots of stuff.
> I've been taking Cymbalta 60 mg for several months now with no serious side effects. It has really allowed me to break out of a long depression and periodic acute anxiety. More recently, I've been diagnosed with ADD & prescribed Ritalin. I take 30 mg. I'm not in a hurry to get off either of these drugs since both have helped me a great deal, but I have been adding supplements with the idea that I might be able to eventually tapper down the prescription drugs either to a low dose or eliminate them altogether.
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> So here are my supplements, as of now:
> 2400 mg fish oil
> multivitamin
> B complex with 10 mg B6, 25 mcg B 12, etc
> 2000 IU of vitamin D3
> 2000 mg vitamin C
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> I'm thinking of adding 500 mg of Tyrosine to support dopamine.
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> Does anyone see any potential problems with this combination?
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