Posted by alexcanada on November 9, 2010, at 3:28:00
In reply to Feeling Much Improved, posted by bleauberry on November 8, 2010, at 5:44:07
i'm glad you are feel much better. i myself am looking to try a more healthy approach assuming it's not too expensive since i can't afford much.
which of these would you recommend for someone with strong depression (caused by accutane which is vitamin A overdose) and to a much lesser degree social anxiety.
my strongest symptoms usually are poor drive, poor motivation, lack of enjoyment, very poor concentration, very poor memory (ECT made it worse), low sense of reward, on and off low energy, on and off heavy insomnia (depending on my med).
if you or anyone has any input i would very much appreciate any suggestions.
> Japanese Knotweed 2 caps tid
> Metagenics D3 5000iu
> Emergen-C 1000mg bid
> Thorne B Complex#12
> Thornie Ultimate E
> Country Life Max For Men 1/4 bid
> Glucosamine Sulfate tid
> Biosil 4 drops
> Garden of Life Perfect Food cap at each eating
> Thorne Pic-Mins
> Magnesium Malate tid
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> Not quite as straight forward as regular stuff from the store, because these particular products have a variety of different things in them....for example the B-Complex has two different kinds of B6, 2 different kinds of B12, etc, and the E is in three different forms.....all so that if there is any kind of metabolic roadblock or genetic problem in converting these, the right stuff is provided to account for that.
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> The entire handful of supplements has several targets...
> Inflammation
> Unknown infection bacterial or fungal
> Neurotransmitter production
> Collagen production
> General detox...ample good stuff going in, rapid removal or displacement of bad stuff.
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> Japanese Knotweed is not only a premiere base herb for infections of all kinds and inflammation, but is the world's most potent source of Resveratrol, which in on its own is a superstar.
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> Overall global improvement after 2 weeks....60%.
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> Improvement in:
> Depression 70%
> Motivation/anhedonia 75%
> Anxiety 95%
> Body,muscle, joint pains 40%
> Brain fog 50%
> Energy/endurance 50%
> Attitude at morning waking 60%.
> Hydradenitis 40%
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> I wish I could say any of the dozens of psych meds I took over the last 15 years had done as well. But they didn't. I am still a fan, I just think people rely on them too much as sole treatments or firstline treatments or longterm treatments, when in my opinion they should not be any of those. Depression is caused by stuff. Fix the stuff.
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> But wait, bleauberry, you are an odd case, what works for you won't work for the rest of us. I can hear it already.
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> Diet is also very clean, organic mostly, with balanced veggies, meats, very little sugars or anything you can't pronounce. Also gluten free and limited dairy.
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> Even if none of the things I've mentioned were a problem, the supplements are perfectly healthy and pro-health. No harm done in a failure. But, where stubborn depression exists, one or all of those problems are very very likely present.
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