Posted by Larry Hoover on February 14, 2005, at 7:16:04
In reply to question on fish oil and allergies. Please help., posted by jeffreyms on February 13, 2005, at 20:54:04
> Hello!
> I am new to this board but have read a lot of posts and it seems to be a very helpful frendly resource so I thought would join.
> To get straight to the point, I have depression, gad, and bad fatigue that has all been agrivated by the recent death of my father to brain cancer at 57 and having to switch to third shift at work. I also was tested for food and inhalent allergies and was found to be allergic to every food tested and most inhalents.What kind of testing, Jeff? There are some purely bogus methods "out there".
> I was told to try eating things that i normaly don't eat so i began eating tuna every day and when i got tested for that after eating it every day with a patch test i had a huge blister on my arm i was so allergic to it.
They did a tuna-specific patch test? If you were truly allergic, you'd have major symptoms from eating it, quite apart from the patch test. Could you describe what you mean by "patch test"?
> so i learned i have to rotate things that i eat to lesson the chances of getting allergic/more allergic to them. I noticed that when i eat catfish cooked with olive oil or take salmon fish oil caps i feel much more relaxed and seem to feel less depressed and more energetic but it only seems to last anywhere from 2-8 hours. Does anyone else have this type of situation or could anyone offer some advice on what to do?
Equating a low omega-3 whole fish (lots of protein) and a pure fat omega-3 source is not an easy thing to do, intellectually. From your description, though, I'd suggest you take multiple doses of the fish oil, to extend the effect throughout your waking hours.
> I'm afraid if i take to much of the salmon oil or any kind of fish oil that i will get allergic to it so I am going to try to get fish oil from different types of fish and rotate them but i'm still afraid of getting allergic to them.
Allergies are always caused by proteins. There's no protein in fish oil.
> some of the symptoms i get of food allergies is more fatigue and depression so that would be counterproductive.
Those are not symptoms of allergic response.
> But i think if i can find a good fish oil regime it will improve my allergies and other problems. Sorry for the long post thank you VERY much for any advice and good luck to all of you. Jeff
Were you tested using an electrodermal device?
Lar
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