Posted by Hugh on July 30, 2012, at 16:08:18
In reply to Gamma linolenic acid and depression, posted by Tomatheus on July 26, 2012, at 21:15:34
> Finally, does anyone have any ideas as to why gamma linolenic acid supplements only seem to exert antidepressant benefits during the first few days of being administered -- at least in me?
It could be that you're taking too much of it.
Michael Norden has a chapter on combining fish oil and GLA in Beyond Prozac. Norden and Barry
Sears (author of The Zone diet books) recommend taking tiny amounts of GLA -- only a few milligrams a week. (A capsule of evening primrose oil typically contains 90 mg of GLA.) It might be in Omega Rx Zone that Sears discusses GLA at length. He writes that people typically do well on it in the beginning, but then its benefits begin to fade because they're taking way too much of it. When I've taken the huge amounts of GLA in evening primrose and borage oil capsules, it's made me feel very irritable. What I do now is prick a capsule with a pin, squeeze out a drop or two, and then keep the capsule in a sandwich bag in the refrigerator to use again in a few days.
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