I'm feeling a lot better since I've started taking supplements. Right now, I'm taking taurine, magnesium, potassium, omega-3's (several different ones), grape seed extract, pharmagaba (love this stuff), vitamin D3, multi-vitamin. I've got a few more to add soon, b-complex, calcium citrate with magnesium and d3, and alpha-lineoc-acid, hmmm not sure I spelled that one right.
So far these supplements have taken away my anger. I had so much anger and I could not control it. Now, the anger isn't even there, so I don't have to control it, it's just gone.
I think that I've managed to stop the hypomanic behavior, but now the supps are pulling me down a little, so I need to balance them back up a bit. I tend to have mixed episodes so I'm sure I will need to take a balance of amino-acids.
I'm giving Kylie some supps also, not as many as I'm taking but I'm starting her up slowly and watching her behavior to see how it's going. She has trouble sleeping, she can't fall asleep, and then she can't stay asleep once she's finally fallen asleep. It's sort of like a fight to stay asleep.
So I'm off to bed, all my supps are kicking in. Oh one more thing, I'm having to very slowly wean myself off clonazepam. I used to take 1mg every night to go to sleep. Now I'm taking .75. After one week I'll go to .50, then .25. I hope this approach will work.
Bron
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Did you find which supplements to take somewhere in a book or online? I'd like to read it if you did.
I love Gillian McKeith she is on that BBC show "You are what you eat".
From reading her books I take Milk Thistle, Kelp, And a couple others, I'd love to learn about more.
Hi Dina,
Sorry for the delay in answering. I just had foot surgery and life has been hectic.
I found which supplements to take in a bipolar forum at about.com. I still have a LOT to learn, but I have learned that certain amino acids are exitatory and other ones are inhibitory. Finding the right ones to use at the right time is the key to keeping the bipolar moods stable. I don't have the right ones yet, but I'm still working on it. If you'd like I can get you in touch with the man that helped me in that forum.
I have that Gillian McKeith book, "You are what you eat". I haven't had a minute to really read it yet though. I don't think I'd take the time that she says is necessary to do all that cooking. Of course I would if my life depended on it.
Do you take milk thistle for your liver? What does kelp help with?
Janet
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