I have been on anti depressants for a long time but just recently started taking cod liver oil too. The first time I did I had the most horrendous day emotionally but thought it was a coincidence. Have been taking them again for 5 days and really bad mood wise. Just wondering if it may be related. Anyone got any experoence?
2006-11-22 03:15:33 · 15 answers · asked by soniamaya81 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
the symptoms sound totally psychosomatic and unrelated just like the placebo effect sorry
2006-11-25 08:08:08 · answer #1 · answered by arfa54321 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There could be something in the above and your symptoms could be part of the cycle of the condition - irritability is at times a sign you are on the way up from a deep depression. Really you need to see your doctor to review how effective your medication is and it certainly would not hurt to stop the cod liver oil but it is my understanding that it would be several days of an abrubt halt to medication before you would suffer rebound symptoms as SSRI's are slow to achieve therapeutic level and slow to fall below that also. Get it checked.
2006-11-22 05:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by william john l 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have tried all sorts of pills over the years and none of them worked for me - not saying that will be case for everyone though.
I read somewhere that when you are feeling depressed, your thoughts are either in the past or living out a future that has not happened yet. If you bring your thoughts back to right now, this very moment, as you look at the screen, go to the toilet, cook a meal etc you cannot be depressed. Try focusing on the present right now. You will feel better. It is simple, but not easy.
2006-11-22 06:33:20 · answer #3 · answered by GT 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fish oil is supposed to contain omega-3 fatty acids that are supposed to help with neurone metabolism and hence is supposed to help with emotional and cognitive orders. That's a lot of suppositions, though. I tried fish oil (without the antidepressants) and it did nothing but make my fridge smell for a week.
Add to this that some antidepressants can be dangerous if taken with foods high in tyrosine. If you are on MAO inhibitors, you should avoid herring, for example. Not likely that the oil is going to contain a lot of tyrosine (as it is an amino acid) though.
But it could be either that the fish oil is inhibiting the digestion of the antidepressant, as one other contributor has suggested, or that there is some reaction between an ingredient of fish oil and your particular medication.
If it doesn't feel good, don't do it! :-)
2006-11-22 04:03:07 · answer #4 · answered by keith 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Two things: one, cod liver oil is not absorbed into your system from your intestines, so it can't possibly help with depression. Secondly, if you take it with your oral antidepressant, it will block absorption of that medicine from your stomach and small intestine. It'll be as if you didn't take your antidepressant at all. My suggestion would be to quit the cod liver oil and then to look up whomever gave you the idea that cod liver oil helps depression and relieve your depression by beating him up, 'cause he's a blamed fool!
2006-11-22 03:35:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not as such, tablets like St Johns Wort are known to help depression just check against any other medication you are taking to make sure they can be taken together. Also it should not be taken if you are on the oral contraceptive as it can make it fail. Hope you are ok x
2016-03-29 05:33:13 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was on tablets 4 6 yrs coz i felt so bloody low and couldnt snap out of the way i was feeling anyway il cut this short 4 u as dont want to bore u but i took myself off them and it was hard 4 me as id been tking them so long but after speaking to sum1 at the place i worked he told me2 try ST.JOHNS WORT u can get them from any chemist,health food shop,tesco,sainsburys asda etc u take 1 a day u dont feel any benefits4 bout 6 wks but they do work as they are a natural herbal non addictive anti depressant , i dont take them anymore as i do ok without them but its worth giving it a go ,they will have you back 2 ur old self but as i said dont expect results straight away give them ago and good luck
2006-11-22 09:20:40 · answer #7 · answered by greyhound mummy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cod liver oil is no good for depression. come off the anti depressants. and try a month on st johns wort. a great herbal depressant that is prescribed by doctors in germany and other european countries. youl'll get it at any supermarket or chemist
2006-11-22 03:32:05 · answer #8 · answered by briangimma 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Don't make a poor fish suffer just because you are. I suffer from depression, but I would never inflict pain on someone else just to reduce the symptoms. There are other ways to make you feel better.
2006-11-22 04:06:59 · answer #9 · answered by joy_hardyman2003 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i have depression too but was never recommended them. I hear they are carcinogenic and I know we are told that about alot of products. best thing is not to take them if they don't agree with you. take vitamin B complex or bach rescue remedy. Good luck.
2006-11-22 03:20:47 · answer #10 · answered by cherub 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋