Posted by Darwin on July 5, 2002, at 12:17:16
In reply to Vitamins...anybody swear by any in particular?, posted by jrbecker on July 5, 2002, at 2:39:46
I've noticed that vitamins can make me *more* depressed and I'm nearly certain that it is the choline bitartrate that is the main culprit. This fits into the theory that says some depressives suffer from an over active cholinergic system and therefore anything which stimulates that system (such as choline in vitamins) will aggravate their depression.
There is at least one published report that says 200-400 mcg of chromium per day helped some dysthymics. I take chromium but have not noticed any antidepressant effect from it.
I have also read that selenium may have a mild mood elevating effect. I take 200 mcg per day and I think it may help a little.
Darwin
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