Posted by KaraS on November 14, 2004, at 16:01:29
In reply to Fish oil » KaraS, posted by tealady on November 13, 2004, at 21:27:37
> > Could I have read a while back that fish oil can make neuro receptors more sensitive? (I could be confusing it with phosphatidylserine and/or ginkgo - or does this pertain to all of these?) If that's the case for the fish oil or these other supplements, then could I make my hypersensitive dopamine autoreceptor problem worse by taking any of them?
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> yes it tends to..but only by the effect of maybe "unblocking" receptors that needed to be unblocked..like correcting some resistance possibly. I know the unblocking type effects have been reported by individual users..don't know of any studies on it though.
> It is only a positive.
I'm trying to figure out what unblocking means in terms of hypersensitive receptors. Does it mean that it prevents them from holding up too much of the neurotransmitter? In other words, does unblocking them mean that it forces the autoreceptors to push out more neurotransmitter? If so, it would definitely make sense for me to increase my dosage.I think I may have had an incredible insight just now. I was answering a post to JLx and I was talking about fish oil and the fact that I took a large dosage of good quality stuff years ago. I bought the stuff from the holistic doctor's office. At that time I was taking balanced omegas (not just EPO) for a skin rash problem. I didn't know anything about its positive effects against depression at the time. It didn't help at all for the skin problem and I ultimately stopped taking it. Around that same time or possibly a little later (wish I could remember exactly), I started taking Prozac. I got a good response from it for about a month (the only good AD response I've ever had) and then it pooped out. Now I'm wondering if the response I thought I had to Prozac was really a response to the fish oil. Maybe Prozac didn't poop out after one month. Maybe it never worked at all and the poop out was more a response to stopping the fish oil? Wish I knew exactly what the time frame was for all of this. It would probably be easier just to try the fish oil again rather than try to go back and figure out the past. Hmmmm. Lots to think about now.
Thanks Jan!
Kara
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