Posted by jedi on April 26, 2006, at 1:40:13
In reply to Re: chromium picolinate for depression » Meri-Tuuli, posted by gardenergirl on April 21, 2006, at 7:23:11
Hi GG,
Here is an interesting study on chromium picolinate in atypical depression and for carb cravings. This is interesting to me because when I'm taking Nardil the carb cravings I have are almost unbearable. If I could stop the carb cravings maybe taking Nardil for life wouldn't be so bad.
Take care,
JediJ Psychiatr Pract. 2005 Sep;11(5):302-14.
A double-blind, placebo-controlled, exploratory trial of chromium picolinate in atypical depression: effect on carbohydrate craving.
Docherty JP, Sack DA, Roffman M, Finch M, Komorowski JR.
Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16184071&query_hl=3&itool=pubmed_docsum
> Well what do you know? I've been taking only 400 mcg for a couple of weeks now, in two doses, breakfast and lunch. And the last couple of weeks, I couldn't figure out why I was getting such huge carb cravings right before bed. That's when I take my last Nardil.
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> Hmmm, light bulb going off. Maybe the last dose of chromium, which I would take with dinner, was preventing these before? Maybe it actually does work. And before someone mentioned it, I didn't notice feeling particularly activated when taking 200 mcg at night, which is why I dropped that last dose. (I thought it might be affecting my sleep).
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> So, to confirm, I'm going to go back to 600 mcg, divided in three doses. I'll let y'all know how it goes.
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> gg
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