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For me, Vit D gives me severe depression. I take about 1000mg a day. This 1000mg comes from calcium, and vit supplementsi. I have tried taking more, and within 2-3 days, I'm severely depressed. I've tried upping my vit d on three different occasions and cant..Of course each person is different..

Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), weak adrenals, 37 w/hormones of 80 yo. right arm neuropathy. + for cpni, myco, EBVi, CMV. on NACi 3600mg, doxyi 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, estriol, progesterone, synthroid, and pulsing w/flagyli.

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Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), adrenal fatigue, 37 w/hormones of 80,. right arm neuropathy. + cpni, myco, EBVi, CMV. NACi 4000mg, doxyi 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, progesterone, estriol, synthroid, pulse flagyli, tinii<

I take, for depression, specifically, Inositol capsules. 

Last year, at this time, on the urging of my MD who advised pharmaceutical antidepressants can cause permanent to the neuroi transmitters in our brain; I weaned myself off them.  It was a difficult job that hit home to me these drugs are highly addictive.

I settled on non addictive Inositol after trying SAMe & Lithium (found at most health food companies).  They all worked for me as well as the other, but I found the Inositol to be more cost effective.

I take all the supplementsi recommended here for the protocol except horny goat weed as it is more suited for men & testosterone.  Too much testosterone causes me to grow a mustache!  I don't need to fight with my husband about using his razor, lol. 

I also take progesterone cream (from yams), pregnenalone & 7 keto DHEAi I buy from the health food company on line.  I do not take perscription hormone replacement as breast cancer worries me.

This is just what I do.

CFIDSi/ME 25yrs, FMSi, IBSi, EBVi, Cpni, (insomnia - melatonini, GABA, tarazadone, triazolam, novocycloprine, allergy formula, 3 gm tryptophan), Natural HRT peri-M, NACi 2.5 gm, 6-07 Doxy 200 mg day pm, Azith 375 mg M/W/Fday, 2-6-08 6th pulse 1 X 375 mg 5day

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CFIDSi/ME 32 yrs, FMSi, IBSi, EBVi, CMV, Cpni, chronic insomnia, Lymes, HME, Natural HRT peri-M, NACi 2.5 gm, 6-07 Doxy 200 mg day pm, Azith 375 mg M/W/Fday, Pulse#13 1240 mg X 3 days 8-7-08

Sharon, have you tried taking Vit D whilst not taking calcium? I ask because calcium makes me severely depressed.  Also we have similar health profiles and no doubt both of us have disregulated calcium metabolism. I wonder if the Vit D is making you depressed purely by increasing calcium absorption?

CFSi. Started CAPi 03-07.
Currently: Azithro+Roxi+Doxyi. 7 Pulses done. Welchol 4xday. Sauna every other day. D 7200IU

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Hunter: Don't think - experiment

Rhodiola rosea for depression works great. I know from first-hand experience that it works for better than prescription antidepressants. It also gives you energy and improves mental clarity unlike prescription antidepressants that just make you feel sedated.

Pro-Gest cream helps with the monthly moodiness if that's an issue for you.

Asthmai, chronic sinusitis/rhinitis, chronic tendonitis, hypothyroid. Jan 9, '08 started Azithromycin 1000mg/week.

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GFAi - asthmai, sinusitis/rhinitis, tendonitis, low back pain, hypothyroid. Started azi 1000mg/week Jan 9, '08. Increased azi to 250mg/day, added 20mg Benicar daily Mar 13, '08. First Flagyli pulse started June 30, '08. Added Doxyi 200mg/day Aug 16.

I noticed that a mild depression that had been with me since my early teens lifted after about 3 months of taking both fish oils (about 18 grams a day) and vitamin di (D3 6000 IU per day with calcium and magnesium). 

Some simple google searches confirmed my 'findings'!

Rudi 

CAPi since 04/27/2007 for very early MS

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CAPi since 04/27/2007 for very early MSi

Lynn, try googling Depression and Omaga-3 fatty acids.  Yes, what rudi says has been documented by a I think, an Harvard based MD, there is a book, cannot think of the name but amazon.com it.  Omega-3 is on our list of supplementsi.  I buy mine from www.zoneliving.com 

LouiseCFS/ME.CPnPositive.BbPositive.Started6/24/07WheldonCAP.OnDoxy, Roxi,2/3/08TiniPulse# 4 completed Cholestyramine 2packetsBedtimeforPorphoriaandDie-offSymptomsOf Fatigue,Brainfog,MoodDisturbances,BalanceFromApoptosis.

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Louise-CFSi, CPN+/Bb+ Wheldon CAPi 6/07, Cholestyramine1-2pksHSforPorphoria& Endotoxinsi, Doxy100daily,Roxi300BID,Tini500mgBIDpulses,VitD3-4000IU,MagnascentIodine,{S.O.D.3/QD[KAL Brand],+Pyruvate3.75G+SAM-eForEnergy}

Sorry I haven't commented yet. I'm reading your responses and re-reading. I'm trying to make a list of questions/alternatives for doc in 2 weeks. Thank you all. I'll keep checking in.

Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, Inflammatory Bowel Diseasei, Tinnitusi, Hypothyroidism, Fibromyalgia, Hx of Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures, CFSi, EBV

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Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, CFS, Hypothyroidism, Fibromyalgiai, Myofascial Syndrome, IBD, Tinnitusi, Hx Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures

 Lynn- the fish oils are, pardon the pun, a no-brainer. Do them no matter what. In the prescription antidepressant area I've seen the dual-reuptake inhibitors like Cymbalta and Effexor to be better than the single ones like prozac or celexa, and better than the old-style antidepressants like nortryptiline. Some people do better on Wellbutrin, as it has more energizing effect for CFSi'ers, and is commonly combined safely with other antidepressants such as nortryptiline for a boosting effect. If you are benefiting from the nortryptiline in other ways (eg sleep, etc) you might try getting your doc to add the Wellbutrin and see if that takes up the slack.

CAPi for Cpni 11/04. Dx: 25yrs CFS & FMSi. Protocol: 200mg Doxyi, 500mg MWF Azith, Tinii 1000mg/day pulses; Vit D1000 units, INH 150mg, Magnascent Iodine 20 drps/day, T4 & T3

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CAPi for Cpni 11/04. Dx: 25yrs CFSi & FMSi. Currently: 150mg BID Roxithromycin, Doxycycline 100mg BID, Tinii 1000mg/day pulses; Vit D2000 units, T4 & T3

Sunni and Ruthless--how much do you take of RR and Iosonitol per day?

Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), weak adrenals, 37 w/hormones of 80 yo. right arm neuropathy. + for cpni, myco, EBVi, CMV. on NACi 5000mg, doxyi 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, estriol, progesterone, synthroid, and pulsing w/flagyli.

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Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), adrenal fatigue, 37 w/hormones of 80,. right arm neuropathy. + cpni, myco, EBVi, CMV. NACi 4000mg, doxyi 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, progesterone, estriol, synthroid, pulse flagyli, tinii<

Sharon, I take 300mg daily of New Chapter Force 300. My husband, however, seems to be quite happy with just 150mg of rhodiola from Ameriden's Rosavin. Typical dosages are 100mg-400mg, starting with the lowest and working up until you feel results. Taking more than you need is not dangerous but taking too much tends to be more sedating rather than energizing so it's important to find your "just right" dose.

Asthmai, chronic sinusitis/rhinitis, chronic tendonitis, hypothyroid. Jan 9, '08 started Azithromycin 1000mg/week.

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GFAi - asthmai, sinusitis/rhinitis, tendonitis, low back pain, hypothyroid. Started azi 1000mg/week Jan 9, '08. Increased azi to 250mg/day, added 20mg Benicar daily Mar 13, '08. First Flagyli pulse started June 30, '08. Added Doxyi 200mg/day Aug 16.

Sunni and Ruth:

Have you found a cost effective online store for Inositol and Rhodiola? How much Inositol are you taking daily? 

Thanks!

Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, Inflammatory Bowel Diseasei, Tinnitusi, Hypothyroidism, History of Fibromyalgiai, Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures, CFSi, Chronic

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Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, CFS, Hypothyroidism, Fibromyalgiai, Myofascial Syndrome, IBD, Tinnitusi, Hx Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures

I buy my rhodiola from vitacost.com. They seem to have the best prices for a lot of supplementsi.

Asthmai, chronic sinusitis/rhinitis, chronic tendonitis, hypothyroid. Jan 9, '08 started Azithromycin 1000mg/week.

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GFAi - asthmai, sinusitis/rhinitis, tendonitis, low back pain, hypothyroid. Started azi 1000mg/week Jan 9, '08. Increased azi to 250mg/day, added 20mg Benicar daily Mar 13, '08. First Flagyli pulse started June 30, '08. Added Doxyi 200mg/day Aug 16.

Hi Lynn,

I buy the Inositol from American Nutrition & use the NOW Foods make.  I take 2 - 4 capsules a day.  Usually I take 2 AM & 1 PM unless I can feel some "depression" signs rearing.  I know I have to take a bit more when I start feeling insecure & nay saying!

CFIDSi/ME 25yrs, FMSi, IBSi, EBVi, Cpni, (insomnia - melatonini, GABA, tarazadone, triazolam, novocycloprine, allergy formula, 3 gm tryptophan), Natural HRT peri-M, NACi 2.5 gm, 6-07 Doxy 200 mg day pm, Azith 375 mg M/W/Fday, 2-6-08 6th pulse 1 X 375 mg 5day

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CFIDSi/ME 32 yrs, FMSi, IBSi, EBVi, CMV, Cpni, chronic insomnia, Lymes, HME, Natural HRT peri-M, NACi 2.5 gm, 6-07 Doxy 200 mg day pm, Azith 375 mg M/W/Fday, Pulse#13 1240 mg X 3 days 8-7-08

Hi Ruth, 

If i take 2 am and 2 pm will the pm keep me awake? Or should i take more am?

Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, Inflammatory Bowel Diseasei, Tinnitusi, Hypothyroidism, History of Fibromyalgiai, Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures, CFSi, Chronic

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Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, CFS, Hypothyroidism, Fibromyalgiai, Myofascial Syndrome, IBD, Tinnitusi, Hx Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures

Garcia,

I have a similar profile as you and Sharon. Please tell me about Vit D and calcium and depression. 

Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, Inflammatory Bowel Diseasei, Tinnitusi, Hypothyroidism, History of Fibromyalgiai, Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures, CFSi, Chronic

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Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, CFS, Hypothyroidism, Fibromyalgiai, Myofascial Syndrome, IBD, Tinnitusi, Hx Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures

Slight improvement, stopped DHEA altogether. Yesterday I added D-Ribose, charcoal caps, gatorade and Inositol. The first time i could feel a difference within an hour. Today i can tell a slight improvement, not as obvious as yesterday. 

Conflictual information: it says to drink sports drinks but not intake sucrose or fructose and this is what they are sweetened with. What to do??

Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, Inflammatory Bowel Diseasei, Tinnitusi, Hypothyroidism, History of Fibromyalgiai, Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures, CFSi, Chronic

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Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, CFS, Hypothyroidism, Fibromyalgiai, Myofascial Syndrome, IBD, Tinnitusi, Hx Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures

Stopped Dheai altogether 

Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, Inflammatory Bowel Diseasei, Tinnitusi, Hypothyroidism, History of Fibromyalgiai, Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures, CFSi, Chronic

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Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, CFS, Hypothyroidism, Fibromyalgiai, Myofascial Syndrome, IBD, Tinnitusi, Hx Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures

Hi Lynn,

I take my evening Inositol after dinner with my other supplementsi.   I can't tell you if it keeps me up specifically; with the supplementsi they can keep you up when your body wants to rest & heal at night.

I am still taking 7 Keto DHEAi; why did you stop taking it?

CFIDSi/ME 25yrs, FMSi, IBSi, EBVi, Cpni, (insomnia - melatonini, GABA, tarazadone, triazolam, novocycloprine, allergy formula, 3 gm tryptophan), Natural HRT peri-M, NACi 2.5 gm, 6-07 Doxy 200 mg day pm, Azith 375 mg M/W/Fday, 2-6-08 6th pulse 1 X 375 mg 5day

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CFIDSi/ME 32 yrs, FMSi, IBSi, EBVi, CMV, Cpni, chronic insomnia, Lymes, HME, Natural HRT peri-M, NACi 2.5 gm, 6-07 Doxy 200 mg day pm, Azith 375 mg M/W/Fday, Pulse#13 1240 mg X 3 days 8-7-08

I stopped for cost effectiveness and I'm going to have doc test my adrenals and thyroid next week and see what he wants me to do. Within 2 days of stopping it i could tell a difference in the depression, it lifted a little. And i could not afford yet one more supp by going and getting the progesterone!

Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, Inflammatory Bowel Diseasei, Tinnitusi, Hypothyroidism, History of Fibromyalgiai, Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures, CFSi, Chronic

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Lynn

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Cpni, Mpn, CFS, Hypothyroidism, Fibromyalgiai, Myofascial Syndrome, IBD, Tinnitusi, Hx Partial Temporal Lobe Seizures

 Lynn- Glucose/dextrose is the ideal, but sucrose/fructose will get pretty readily converted. A discussion a while back said that "corn syrup" has more glucose while "high fructose corn syrup" does not. There's a product called "gookinade" which is a powder you mix. But if the regular sports drinks do okay for you, use them as they are cheaper.

CAPi for Cpni 11/04. Dx: 25yrs CFSi & FMSi. Protocol: 200mg Doxyi, 500mg MWF Azith, Tinii 1000mg/day pulses; Vit D1000 units, INHi 150mg, Magnascent Iodine 20 drps/day, T4 & T3

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CAPi for Cpni 11/04. Dx: 25yrs CFSi & FMSi. Currently: 150mg BID Roxithromycin, Doxycycline 100mg BID, Tinii 1000mg/day pulses; Vit D2000 units, T4 & T3

 Lynn, i'm not sure if you still have periods or not..I do. for me, I noticed the increase in depression, fatigue and decreased motivation the second half of my cycle. i think the reason being is that from day 5-12 (give or take a day), we are naturally estrogen dominant. Then days 17 to 25 (give or take) we are naturally progesterone dominant. The dheai converts into our estrogens. so, days 5-12, i was better but I was naturally suppose to be estrogen dominant. but i felt lousy the rest of the month b/c I had to much estrogen in a progesterone dominant part of my cycle. so, if you still have cycles, you might want to make a chart and start noticing if you see a trend. I sure did. it took me about 3 months before I realized what was going on. 

also, it maybe that your hormones are out of whack and you may need estrogens as well as progesterones. I did. 

Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), weak adrenals, 37 w/hormones of 80 yo. right arm neuropathy. + for cpni, myco, EBVi, CMV. on NACi 5000mg, doxyi 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, estriol, progesterone, synthroid, and pulsing w/flagyli.

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Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), adrenal fatigue, 37 w/hormones of 80,. right arm neuropathy. + cpni, myco, EBVi, CMV. NACi 4000mg, doxyi 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, progesterone, estriol, synthroid, pulse flagyli, tinii<

 Ruthless, how many milligram is each pill? 

Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), weak adrenals, 37 w/hormones of 80 yo. right arm neuropathy. + for cpni, myco, EBVi, CMV. on NACi 5000mg, doxyi 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, estriol, progesterone, synthroid, and pulsing w/flagyli.

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Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), adrenal fatigue, 37 w/hormones of 80,. right arm neuropathy. + cpni, myco, EBVi, CMV. NACi 4000mg, doxyi 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, progesterone, estriol, synthroid, pulse flagyli, tinii<

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63 year old woman feels like 80!  CFSi since 1998.  Severe fatigue and awful reverse sleep main symptoms.  No Fibro.  Tested positive for CPN 3/07.  Severe reaction to azithro (begun slowly in 5/07) - stopped. 

Hi Lynn,

I have been taking Zoloft for about 14 years and it has helped me tremendously.  I don't feel sedated at all on Zoloft. 

Of course we all need to have the right diets, supplementsi, etc., but I found that this was not sufficient for me.  

While Zoloft has been very good for me, it can't eliminate the natural downs of having this miserable condition and all the other fun things that spring from it, but it helps a lot in making me much more resilient overall. 

Good luck!

denise

63 year old woman feels like 80!  CFSi since 1998.  Severe fatigue and awful reverse sleep main symptoms.  No Fibro.  Tested positive for CPN 3/07.  Severe reaction to azithro (begun slowly in 5/07) - stopped.  Started 100mg Doxyi 2X/day 1/11/08.  Also t

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63 year old woman feels like 80!  CFSi since 1998.  Severe fatigue and awful reverse sleep main symptoms.  No Fibro.  Tested positive for CPN 3/07.  Severe reaction to azithro (begun slowly in 5/07) - stopped.