Can supplements effect your mood?

[love_tempo]

I woke up feeling particularly low today and then I realized that I had just started taking complete supplements yesterday.

I have noticed this effect with vitamins before many times and thats why I stopped taking them. Has anyone else noticed this effect?

Now, I know there is loads of research results showing that supplements, particularly B vitamins, can help or even cure depression.

But what about too much vitamins. Could it be that because I am a careful veggie and eat lots of wholemeal cous cous, brown rice/pasta, oats, pulses and peas/beans that I am getting too much, B6 for example by adding supplements to the mix?

[V Knid esq]

Well I feel loads better when I take loads of B12 is all I know.

[love_tempo]

Yeah, that's what you'd expect but somehow it works the opposite way for me. I feel near catatonic if I take strong supplements especially at the beginning.

[decadnids]

if you eat a balanced diet, and stuff - then you shouldn;t really need suppliments i reckon.

my two pence worth.
but i dont really know much about anything.

[Lady E]

most of the b vitamins have low - zero toxicity, and in the amounts you would be taking them, even with supplements + natural sources there's no chance i dont think.

you have to be careful with vitamin A as high doses can cause liver damage

ive never heard of anyone being depressed because they are taking a supplement, but are there lifestyle factors that prompt you to start taking a supplement, such as a period of alchohol use, that could be causing the low feeling?

[tania]

i dont know much about supplements but im quite wary of them.. hence i dont take them really...
if ur diet is as good as u describe, i reckon that u shouldnt take them either..

[decadnids]

yeah i agree with tania.

[nikrem]

5HTP is good for a perk-up, especially if you've been overdoing things a bit. not for too long mind you.

[love_tempo]

Originally posted by emma
most of the b vitamins have low - zero toxicity, and in the amounts you would be taking them, even with supplements + natural sources there's no chance i dont think.

ive never heard of anyone being depressed because they are taking a supplement, but are there lifestyle factors that prompt you to start taking a supplement, such as a period of alchohol use, that could be causing the low feeling?

I agree, I wouldn't have ever thought that it should cause a problem But I have noticed this so many times now and even my gf noticed it this time.

I'm a lightweight when it comes to alcohol so it wouldn't be that. Could be the stress of starting a new job, I suppose.

I didn't take them for years for this reason and then I started taking them again because it seemed like just a co-incidece. And then it comes down like a ton of bricks, just as I start taking them again.

I think I'll try just Iron supplements alone as that is the thing I might need the most with a veggie diet. It's hard to eat loads of spinach and brocolli all the time :)

[grobelaar]

Originally posted by V Knid esq
Well I feel loads better when I take loads of B12 is all I know.

Isn't B12 the one that they slashed the RDA by 5 times, I remember lots of woman's mags and stuff whinging, cos it's supposed tbe good if you're on the blob.

Apparently some research showed that there could be long-time adverse effects to over use of B12...

or am I thinking of B6...

[love_tempo]

What is 5HTP, then? Is it a form of ginseng cos that makes me feel green.

[decadnids]

b12 - wicked music (sorry - thread hijack).

Supplements make me trip me out. I once took a Nutrition bar on the train down to Exeter and tripped over a sandwich on the floor. And hurt my knee. And my willy.

[nikrem]

5HTP's a seratonin booster you can get from health food stores. there's loads of intersting stuff about it on the net.

[love_tempo]

Yes, B12 is wicked music. They retired from music, more or less, didn't they? I think I remember a kirk degiorgio interview that said that...

[decadnids]

love_tempo they played in london a couple of weeks ago. i think they be back!

[love_tempo]

Maybe this supplement thing is something to do with that roaccutane junk that I took years ago. It's like a super high dose Vitamin A treatment for acne. You can't take vitamin A when you are on it because of the risk of overdose/liver failure. It's nasty stuff and has been linked to depression.

Maybe there are still high levels of Vitimin A floating around my body.
Where are my lawyers :)

[darrell]

Originally posted by emma


ive never heard of anyone being depressed because they are taking a supplement,

well have you never seen the price of them.shocking

[Hagbard]

I tried taking one of those all in one supplements for a while and got 3 really bad migraines within in a week, my normal migraine rate is once every four years..

[gypsy_cream]

depends what supplements... i cant really take things like oil of primrose capsules or stuff that messes with hormones, sends me loopy

[thembuzz]

slightly off-topic, but in reference to steev's comment, i tried getting into neotropics a few years ago with a course of choline and b5, and i got headaches every day. i didn't think much of it at first because i get fuckin' headaches at the drop of a hat anyway, but i'd heard they were a possible side-effect with choline. indeed, as soon as i stopped taking it the headaches stopped coming. as often

[pongoid]

Some of them are alright. I was taking Tyrosine for a while. Good stuff. Helps rebuild some of the precursors to repair the seratonin and dopamine-related damage I have sustained. I can't say for sure that I'm better off having taken it than not as I am where I am, but I think it helped. Some supplements are good in healthy (not over) dosages, especially under specific conditions, like fighting off a cold, or doing a lot of physically stressful activity where your muscles need to rebuild quickly and shed excess lactic acid, etc..

I reckon if I'm in pain form overworked muscles or whatever, my mood is gonna change. If my body is lacking a nutrient, yeah, I notice, and it indeed affects my mood, usually NOT for the better.