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Quote From: gibson8313

i wanted to let all of you know my information I found while doing a paper for my pyschology class on omega-3 fish oil being used as additional treatment for bipolar. First I want to start out by saying the study I found says that it has to be omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil, not flax seed or some of the others. The body breaks up the two omega-3 differently and it has to do with the % absorbed. My husband was told he had bipolar "tendencies" but the doctor felt he delt more with ADHD. I brought up the study I had found about the omega-3 to my husbands doctor, who hadn't heard of it, and agreed to try it out my husband was taking 4 of the 1200 mg twice daily. The actual study had theit patients taking more but because the doctor was unfamiliar with it thats all he wanted to try. I say he was taking it because he recently stopped about a month ago and 2 days ago he had one of the worst rage attacks he has ever had in over a year. He never had one while on the the fish oil. He still got irritable occationaly but it was never anything that just letting him be didn't clear up with in an hour or so. He never had rage. Just another example of why people with bipolar should never stop there meds, but how many time it happens just because they feel better. The research strongly states the this is not a suppliment treatment, but one to be added to those who are not responding well to there current meds. My husband wasn't being treat at all for bipolar just an antidepressant, zanax for anxiety, and adderal for his ADHD, but i got the doctor to agree to try the fish oil therapy. One reason he agreed is because it is a natural suppliment and has not side effects other than some fishy smell of the capsule. My husband never had a bad after taste or fish burps. Of course I would never recommend that anyone try the omega-3 without first consulting with there doctor first.