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Anti-depressant Vitamins
May. 29th, 2006 09:14 pmRecently, I've been taking Quixtar's Nutrilite® Double X® Vitamin/Mineral/Phytonutrient tablets, and I've found that they have a remarkably strong anti-depressant effect on me. They shut down my negative self-talk. I find I'm smiling at strangers on the street. At Balticon, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dcseain (who was working for me) noticed after I'd mentioned that I was in a better mood than usual, that I was calmer with both the customers and him. There's one effect which is a little annoying, but probably good--in some ways, I'm less patient (frex, with nominally fun activities that I wasn't enjoying), but I think that's because I've got more concern with how I'm spending my time.
Unfortunately, there are two downsides. One is that I was concerned about having enough for Balticon so I was spacing them out. The withdrawal is nasty--I was more depressed/more negative about myself than my previous baseline. I don't know how long it would take for withdrawal to end, but at some point, I'm going to experiment and find out.
The other is that I don't know what's so special about them. I've taken other vitamins, and they haven't had a striking anti-depressant effect. I'm concerned about not knowing what in the Quixtar vitamins might be important--I'd like to know what else I can use if Quixtar or Nutrilite changes the formulation, so I'm posting the ingredients here in case anyone's got some ideas about what might be going on. Afaik, they're generally pretty likable vitamins, but the way I've reacted to them is unusual.
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dcseain (who was working for me) noticed after I'd mentioned that I was in a better mood than usual, that I was calmer with both the customers and him. There's one effect which is a little annoying, but probably good--in some ways, I'm less patient (frex, with nominally fun activities that I wasn't enjoying), but I think that's because I've got more concern with how I'm spending my time.Unfortunately, there are two downsides. One is that I was concerned about having enough for Balticon so I was spacing them out. The withdrawal is nasty--I was more depressed/more negative about myself than my previous baseline. I don't know how long it would take for withdrawal to end, but at some point, I'm going to experiment and find out.
The other is that I don't know what's so special about them. I've taken other vitamins, and they haven't had a striking anti-depressant effect. I'm concerned about not knowing what in the Quixtar vitamins might be important--I'd like to know what else I can use if Quixtar or Nutrilite changes the formulation, so I'm posting the ingredients here in case anyone's got some ideas about what might be going on. Afaik, they're generally pretty likable vitamins, but the way I've reacted to them is unusual.
( Ingredients list )
