Hi all, I posted here back in mid-February after suffering a severe depressive episode, something I'd never experienced before.
After 2-3 days of severe depression, my symptoms began to lift, I could fill tingles along my back, an obvious sign of neurotransmitter production (I'd imagine). While the worst of the symptoms lifted, I was left experiencing a mild blue/under-the-weather mood in the wake of that episode.
I should note that I was a regular marijuana user for some time (late May-2013 through October 1st of this year). I haven't used it since October 1st, quitting entirely cold turkey. It may also be worth noting that a one-time use of 20mg of Vyvanse was what triggered my dysthymia. I have no familial history of depression, just mild OCD/over-worrying, but the symptoms have always been incredibly mild (never required medication) and had never impaired my functioning whatsoever. I still find the mild OCD is lingering to this day.
The dysthymia has been weighing on me recently. It's not horrible, quite bearable, really. I just find myself feeling "flat", unable to experience pleasure, and sometimes feeling perceivably "blue" and a touch sad, although I'd say the flatness is more noticeable than any kind of blue mood.
Upon stopping smoking weed, I decided to clean up my supplement routine. All I've been taking is the following:
4000mg fish oil -- 2000mg EPA, 300mg DHA (Country Life Omega 3 Mood, 4x per day)
2x 500mg vitamin C
1x multivitamin -- http://www.newchapte...upplement-facts
3x 300mg Perika St. John's Wort
About 4-5 days after stopping using weed, my mood improved hugely. There was no depression, no flatness. I entirely felt like myself! I figured I had found my cure -- just stop smoking weed. However, after a week of a having a normal mood, the dysthymia began to creep back in.
Recently my flat, low mood is wearing me down. On top of that, I've been having some sleeping issues. During the first month after stopping smoking, my sleep was fine. I was resting well, had no problems falling asleep and no issues staying asleep. During early November, though, I started waking up early in the morning, not feeling sad or blue, just feeling "on edge" and slightly wired. Normally after 10-15 minutes of deep breathing I'd doze back off, but it was unsettling nonetheless.
With all this in mind, I want to ramp up my supplement routine again and wanted to turn here for some advice. I'm thinking of going with the following, a fairly large (but hopefully helpful stack). Let me know what you all think. Would this be beneficial? And what specifically may help me given my background?
For whatever it's worth, here's my methylation profile that I recently had done:
Thank you all so much in advance.
Country Life Omega 3 Mood (2x per day)
34mg B6 (as p5p) 1x
300mg Perika St. John's Wort 3x
300mg magnesium 1x
1000mg inositol 1x
Nature Made Multi For Him 1x (http://www.naturemad...s/multi-for-him)
500mg Vitamin C 2x
2000mg vitamin D 1x
Sunny Mood 3x (http://www.vitaminsh...69#.VJNcxmTF8pA)
Busy-Brain Release 1x (possibly 2x????) (http://www.rainbowli...-mini-tabs.aspx)
200mg or 400mg SAM-E 1x (Nature's Made)
The only other things I'd consider would be 5htp or tryptophan prior to bedtime, and/or choline. Not entirely sure if those would be needed, though. Perhaps ashwagandha and/or ginkgo biloba? Any other supplements that may be helpful given my methylation profile and history of OCD, and prior marijuana usage would be very helpful. I'm all ears! Fairly soon I do plan on seeing a Naturopath who specializes in methylation, however that appointment is over a month out, so I wanted to get some basic support in the meantime.
Thank you all again!
Edited by dreighver, 18 December 2014 - 11:33 PM.