Reddit reviews Garden of Life Dr. Formulated Probiotics Mood+ - Acidophilus Probiotic Supplement - Promotes Emotional Health, Relaxation, Digestive Balance - Non-GMO, NSF Gluten Free, 60 Vegetarian Capsules
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No Refrigeration Required , Adults take 2 capsules daily , May be taken with or without food, Capsules can be opened , Contents can be taken directly with water or raw juicesDIGESTION SUPPORT: This 50 billion CFU probiotic supplement contains Lactobaccilus acidophilus and Bifidobacteria for digestive health and constipation reliefMOOD SUPPLEMENT: Clinically studied probiotics L. helveticus R0052 and B. longum R0175 support mood, relaxation and emotional wellbeing plus 350 milligrams of organic ashwagandha and organic Alaskan blueberries for stress reductionIMMUNE SUPPORT: This dietary supplement has 50 billion CFU and 16 probiotic strains for immune system healthCertified by QCSSHELF STABLE PROBIOTICS: This 50 billion probiotic comes in 60 capsules HYPOALLERGENIC PROBIOTIC: Our probiotics supplement is gluten free, vegetarian, and made with over 70percentage organic ingredients
Well n=1 and all but after getting absolutely destroyed by multiple rounds antibiotics I realized after trying various drugs and supplements that my low energy and mood was low serotonin and that research was suggesting gut bacteria was a factor and started taking this stuff which I buy at local grocery stores and I started improving much more rapidly than I had been. The product quotes the 95% number as coming from the APA but that’s not where I saw it. They also claim a couple of the strains are shown to increase levels. You’re welcome to chase down the studies if you want but I already know it works, I’m not going to bother chasing them down again.
TL;DR: Try adding niacin and lithium orotate, and look into tDCS or even TMS.
I can relate to what you're going through. I've been on Wellbutrin (300mg/daily) for the past 9 years, and I know it helps raise the lower floor of my depression. (I know this because, at the end of a 6-month hiatus to see if it was having any effect, I was worse than my worst days 20 years ago.) But it doesn't seem to do a whole lot more than that for me. I'm also on Vyvanse (40mg) for ADD, which it seems to help, but even though its a stimulant, it doesn't have much of a stimulatory effect on me. (This was true on a prescription for Adderall, as well; often were the times I'd take an Adderal with my morning vitamins and Wellbutrin and just go back to sleep for a few more hours.).
In addition to Wellbutrin and Vyvanse, here's what I've done or am doing that has helped incrementally with each addition. Your mileage may vary:
^1 Phenibut: only on days when the barometer is dropping appreciably below mean sea-level atmospheric pressure. I'm serious.
^2 Niacin: I learned of this one in this subreddit, I think. I titrated up to 2,000mg/day over the course of a week, and I try to take it with food in my stomach. But it has to be the regular niacin that causes the flushing the first week or so until your body is used to it, not the "extended release" or "no-flush" varieties.
^3 I only recently learned this is available as a mineral supplement. Anecdotally, 5mg is about what you get from lithium occurring naturally in some well-water supplies. My psychiatrist said 5mg isn't even one percent of the amount they give people to stabilize them in a clinical setting, but he also said I was welcome to try it if I wanted. I've only been on this for a week and a half and it may only be helping me sleep, but at least that.
^4 Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: Did my research, including lurking on /r/tDCS, ended up getting that SSD model I linked to above. My psychiatrist wants me to look into whether Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) would be covered by my insurance (for example, from one of these places), and I said I would, but I first wanted to try this lower-cost, easier-to-implement method of tDCS -- since they are related therapies and target the same neuron areas of the brain, basically. He told me to go ahead and give it a try.
I have to say the last week, with the lithium and the tDCS, has felt mostly different for me. I think it's everything on the list, cumulatively, probably, but it feels especially like it could be the tDCS making the bigger difference, which I've only been doing for a week now. The device could be little more than a "Placebometer 3000," but I know that I tried a lower amperage (1mA) on Sunday and then tried a different montage (placement of electrodes) on Monday, and neither one seemed to be as effective, but today, returning to the initial one I listed above, I feel back on track.
I’ve been taking a probiotic that has a bit of St John’s Wort. It definitely helps with the anxiety issue. It’s fairly mild and organic so you won’t feel like you’re just stacking uppers and downers.
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